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  1. Anger has benefits for attaining goals.

    Article • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, October 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Heather Lench

  2. Optimistic expectations have benefits for effort and emotion with little cost.

    Article • Emotion, September 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Linda J. Levine, Heather Lench

  3. You shall go forth with joy: Religion and aspirational judgments about emotion.

    Article • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, June 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Linda J. Levine, Heather Lench

  4. When and why people misestimate future feelings: Identifying strengths and weaknesses in affective forecasting.

    Article • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, January 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Heather Lench

  5. Changes in subjective well-being following the U.S. Presidential election of 2016.

    Article • Emotion, March 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Heather Lench