Optimism and mental imagery: A possible cognitive marker to promote well-being?
Optimism and mental imagery: A possible cognitive marker to promote well-being?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.psychres.2012.09.047
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发表时间：
2013-03-30
影响因子：
11.3
通讯作者：
Giltay, Erik J.
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作者：
Blackwell, Simon E.;Rius-Ottenheim, Nathaly;Giltay, Erik J.
乐观与一系列好处有关，不仅对总体幸福，而且对身心健康都有好处。从认知科学中发展出提高乐观情绪的心理干预措施，将有可能为公众健康带来显著的好处，但人们对乐观的认知标记物知之甚少。目前的研究旨在向这一方向迈出第一步，确定一个乐观的认知标记，为创新干预提供一个可修改的目标。特别是，我们预测，对未来产生生动、积极的心理意象的能力将与性格乐观有关。一个由237名参与者组成的社区样本完成了一项调查，其中包括心理意象和乐观情绪的测量，以及社会人口统计信息。积极的未来意象的生动活泼与乐观显著相关，即使在根据社会人口因素和日常意象的使用进行调整时也是如此。对积极的未来事件产生生动的心理意象的能力可能会提供一种可修改的乐观认知标记。提升积极的未来想象可以为促进乐观情绪的治疗创新提供一个认知目标，这对心理健康甚至身体健康都有影响。(C)2012爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司。保留所有权利。
Optimism is associated with a range of benefits not only for general well-being, but also for mental and physical health. The development of psychological interventions to boost optimism derived from cognitive science would have the potential to provide significant public health benefits, yet cognitive markers of optimism are little understood. The current study aimed to take a first step in this direction by identifying a cognitive marker for optimism that could provide a modifiable target for innovative interventions. In particular we predicted that the ability to generate vivid positive mental imagery of the future would be associated with dispositional optimism. A community sample of 237 participants completed a survey comprising measures of mental imagery and optimism, and socio-demographic information. Vividness of positive future imagery was significantly associated with optimism, even when adjusting for socio-demographic factors and everyday imagery use. The ability to generate vivid mental imagery of positive future events may provide a modifiable cognitive marker of optimism. Boosting positive future imagery could provide a cognitive target for treatment innovations to promote optimism, with implications for mental health and even physical well-being. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.