When journalists refer to the feel-good factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future. There were obvious signs of the feel-good factor in the last survey taken in the wake of the election result
A feel-good film is a film which presents people and life in a way which makes the people who watch it feel happy and optimistic. a bright and enjoyable feelgood romance
[ 'fE(&)l ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English felen, from Old English fElan; akin to Old High German fuolen to feel, Latin palpare to caress.