Positive Psychology and Gratitude Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Positive Psychology and Gratitude Interventions: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00584
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发表时间：
2019-03-21
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Reppold, Caroline Tozzi
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作者：
Cunha, Luzie Fofonka;Pellanda, Lucia Campos;Reppold, Caroline Tozzi
目的：本研究的目的是评估感恩干预对社区成年人样本在涉及幸福感和心理健康方面的影响。方法：进行了一项随机临床试验，共有1，337名参与者，（感恩组，n = 446）和两个对照组（麻烦组，n = 444和中性事件组，n = 447）。被分配到干预条件的参与者被要求写下14天的每日感恩清单，列出他们在一天中感激的时刻。分析的结果是情感，抑郁，幸福和生活满意度。参与者完成积极情感和消极情感量表（PANAS），流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D），主观幸福量表（SHS）和生活满意度量表（SWLS）三次：干预前，干预后和干预结束后14天。结果：干预前，各组在任何变量上都没有差异，三组之间的失访是随机的。感恩干预增加了积极情感、主观幸福感和生活满意度，减少了消极情感和抑郁症状。在积极情感方面，这种变化大于对照组的变化。在其他结果分析，类似的变化中观察到的感恩干预和中性事件intervention.Conclusion：一些相似之处之间的感恩和中性事件组可能是因为在最后一组的参与者通常记录积极的事件，从他们的日子在名单上，把它变成一个活动非常类似的，提出了感恩组。一些研究的局限性进行了讨论，如高辍学率自我进行在线干预。有必要调查干预措施的哪些特征确保在线执行干预措施时获得更好的结果。
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a gratitude intervention on a community sample of adults in relation to aspects involving well-being and mental health.Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted with 1,337 participants, composed of an intervention group (Gratitude group, n = 446), and two control groups (Hassles group, n = 444 and Neutral Events group, n = 447). Participants assigned to the intervention condition were asked to write daily gratitude lists for 14 days, listing moments they had been grateful for during the day. The outcomes analyzed were affect, depression, happiness and life satisfaction. Participants completed the positive affect and negative affect schedule (PANAS), center for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D), subjective happiness scale (SHS), and satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) three times: pre- and post-intervention and at 14 days after the end of the intervention. Due to attrition, the number of participants analyzed was 410.Results: Before the intervention, the groups did not differ in any of the variables examined, and loss to follow-up was random among the three groups. The gratitude intervention managed to increase positive affect, subjective happiness and life satisfaction, and reduce negative affect and depression symptoms. This change was greater than the changes in the control groups in relation to positive affect. In the other outcomes analyzed, similar changes were observed in the gratitude intervention and the neutral events intervention.Conclusion: Some similarities were found between the Gratitude and the Neutral Events groups probably because participants in the last group usually recorded positive events from their days on the lists, turning it into an activity very similar to that proposed to the gratitude group. Some limitations of the study are discussed, such as the high dropout rate for self-performed online interventions. It is necessary to investigate which characteristics of an intervention ensure better results when the intervention is performed online.