2023
All Positive Constructs are Not Equal: Positive Affect, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Alcohol and Mental Health Outcomes
Schick M, Trinh C, Todi A, Spillane N. All Positive Constructs are Not Equal: Positive Affect, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Alcohol and Mental Health Outcomes. International Journal Of Applied Positive Psychology 2023, 8: 467-484. DOI: 10.1007/s41042-023-00103-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health outcomesPositive affectLife satisfactionOnline battery of self-report measuresBattery of self-report measuresAssociated with coping motivesAssociated with anxiety symptomsPositive constructsAssociated with depressive symptomsPositive psychological constructsSelf-report measuresHealth outcomesAssociated with alcoholConfirmatory factor analysisConformity motivesOnline batteryAnxiety symptomsFactor structureDepressive symptomsPsychological constructsSubjective happinessAlcohol useAffectFactor analysisUndergraduate students
2021
The role of positive affect in the association between stress and college student alcohol use
Schick M, Spillane N, Breines J. The role of positive affect in the association between stress and college student alcohol use. Journal Of American College Health 2021, 71: 249-256. PMID: 33651662, DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1891075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrequency of binge drinkingCoping drinking motivesCoping motivesPositive emotionsBinge drinkingDrinking motivesPositive affectCollege student alcoholTarget positive emotionsCollege student drinkingNortheastern public universityStudent drinkingPerceived stressAlcohol useEmotionsStudent alcoholBingeAffectResilience researchMotivationDrinkingOnline surveyCollegeRegression analysisAssociationAssociation of positive emotion dysregulation to resting heart rate variability: The influence of positive affect intensity
Weiss N, Schick M, Waite E, Haliczer L, Dixon-Gordon K. Association of positive emotion dysregulation to resting heart rate variability: The influence of positive affect intensity. Personality And Individual Differences 2021, 173: 110607. PMID: 33518872, PMCID: PMC7839974, DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotion dysregulationResting heart rate variabilityEmotion dysregulationState positive affectPositive affectPositive emotional processingEmotion Regulation ScaleClinically relevant behaviorsFast-growing body of researchEmotional respondingHeart rate variabilityRegulation ScaleEmotional processingPsychiatric difficultiesBody of researchRelevant behaviorsAffectNegative relationDysregulationPositive relationCommunity settingsRate variabilityFast-growing bodySubjective indicesPhysiological indices