Extensive research in affective neuroscience has demonstrated the importance of positive emotion for protecting against psychiatric disorders and building resiliency and healthy development.1, 2, 3, 4 Low levels of positive affect have been directly implicated in risk to depression,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and dysregulation in emotion regulation, especially difficulty in upregulating positive emotion, has been implicated in several psychiatric disorders.11, 12, 13 Given the significant role of positive affect in the promotion of adaptive and healthy social-emotional functioning, it is important to advance knowledge about factors that contribute to positive emotion in children and adolescents.
