Sentences with phrase «psychology interventions do»

A meta - analysis conducted by Sin and Lyubomirksy (2009) with 4,266 participants found that positive psychology interventions do increase happiness and decrease depressive symptoms significantly.

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But an emerging movement known as positive psychology aims to do precisely that — provide a scientifically validated set of exercises, known as interventions, that lead happiness seekers to the grail.

In taking a game - based and playful approach to learning, we created an intervention that was not only effective, but also one in which the children were engaged and wanted continue doing,» said Bruce Homer, associate professor of educational psychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a Project Hope investigator.

A popular study published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology found that when college women were given a «compassion intervention» after eating doughnuts (where researchers basically told them things like, «Don't be too hard on yourself for indulging,» or, «Everyone eats unhealthy foods sometimes; it's OK»), these women actually ate less candy afterward than a group of women who also ate the doughnuts but who weren't given the same compassion intervention.

According to psychology research one of the best ways to form a new habit is structuring the desired behavior in your mind as an «When X happens, I will do Y» commitment, where X is something that happens on a regular bases without your intervention and Y is the desired behavior.

This very intervention that makes things worse at home between siblings is being promoted by the anti-bully psychology as the right thing to do in school!

There is growing evidence for online mindfulness courses being as effective as other face - to - face interventions and online courses for stress even without a therapeutic alliance.37 — 40 Previously found Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) effect sizes are comparable to those found with face - to - face mindfulness and CBT interventions, including our previous research examining the course currently under investigation.40 — 42 One RCT found that an automated internet - based therapy including CBT and mindfulness actually had better outcomes for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) than the comparative online therapist - led intervention, suggesting that the effects of internet interventions can not be attributed to, and do not rely on, therapist interaction.43 Studies are finding that online mindfulness courses can be beneficial for depression in samples with IBS and epilepsy and anxiety symptoms in a non-clinical sample comparing a 3 - week mindfulness course with positive psychology interventions and treatment as usual (see Monshat38 for a review).

Satisfaction with life went up and depressive symptoms went down among almost 200 people who did the positive psychology interventions in my Authentic Happiness Coaching course, and let us measure the effects.

The study, «Development of a Cognitive - Behavioral Intervention Program to Treat Anxiety and Social Deficits in Teens with High - Functioning Autism,» published in The Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, states that the social disabilities of autism do not disappear during adolescence, and that growing self - awareness often contributes to the development of anxiety.