The Value of Positive Psychology for Health Psychology: Progress and Pitfalls in Examining the Relation of Positive Phenomena to Health
The Value of Positive Psychology for Health Psychology: Progress and Pitfalls in Examining the Relation of Positive Phenomena to Health
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DOI：
10.1007/s12160-009-9153-0
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Tedeschi, Richard G.
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作者：
Aspinwall, Lisa G.;Tedeschi, Richard G.
“积极心理学”运动的发展反映了科学和非专业人士对积极现象与身心健康之间关系的兴趣增加，以及促进积极感受，思想和经验以改善健康和福祉的干预措施的相应潜力。在本文中，我们（1）考虑有关乐观、连贯性和创伤后成长的研究，这些研究早于当代对积极心理学的重视，但与健康心理学有着明确且越来越得到充分支持的联系，（2）研究了几种潜在机制，通过这些机制，这种积极现象可能会影响疾病的病因、进展和管理，（3）找出四个普遍存在但误导性的假设，这些假设可能会限制科学研究和实际应用，（4）警惕积极思维的流行观点的严重陷阱，例如将其推广为治疗癌症和其他疾病。最后，我们提出了平衡的科学调查和积极现象的应用的建议。
The growth of the "positive psychology" movement reflects increased scientific and lay interest in the relation of positive phenomena to mental and physical health and the corresponding potential for interventions that promote positive feelings, thoughts, and experiences to improve health and well-being. In this article, we (1) consider research on optimism, sense of coherence, and posttraumatic growth that predates the contemporary emphasis on positive psychology, but has clear and increasingly well-supported connections to health psychology, (2) examine several potential mechanisms through which such positive phenomena may influence the etiology, progression, and management of illness, (3) identify four pervasive but misleading assumptions about positive phenomena that may limit both scientific research and practical application, and (4) caution against serious pitfalls of popular views of positive thinking, such as its promotion as a cure for cancer and other diseases. We conclude with recommendations for the balanced scientific investigation and application of positive phenomena.