The everyday lives of in- and outpatients when beginning therapy: The importance of values-consistent behavior

Villanueva, Jeanette; Meyer, Andrea; Rinner, Marcia T. B.; Block, Victoria J.; Benoy, Charles; Brogli, Sandra; Karekla, Maria; Walter, Marc; Gloster, Andrew T.

doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.02.002

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“…It has been shown to protect from the negative effects of daily stress (Gloster et al, 2017) and major life events (Fonseca et al, 2020) on well-being and depressive symptoms. Research on psychological flexibility postulates that responding flexibly to situational demands allows individuals to prioritize areas in life that are meaningful and consistent with personal values (Hayes et al, 2006;Villanueva et al, 2020). Additionally, researchers started to evaluate psychological flexibility as a potential public health target with preliminary evidence of its potency: In a recent study, it was found that a brief intervention strengthening psychological flexibility led to an increase in prosocial choices in couples (Gloster et al, 2020c).…”

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To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans’ social life and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for each other. This study investigated prosocial behavior, its association well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and sought to understand whether region-specific differences exist. Participants (N = 9,496) from eight regions clustering multiple countries around the world responded to a cross-sectional online-survey investigating the psychological consequences of the first upsurge of lockdowns in spring 2020. Prosocial behavior was reported to occur frequently. Multiple regression analyses showed that prosocial behavior was associated with better well-being consistently across regions. With regard to predictors of prosocial behavior, high levels of perceived social support were most strongly associated with prosocial behavior, followed by high levels of perceived stress, positive affect and psychological flexibility. Sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of prosocial behavior were similar across regions.

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To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

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“…Non-clinical and comparative studies are needed that further investigate the relationship between helping and well-being, with a more nuanced examination of the facets of help giving. A better understanding of the relation of helping and well-being is potentially beneficial for psychotherapy (Villanueva et al, 2020) and public health targets (Haller et al, 2022).…”

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Is helping you helping me? The assessment of helping others using event sampling methodology in a clinical and a non‐clinical sample

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Individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) and social phobia (SP) have difficulties in social interactions. It is unknown, however, whether such difficulties prevent them from helping others, thereby depriving them of the natural benefits of helping, such as receiving gratitude. Using event sampling methodology (ESM), individuals (MDD, n = 118; SP, n = 47; and control group, n = 119) responded to questions about the frequency of helping, in total at 5333 time points, and their well‐being. Contrary to our hypothesis, individuals in the MDD, SP and control group did not differ in their helping frequency. Results did show an association between helping and well‐being, such that helping is related to well‐being and well‐being to helping. Understanding the complex relation of helping others and well‐being and how this might be used during therapy and prevention programmes are discussed.

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“…Finally, psychological flexibility training helps people to deal differently with the perceived barriers (e.g., by accepting the thoughts and feelings) so that they can flexibly choose how they act (vs. rigidly react to and avoiding the perceived barriers). Psychological flexibility is considered a fundamental aspect of health and well-being, and is related to social interactions, including helping people actually follow through with socially related values [13][14][15][16] . As such, psychological flexibility is a promising target to test in its ability to increase prosocial behaviors.…”

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Increasing prosocial behavior and decreasing selfishness in the lab and everyday life

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2020

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The tension between selfishness and prosocial behavior is crucial to understanding many social interactions and conflicts. Currently little is known how to promote prosocial behaviors, especially in naturally occurring relationships outside the laboratory. We examined whether a psychological micro-intervention would promote prosocial behaviors in couples. Across two studies, we randomized dyads of couples to a micro-intervention (15 min), which increased prosocial behaviors by 28% and decreased selfish behaviors by 35% a week later in behavioral games in a dose–response manner. Using event sampling methodology, we further observed an increase in prosocial behaviors across one week that was most pronounced in participants who received the intervention. These results from the laboratory and everyday life are important for researchers interested in prosocial behavior and selfishness and have practical relevance for group interactions.

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The everyday lives of in- and outpatients when beginning therapy: The importance of values-consistent behavior

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

Is helping you helping me? The assessment of helping others using event sampling methodology in a clinical and a non‐clinical sample

Increasing prosocial behavior and decreasing selfishness in the lab and everyday life

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