The Promise of Well-Being Interventions for Improving Health Risk Behaviors
The Promise of Well-Being Interventions for Improving Health Risk Behaviors
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DOI：
10.1007/s12170-012-0273-x
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Kubzansky, Laura D.
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作者：
Boehm, Julia K.;Vie, Loryana L.;Kubzansky, Laura D.
越来越多的证据表明，积极的心理健康（例如，乐观，生活满意度）与降低心血管疾病风险有关。这种关联的一个可能解释是，具有更积极心理健康的个体倾向于从事与预防心血管疾病相关的健康行为（例如，锻炼，吃健康的饮食，避免吸烟）。如果积极的心理幸福感实际上先于并诱导健康行为，使其成为真正的因果因素，那么幸福感可能是一个有用的干预目标。在这篇文章中，我们简要回顾了将幸福与健康行为联系起来的证据。我们还描述了可能的战略，以提高福祉（例如，表达感激之情，正念冥想），并评估这些策略对促进行为改变的有效性。
Accumulating evidence suggests that positive psychological well-being (e.g., optimism, life satisfaction) is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. One possible explanation for this association is that individuals with greater positive psychological well-being tend to engage in health behaviors that are relevant to the prevention of cardiovascular disease (e.g., exercising, eating a healthy diet, avoiding smoking). If positive psychological well-being actually precedes and induces healthy behaviors such that it is a true causal factor, then well-being may be a useful target for intervention. In this article, we briefly review evidence linking well-being with health behaviors. We also describe possible strategies to enhance well-being (e.g., expressing gratitude, mindfulness meditation) and evaluate how effective such strategies may be for fostering behavior change.