Using the Past to Enhance the Present: Boosting Happiness Through Positive Reminiscence

Bryant, Fred B.; Smart, Colette M.; King, Scott P.

doi:10.1007/s10902-005-3889-4

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“…They report that although narratives strengthen positive emotions in elderly people, emotions created by retelling memories seem to be transient. This method provides a limited insight relative to self and present time and it is the footstone to promote positive emotions and happiness (Bryant, Smart, & King, 2005). Another study investigated the effect of this therapy on depression signs in elderly people, showed that this therapeutic method can be effective (Zadeh, Shahi, & Khani, 2012) that confirms the efficiency of this therapy and complies with the results of this study.…”

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The Effect of Person-Centered Narrative Therapy on Happiness and Death Anxiety of Elderly People

Heidari

Amiri²,

Amiri³

2016

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Introduction: This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the efficiency of Interventional person-centered narrative therapy on increasing happiness and reducing death anxiety in elderly people. This study, which is a single case study is in the form of multiple baselines.Methods: Of population of elderly people in nursing homes in Tehran, one person was selected using accessible sampling and participated this study. Research tool included Oxford happiness questionnaire (1989) and Templer Death Anxiety Scale. To analyze data, chart and graphical analysis were used. Results:Results showed that person-centered narrative therapy has a positive effect on increasing happiness and reducing death anxiety. Percentage change for happiness and anxiety was 42% and 53% respectively. Conclusion:The effects of these improvements largely remained during follow up period. Therefore, narrative therapy can be used that results in inner peace by having a positive theme toward events.

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The Effect of Person-Centered Narrative Therapy on Happiness and Death Anxiety of Elderly People

Heidari

Amiri²,

Amiri³

2016

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“…This pattern of findings is especially striking in light of the fact that our linguistic analysis revealed that participants in the two savoring conditions did not differ in the frequency of positive emotion words. When people naturalistically savor, they most often choose to savor relational memories (Bryant et al, 2005) and savoring memories not involving other people actually may be a difficult task for some adults. It is unknown whether the types of memories naturalistically savored by adults in LDRs differs from those savored by other adults (single people or GCR members), but it may be that for some adults in LDRs, savoring personal memories fails to enhance emotional state because these memories underscore the fact that they live apart from their romantic partners, which may evoke feelings of longing or being alone.…”

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Relational savoring in long-distance romantic relationships

Borelli

Rasmussen

Burkhart

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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Relationship satisfaction is crucial for health and happiness. In the absence of physical contact, people in long-distance romantic relationships (LDRs) may use alternate means of maintaining relationship satisfaction, such as mentally activating feelings of closeness to their partners. This experiment examined the effects of relational savoring, relative to two control conditions, on emotion and relationship satisfaction following a laboratory-based stress task, among 533 people in an LDR. Relational savoring yielded greater positive emotion among participants, particularly those with medium to high baseline relationship satisfaction. Further, emotional state mediated the link between relational savoring and post-stressor relationship satisfaction for participants with average or higher baseline satisfaction. Savoring relational memories resulted in short-term benefits among people in LDRs with average or higher satisfaction. The promise of relational savoring as a brief intervention is discussed as well as the implications of the results for couples in LDRs.

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“…Despite the fact that people may differ in the extent to which they tend or are able to savor positive experiences, research suggests that strategies to savor can be learned (Bryant et al 2005;Bryant and Veroff 2007), which may probably increase the benefits of vacation as well.…”

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Vacation (after-) effects on employee health and well-being, and the role of vacation activities, experiences and sleep

2012

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Most vacations seem to have strong, but rather short-lived effects on health and well-being (H&W). However, the recovery-potential of relatively long vacations and the underlying processes have been disregarded. Therefore, our study focused on vacations longer than 14 days and on the psychological processes associated with such a long respite from work. In the present study, we investigated (1) how health and well-being (H&W) develop during and after a long summer vacation, (2) whether changes in H&W during and after vacation relate to vacation activities and experiences and (3) whether changes in H&W during and after vacation relate to sleep. Fifty-four employees reported their H&W before, three or four times during and five times after vacation. Vacations lasted 23 days on average. Information on vacation experiences, work-related activities and sleep was collected during vacation. Vacation activities were assessed immediately after vacation. H&W increased quickly during vacation, peaked on the eighth vacation day and had rapidly returned to baseline level within the first week of work resumption. Vacation duration and most vacation activities were only weakly associated with H&W changes during and after vacation. Engagement in passive activities, savoring, pleasure derived from activities, relaxation, control and sleep showed strong relations with improved H&W during and to a lesser degree after vacation. In conclusion, H&W improved during long summer vacations, but this positive effect was short-lived. Vacation experiences, especially pleasure, relaxation, savoring and control, seem to be especially important for the strength and persistence of vacation (after-) effects.

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Using the Past to Enhance the Present: Boosting Happiness Through Positive Reminiscence

Abstract: cognitive imagery, happiness, memorabilia, positive affect, reminiscence,

Cited by 299 publications

References 45 publications

The Effect of Person-Centered Narrative Therapy on Happiness and Death Anxiety of Elderly People

The Effect of Person-Centered Narrative Therapy on Happiness and Death Anxiety of Elderly People

Relational savoring in long-distance romantic relationships

Vacation (after-) effects on employee health and well-being, and the role of vacation activities, experiences and sleep

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