An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention

Autor: Olivier Luminet, Moïra Mikolajczak, Fanny Weytens, Lesley Verhofstadt
Přispěvatelé: UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Male
Comparative Effectiveness Research
SATISFACTION
Applied psychology
Emotions
Happiness
Psychological intervention
lcsh:Medicine
Social Sciences
Personal Satisfaction
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
Meditation
lcsh:Science
Applied Psychology
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Depression
Clinical Psychology
Research Design
Female
Positive psychology
Research Article
SECRETORY IGA
Adult
Psychological Adjustment
Adolescent
Clinical Research Design
media_common.quotation_subject
Research and Analysis Methods
VALIDATION
PSYCHOLOGY
Young Adult
Gratitude
BENEFITS
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Humans
Set (psychology)
METAANALYSIS
HAPPINESS
Behavior
Health Care Policy
business.industry
lcsh:R
Cognitive Psychology
Life satisfaction
Biology and Life Sciences
LIFE
MODEL
Health Care
Well-being
Cognitive Science
lcsh:Q
business
HAPPIER
Neuroscience
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLOS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e95677 (2014)
PLoS One, Vol. 9, no. 4 (2014)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Over the past fifteen years, positive psychology research has validated a set of happiness enhancing techniques. These techniques are relatively simple exercises that allow happiness seekers to mimic thoughts and behavior of naturally happy people, in order to increase their level of well-being. Because research has shown that the joint use of these exercises increases their effects, practitioners who want to help happiness seekers need validated interventions that combine several of these techniques. To meet this need, we have developed and tested an integrative intervention (Positive Emotion Regulation program - PER program) incorporating a number of validated techniques structured around a theoretical model: the Process Model of Positive Emotion Regulation. To test the effectiveness of this program and to identify its added value relative to existing interventions, 113 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to a 6-week positive emotion regulation pilot program, a loving-kindness meditation training program, or a wait-list control group. Results indicate that fewer participants dropped out from the PER program than from the Loving-Kindness Meditation training. Furthermore, subjects in the PER group showed a significant increase in subjective well-being and life satisfaction and a significant decrease in depression and physical symptoms when compared to controls. Our results suggest that the Process Model of Positive Emotion Regulation can be an effective option to organize and deliver positive integrative interventions. © 2014 Weytens et al.
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