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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Grateful Memories Show No Fading Affect Compared to Happy Memories

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Personality/Emotion

  • Philip Watkins
    Eastern Washington University
  • Robert Emmons
    University of California, Davis
  • Kahle Elliott
    Eastern Washington University
  • Brandy Hutton
    Eastern Washington University

Abstract

Participants reported on how happy or grateful memories impacted them emotionally, currently and at the time of the event. Happy memories showed fading positive affect, but grateful memories showed no fading positive affect over time. This finding has important implications for how grateful memories impact enduring happiness.

Emotion