Loss of activities and its effect on the well-being of substance abusers

Hoxmark, Ellen Margrethe; Wynn, Trude Nydal; Wynn, Rolf

doi:10.3109/11038128.2011.552120

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“…After 2 weeks of therapy, the WHO-5 score increased significantly. Hoxmark et al [43] found that the mean scores were approximately 38 on the WHO-5 at baseline and that 47% scored <50. There was a negative correlation between the severity of abuse and the WHO-5 scores.…”

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The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Topp

Østergaard

Søndergaard

et al. 2015

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: The 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) is among the most widely used questionnaires assessing subjective psychological well-being. Since its first publication in 1998, the WHO-5 has been translated into more than 30 languages and has been used in research studies all over the world. We now provide a systematic review of the literature on the WHO-5. Methods: We conducted a systematic search for literature on the WHO-5 in PubMed and PsycINFO in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. In our review of the identified articles, we focused particularly on the following aspects: (1) the clinimetric validity of the WHO-5; (2) the responsiveness/sensitivity of the WHO-5 in controlled clinical trials; (3) the potential of the WHO-5 as a screening tool for depression, and (4) the applicability of the WHO-5 across study fields. Results: A total of 213 articles met the predefined criteria for inclusion in the review. The review demonstrated that the WHO-5 has high clinimetric validity, can be used as an outcome measure balancing the wanted and unwanted effects of treatments, is a sensitive and specific screening tool for depression and its applicability across study fields is very high. Conclusions: The WHO-5 is a short questionnaire consisting of 5 simple and non-invasive questions, which tap into the subjective well-being of the respondents. The scale has adequate validity both as a screening tool for depression and as an outcome measure in clinical trials and has been applied successfully across a wide range of study fields.

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confidence: 99%

The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Topp

Østergaard

Søndergaard

et al. 2015

Psychother Psychosom

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“…Work associated with the recovery movement examines the compound construct of “recovery capital,” comprised of social support, spirituality, religiousness, life meaning, and 12-Step affiliation, and its impact on life satisfaction (Laudet, Morgen, & White, 2006; Laudet & White, 2008). In addition, a search in the Psycinfo database cross-referencing alcohol and substance use disorders with hope, hardiness, forgiveness, resilience, purpose in life, positive activities, gratitude, and humor yields scientific contributions in each area (e.g., gratitude: Arminen, 2001; resilience: Beauvais & Oetting, 1999; positive activities: Hoxmark, Wynn, & Wynn, 2011; hardiness: Maddi, Wadhwa, & Haier, 1996; purpose in life: Martin, MacKinnon, Johnson, & Rohsenow, 2011; humor: Pollner & Stein, 2001; forgiveness: Webb, Robinson, & Brower, 2011; hope: Wilson, Syme, Boyce, Battistich, & Selvin, 2005). A surprising amount of the work studying positive themes in the addictions is not connected explicitly to the recovery movement nor to positive psychology.…”

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Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research.

Krentzman

2013

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Advances in positive psychology have grown exponentially over the past decade. The addictions field has experienced its own growth in a positive direction, embodied by the recovery movement. Despite parallel developments, and great momentum on both sides, there has been little crosspollination. This review introduces positive psychology and the recovery movement, describes the research on positive psychology in the addictions, and discusses future avenues of theory, research, and intervention based on a positive-psychology framework. A systematic review of positive psychology applied to substance use, addiction, and recovery found nine studies which are discussed according to the following themes: theoretical propositions, character strengths and drinking, positive psychology and recovery, positive interventions, and addiction: feeling good and feeling bad. The current scholarship is scant, but diverse, covering a wide range of populations (adults, adolescents, those in and out of treatment), topics (character strengths, recovery, positive affect), and addictive behaviors (work addiction, cigarette smoking, and alcohol use disorders). There is diversity, too, in country of origin, with work originating in the US, UK, Poland, and Spain. The rigorous application of the lens, tools, and approaches of positive psychology to addiction research generally, and to the aims of the recovery movement specifically, has potential for the development of theory and innovation in prevention and intervention. Further, because the work in positive psychology has primarily focused on microsystems, it may be primed to make contributions to the predominantly macro-systems focus of the recovery movement.

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“…A study with people who had a substance abuse disorder showed a loss in activitiesacross a range of domains, such as household or social activitieswas likely to lead to further loss, e.g. in social networks, and that a greater loss of activities had a negative influence on well-being (16). More broadly, it is widely acknowledged that people with a mental illness may experience a profound degree of loss (7,8,(17)(18)(19)(20)(21).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%