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An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention
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. Bec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3997402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24759870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095677 |
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author | Weytens, Fanny Luminet, Olivier Verhofstadt, Lesley L. Mikolajczak, Moïra |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-39974022014-04-29 An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention Weytens, Fanny Luminet, Olivier Verhofstadt, Lesley L. Mikolajczak, Moïra PLoS One Research Article 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. Public Library of Science 2014-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3997402/ /pubmed/24759870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095677 Text en © 2014 Weytens et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Weytens, Fanny Luminet, Olivier Verhofstadt, Lesley L. Mikolajczak, Moïra An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention |
title | An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention |
title_full | An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention |
title_fullStr | An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention |
title_full_unstemmed | An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention |
title_short | An Integrative Theory-Driven Positive Emotion Regulation Intervention |
title_sort | integrative theory-driven positive emotion regulation intervention |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3997402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24759870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095677 |
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