The Power of Sadness in Inside Out

You asked for an Inside Out episode, so here it is! Here's some science behind the message in the film. I tried to leave out any spoilers!

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REFERENCES

Disney’s Reason and Emotion (1943)

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Adler, J. M., & Hershfield, H. E. (2012). Mixed emotional experience is associated with and precedes improvements in psychological well-being. PloS one, 7(4), e35633.

Berry, L. M., May, J., Andrade, J., & Kavanagh, D. (2010). Emotional and behavioral reaction to intrusive thoughts. Assessment, 17(1), 126-137.

Garland, E. L., Carter, K., Ropes, K., & Howard, M. O. (2012). Thought suppression, impaired regulation of urges, and Addiction-Stroop predict affect-modulated cue-reactivity among alcohol dependent adults. Biological psychology, 89(1), 87-93.

Braniecka, A., Trzebińska, E., Dowgiert, A., & Wytykowska, A. (2014). Mixed Emotions and Coping: The Benefits of Secondary Emotions.

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