Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention

Taylor, Charles T.; Lyubomirsky, Sonja; Stein, M.P.H. Murray B.

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“…PA influences an individual's adaptive behavior and positive outcome, which may be a solution to a problem with NA [36,39]. Increasing an individual's PA is also effective in controlling, eliminating, and preventing NA and important for the physical and mental health and quality of life of individuals [36,40]. Therefore, to increase police officers' subjective well-being, it is necessary to consider enhancing PA.…”

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Mediating role of coping style on the relationship between job stress and subjective well-being among Korean police officers

2020

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Background: Police officers have long been known to have one of the most stressful occupations. This study investigates their stress levels, coping styles, and subjective well-being, including affect and life satisfaction. We also explore the interrelationships of these factors to determine how coping style influences a police officer's subjective well-being. Methods: We used a convenience sampling method for 112 police officers in a metropolitan area in South Korea. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaires consisted of the following scales: job stress, coping style, positive/negative affect, and life satisfaction that measured subjective well-being. Descriptive statistics, a correlation analysis and Hayes' PROCESS macro, and bootstrap analysis were performed. Results: The level of job stress for the participants was moderate, with an average of 43.57 out of 100. The mean scores of positive affect was 17.38 out of 40, 8.50 out of 40 for negative affect, and 20.76 out of 35 for life satisfaction. Job stress and coping were significantly correlated with subjective well-being, and problem-solving style mediated stress, positive affect, and life satisfaction. Lastly, assistance pursuit style mediated stress and positive affect. Conclusions: Participants' problem-solving and assistance pursuit coping styles were shown as important mediating factors for stress and subjective well-being, especially positive affect. These findings need to be considered when planning interventions and implementing strategies focusing on the psychosocial health of the improvement of police officers' well-being.

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Mediating role of coping style on the relationship between job stress and subjective well-being among Korean police officers

2020

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“…Although clearly still speculative, from a clinical perspective, interventions boosting positive emotional experiences may be a beneficial adjunct to NSSI treatment. For example, interventions designed to promote the “savoring” of positive emotional experiences (e.g., strategies to enhance and maintain positive emotional experiences; Bryant, ) have demonstrated efficacy in addressing symptoms of depression and anxiety (Quoidbach, Berry, Hansenne, & Mikolajczak, ; C. Taylor, Lyubomirsky, & Stein, ) and could be tested in the context of NSSI.…”

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Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury‐Related Differences in the Experience of Negative and Positive Emotion

Boyes

Wilmot

Hasking

2019

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Objective Emotional experience is argued to contribute to the initiation and maintenance of nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI). We investigated whether individuals with/without a history of NSSI differed in their dispositional experience of negative and positive emotion, as well as their state responses to negatively and positively valenced movie clips. Method Undergraduates (n = 214, Mage = 21.33, 73.8% female, 35.5% reporting NSSI) completed measures of NSSI and dispositional emotional experience. Participants also viewed a sad and amusing movie clip and provided sadness/amusement ratings at seven time‐points. Results Relative to participants with no history of self‐injury, participants reporting NSSI indicated more reactivity, intensity, and perseveration of dispositional negative emotion; however, differences were negated after adjusting for mental illness. Unexpectedly, individuals with a history of NSSI responded less intensely to the sad clip, although they demonstrated perseveration of sadness over time. Participants reporting NSSI also indicated less reactivity, intensity, and perseveration of dispositional positive emotion and, in response to the amusing film, reported less amusement at all time‐points. Conclusions Considering different dimensions of negative and positive emotion may enhance understanding of NSSI. Future research should disentangle which dimensions of emotional experience are unique to NSSI and which are shared with mental illness more generally.

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“…For example, activities such as counting one's blessings (Chancellor, Layous, & Lyubomirsky, 2015;Emmons & McCullough, 2003;Froh, Sefick, & Emmons, 2008;Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005), writing letters of gratitude Layous, Lee, Choi, & Lyubomirsky, 2013;Layous et al, 2017;Lyubomirsky, Dickerhoof, Boehm, & Sheldon, 2011;Seligman et al, 2005), and performing acts of kindness (Chancellor, Margolis, Jacobs Bao, & Lyubomirsky, 2018;Dunn, Aknin, & Norton, 2008;Layous et al, 2013;Nelson et al, 2015;Nelson, Layous, Cole, & Lyubomirsky, 2016;Sheldon, Boehm, & Lyubomirsky, 2012) have been shown to reliably boost well-being. If administered optimally, positive activity interventions can also build positive psychological resources such as social connections and meaning in life, as well as ameliorate existing maladaptive symptoms such as anxiety and rumination (Layous, Chancellor, & Lyubomirsky, 2014;Seligman, Rashid, & Parks, 2006;Seligman et al, 2005;Shin & Lyubomirsky, 2016;Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009;Taylor, Lyubomirsky, & Stein, 2017).…”

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Good for self or good for others? The well-being benefits of kindness in two cultures depend on how the kindness is framed

Shin

Layous

Choi

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The Journal of Positive Psychology

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Good for self or good for others? The well-being benefits of kindness in two cultures depend on how the kindness is framed Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g5449hf ABSTRACT In light of cultural differences in conceptions of happiness, we investigated whether members of independent (vs. interdependent) cultures would benefit from prosocial behavior when self-focus is highlighted (vs. when other-focus is highlighted). In a 1-week randomized controlled intervention, U.S. (N = 280) and South Korean (N = 261) participants were randomly assigned to read a news article that described kind acts as good for oneself or good for others, or to read a control article. All participants then performed kind acts throughout the week, and completed pre-and postmeasures of subjective well-being, connectedness, competence, and autonomy. Consistent with independent self-construals, U.S. participants who read that kindness was good for themselves showed greater increases in positive affect, satisfaction with life, and feelings of connectednessand greater decreases in negative affectthan those who read the control article. Future research is needed to continue developing culturally-sensitive designs of positive activities. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention

Abstract: Background: Research suggests that the positive affect system may be an important yet

Cited by 185 publications

References 138 publications

Mediating role of coping style on the relationship between job stress and subjective well-being among Korean police officers

Mediating role of coping style on the relationship between job stress and subjective well-being among Korean police officers

Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury‐Related Differences in the Experience of Negative and Positive Emotion

Good for self or good for others? The well-being benefits of kindness in two cultures depend on how the kindness is framed

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