Table of Contents

1. Introduction
June Gruber, Margaret R. Tobias, Michael C. Flux, and Kirsten E. Gilbert

PART I: KEY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES

2. Pursuing Positive Emotion: When and Why Could Wanting to Feel Happy be Linked to Psychopathology?
Brett Q. Ford

3. Pleasant Emotions and Psychopathology: The Importance of Meta-Emotion
Howard Berenbaum and Phillip I. Chow

4. Positive and Negative Emotion Goals in Psychopathology
Yael Millgram and Maya Tamir

5. A Regulatory Flexibility Perspective on Positive Emotion
Philippa-Sophie Connolly, Thomas D. Hull, and George A. Bonanno

6. Positive Emotional Disturbance in Psychopathology: A Hierarchical Structural Approach
David Watson and Kasey Stanton

7. A Neuroscientific Hypothesis Concerning Poor Memory for Positive Material in Depression
Daniel G. Dillon

8. Indices and Correlates of Positive Emotion in Psychopathology: Methodological and Design Considerations
Sunny J. Dutra, Marianne Reddan, John R. Purcell, Hillary C. Devlin, and Keith M. Welker

9. Attentional Bias And Well-Being: How The Bias That Feels Best Can Be Bad For Us
Ben Grafton and Colin MacLeod

10. Goal Dysregulation in Depression, Mania, and Schizophrenia
Sheri L. Johnson, Amy Sanchez, and Charles S. Carver

11. Reward Hypersensitivity in Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: From Mechanisms to Markers to Treatment
Robin Nusslock, James Glazer, Tommy H. Ng, Madison K. Titone, and Lauren B. Alloy

12. A Liking versus Wanting Perspective on Emotion and the Brain
Kent C. Berridge

13. Positive Emotion-Based Impulsivity as a Transdiagnostic Endophenotype
Miji Um and Melissa A. Cyders

14. Neurobiological Reward-Related Abnormalities across Mood Disorders
Alexis E. Whitton, Michael T. Treadway, Manon L. Ironside, and Diego A. Pizzagalli

15. Positive Emotion Regulation in Depression
W. Michael Vanderlind and Jutta Joormann

PART II: APPLICATIONS TO KEY PSYCHOPATHOLOGIES

16. Positive Valence System Dysregulation in Psychosis: A Comparative Analysis
Deanna M. Barch, David Pagliaccio, and Katherine Luking

17. Don't Worry, Be Happy: Positive Emotion Generation and Regulation in Social Anxiety Disorder
Hooria Jazaieri, Amanda S. Morrison, and James J. Gross

18. Positive Emotion in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Ilana Seager, Douglas S. Mennin, and Amelia Aldao

19. Specifying the Connection between Reward Processing and Antisocial Psychopathology across Development: Review, Integration, and Future Directions
Suzanne Estrada, Scott Tillem, Allison Stuppy-Sullivan, and Arielle Baskin-Sommers

20. Positive Emotion in Borderline Personality Disorder
Jill M. Hooley and Sara R. Masland

21. Reward Dysregulation in Sexual Function
Nicole Prause

22. Positive Mood States and Gambling Disorder
Sarah W. Yip, Zu Wei Zhai, Iris M. Balodis, and Marc N. Potenza

23. Positive Affect and Biological Rhythms: Interactions in General Population and Clinical Samples
Jamie Byrne and Greg Murray

24. Positive Emotion Dysregulation in Eating Disorders and Obesity
Edward A. Selby, Emily Panza, and Maribel Plasencia

25. Effects of Positive Emotion on Pain: Mechanisms and Interventions
Emma Hitchcock, Afton L. Hassett, and Tor D. Wager

26. Why Do People Hurt Themselves? Self-Harm as a Means to Attain Positive Emotion
Peter J. Franz, Evan M. Kleiman, and Matthew K. Nock

27. Neurobiology of Positive Emotion Disruption in Neurodegenerative Disease
Virginia E. Sturm and Robert W. Levenson

28. Reward Disruption in the Development of Depression
Erika E. Forbes and Melynda D. Casement

29. Protector and Casualty: The Dual Processes of Positive Emotion in Early-life Adversity
Meg Dennison and Katie McLaughlin

30. Transdiagnostic Treatments for Enhancing Positive Affect and Wellbeing
Hannah Boettcher, Steven Sandage, Heather M. Latin, and David H. Barlow

PART III: TRANSLATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

31. Augmenting Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Build Positive Mood in Depression
Barney D. Dunn

32. Facilitation of Positive Emotions through Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Nicole Geschwind, Saara Martinmäki, and Eric Garland

33. Psychological Treatments for Anhedonia: Reward Anticipation, Consumption, and Learning
Halina J. Dour, Richard T. LeBeau, and Michelle G. Craske

34. From Feeling Good to Doing Good
Gabrielle Oettingen and Peter M. Gollwitzer

About the Author

June Gruber, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado, and Director of the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Laboratory. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Gruber has published over 100 articles and chapters, and her work has been recognized by the Association for Psychological Science's (APS) Rising Star Award and Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions,
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, and Yale University's Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Junior Faculty, and she was named an APS Fellow. She co-writes a mentoring column "Letters to Young Scientists" for Science
Careers, and co-edited the book Positive Emotion: Integrating the Light Sides and Dark Sides. Dr. Gruber is also an Associate Editor and former Interim Editor-in-Chief for Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Reviews

"The experience of positive emotions - of pride and joy, of satisfaction and affection - is a large part of what makes a life worth living. This book brings together many of the world's foremost experts to summarize the scientific state of the art. An essential volume for researchers and students alike." --Daniel Gilbert, PhD, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
"Understandably, psychopathology research has traditionally focused on negative emotions like anxiety and sadness. The crucial role of positive emotions is in this extraordinary collection of essays explored in depth by leading researchers who illuminate the complex relationship between positive emotions and mental health." --Angela Duckworth, PhD, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
"This edited volume imparts a valuable message: The pursuit of positive emotion - and its experience in the 'wrong' time, place, or amount - can seriously backfire. Here, the leading stars overturn conventional wisdom on the role of positive emotions in psychopathology and in our daily lives." --Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology, University of California Riverside