Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.
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Visiting Lecturer in Psychology, Coventry University
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Senior Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence and Stockholm Environment Institute, University of Johannesburg
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Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
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Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, Baylor University
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Candidate au doctorat en psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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PhD candidate, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary
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Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University
