As part of a broad range of
positive psychological interventions, psychological and subjective well - being can be enhanced.
Therapist's Guide to
Positive Psychological Interventions.
Santos and colleagues (2013) conducted a systematic review of the literature on
positive psychological interventions for depression and found that increasing resilience and coping resources was a common theme and that these interventions caused significantly reduced remissions in depressive symptoms.
Nowadays, there are hundreds of
positive psychological interventions available to practitioners and therapists.
In 2005, Duckworth, Steen, and Seligman declared the existence of at least a hundred
positive psychological interventions.
Positive Psychological Interventions (also known as Positive Psychology Interventions - PPIs) are theoretically - grounded and empirically - validated instructions, activities, and recommendations that are designed to enhance wellbeing (Lomas, Hefferon & Ivtzan, 2014).
The two recent trials from Utrecht University tested the potential of
positive psychological interventions on emotions and academic engagement among university students.
Salekin et al. [96] tested
a positive psychological intervention, named Mental Models, to reduce the behaviour problems in youth with higher CU traits.
Not exact matches
They add that patients were carefully screened and given
psychological support before, during and after the
intervention, and that the study took place in a
positive environment.
«This research shows that it is possible to promote
psychological well - being in middle childhood through an integrated school - based
intervention programme informed by concepts of
positive psychology and cognitive behavioural therapy,» said first author Dr Michael Pluess from QMUL's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, who led the research while previously based at University of East London.
You'd probably think I was running an infomercial if I told you about a simple
intervention that: Reverses memory loss Increases energy levels Improves sleep quality Up regulates
positive genes Down regulates inflammatory genes Reduces stress in patient and caregiver Improves
psychological and spiritual well being Activates significant anatomical areas of the brain Increases telomerase,
The Berry Street model insists that struggling students must have the opportunity to build their
psychological resources through potentially powerful
positive education
interventions — but in order to do that, educators need to scaffold other social and emotional skills sequentially and simultaneously.
Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward
positive learning mindsets through low - cost
interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational
interventions and initiatives that target these
psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»
Finally, Study 4 is a laboratory experiment testing a novel social
psychological intervention promoting
positive social responses to academic stress.
Psychological safety provides for the social - emotional well being of students and works to create
positive school climates through measures such as asset development, bullying prevention, Positive Behavior Supports, and early identification and intervention for at - risk s
positive school climates through measures such as asset development, bullying prevention,
Positive Behavior Supports, and early identification and intervention for at - risk s
Positive Behavior Supports, and early identification and
intervention for at - risk students.
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In Denver, low - resource families who received home visiting showed modest benefits in children's language and cognitive development.102 In Elmira, only the
intervention children whose mothers smoked cigarettes before the experiment experienced cognitive benefits.103 In Memphis, children of mothers with low
psychological resources104 in the
intervention group had higher grades and achievement test scores at age nine than their counterparts in the control group.105 Early Head Start also identified small,
positive effects on children's cognitive abilities, though the change was for the program as a whole and not specific to home - visited families.106 Similarly, IHDP identified large cognitive effects at twenty - four and thirty - six months, but not at twelve months, so the effects can not be attributed solely to home - visiting services.107
You get everything you'd expect in a textbook on happiness, including sections on
psychological approaches to happiness,
psychological definitions,
positive education, happiness in organizations, and happiness
interventions, but there's so much more.
She is the Principal Investigator of several NIH - funded trials of an
intervention designed to increase
positive emotion and improve
psychological and physical well - being.
Indeed,
psychological interventions have been proven to be effective in a broad range of disorders and illnesses.15 — 18 Although a few former works have focused on
psychological interventions in haemophilia, showing
positive and promising results, 19 — 25 the lack of recent papers exploring this issue is somewhat surprising, despite the recommendations and guidelines that emphasise their relevance.
The
positive effects of social support on PTSD symptoms suggest that social support has practical implications for
psychological interventions to promote mental health.
Guided imagery as a therapeutic
intervention has been shown to have
positive effects on
psychological functioning, stress reduction, and pain management.
Generally, recent meta - analytic studies have determined the importance and contribution of
psychological interventions in the field of
positive psychology (Bolier et al., 2013
Yoga, as a therapeutic
intervention, has
positive effects on
psychological functioning, especially in children coping with emotional, mental, and behavioral health problems.
Additionally, the secondary purpose of the study entailed the exploration of the effects of a newly developed brief self - compassion
intervention on
psychological well - being, and more specifically on self - compassion,
positive and negative effect, and life satisfaction.
School - based behavioral and mental health prevention and early
intervention services promote
psychological wellness for all children, improve
positive child development, and maximize children's success in schools, families, and communities.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an
intervention designed to improve early parenting by increasing understanding of infant developmental needs and promoting maternal responsiveness as indicated by increased
positive behavior support for infants and decreased
psychological control.
Shilling et al. report that the results of qualitative and quantitative evaluations of peer support
interventions confirm that these can have a
positive effect on the
psychological health of caregivers, although the findings are not entirely consistent.
Further, they warn that while overall,
positive psychology
interventions have been valuable for improving
psychological well - being and for reducing the symptoms of depression, this may have led to an unsupportable assumption that more is better and that strengths (
positive traits) and
positive emotions have no dark side.
The fact that
psychological services can include «assisting in developing
positive behavioral
intervention strategies» does not mean that only the professionals who provide
psychological services may provide such assistance or that they are even necessarily qualified to do so.
IDEA's definition of
psychological services also specifically mentions
positive behavioral
intervention strategies, often referred to as PBS or PBIS.
These findings suggest that
interventions for women living with HIV and their children should not only address maternal
psychological functioning (depression and coping), but should also focus on parenting, promoting a
positive approach.
Results of a mixed - method implementation evaluation suggest that the new
intervention activities were generally feasible to deliver, acceptable to participants, and perceived to yield
positive benefits for family functioning and parent
psychological well - being.