Emotions Current Issues and Future Directions

by Mayne, Tracy J.; Bonanno, George A.

• ISBN13: 9781572306226
• ISBN10: 157230622X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-03
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This volume presents cutting-edge work in emotion theory and research. Contributors describe innovative methods, models, and measurements that illuminate and at times challenge traditional paradigms. Each chapter defines basic terms, reviews the historical development and evolution of the issue at hand, and discusses current research and directions for future investigation.

Author Biography

Tracy J. Mayne, PhD, is Director of HIV Epidemiology and Surveillance for Prevention Planning at the New York City Department of Health and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University. He received his doctorate from Rutgers University in 1993. His research includes the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in New York City, with a special focus on gay men working in close collaboration with the Gay Men's Health Crisis. His interests also include the relationships between emotion and health and the history and development of the field of clinical psychology.

George A. Bonanno, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. He received his doctorate from Yale University in 1991. His research and scholarly interests center on emotion and self-deception and the role they play in coping with extreme adversity. Dr. Bonanno is also an avid painter of portraits.

Table of Contents

The Structure of Emotion: A Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Approach	1	(38)
Tracy J. Mayne
James Ramsey
A Multiprocess Perspective on the Neuroscience of Emotion	38	(44)
Kevin N. Ochsner
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Emotion and Memory	82	(41)
Pierre Philippot
Alexandre Schaefer
Positive Emotions	123	(29)
Barbara L. Fredrickson
Christine Branigan
The Evolution of Emotional Expression: A ``Selfish-Gene'' Account of Smiling and Laughter in Early Hominids and Humans	152	(40)
Michael J. Owren
Jo-Anne Bachorowski
Social Functions of Emotions	192	(22)
Dacher Keltner
Jonathan Haidt
Culture and Emotion: Different Approaches to the Question	214	(37)
Batja Mesquita
Emotion Self-Regulation	251	(35)
George A. Bonanno
Emotional Intelligence: A Process Model of Emotion Representation and Regulation	286	(25)
Lisa Feldman Barrett
James J. Gross
Emotion and Coping	311	(26)
Judith Tedlie Moskowitz
Emotion and Psychopathology	337	(24)
Ann M. Kring
Emotions and Health	361	(37)
Tracy J. Mayne
The Future of Emotion Research	398	(13)
George A. Bonanno
Tracy J. Mayne
Index	411