This post was co-authored by David Szwedo and Kristen Allen, a senior at James Madison University. Parents often have high hopes for how their children will turn out in adulthood, such as wanting them ...

Adolescents with high positive affect may have improved physical and mental health as adults, according to a study published April 2 nd in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Eric Kim and Renae ...

Amidst rising depression rates on college campuses, SMU researchers discovered combining behavioral activation therapy with savoring enhanced students' mental health. This approach improved both ...

Pew Research Center has had a longstanding interest in studying Americans’ views of the impact of science. A majority of Americans (61%) say science has had a mostly positive effect on society. This ...

New research shows your morning cup of caffeine can lift your spirits, but when and how you drink it, and who you’re with, makes all the difference. Study: The association of caffeine consumption with ...

“[It was] the first time writing stopped being about fixing myself and became about noticing what makes me feel alive.” The way that one student contributor described positive affect journaling (PAJ) ...