Papousek Ilona, Schulter Günter
Department of Psychology, Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria.
Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(4):293-302. doi: 10.1080/10705500802365508.
In spite of extensive evidence indicating that affective traits can influence health, conclusive studies on a potential preventive value of systematical mood improvement have been relatively sparse. In part, this may be due to the lack of appropriate and proven behavioral intervention methods.
The purpose of this study was to test a newly developed intervention method for its effectiveness to enhance cheerfulness and to improve aspects of psychological well-being and subjective health that may be advanced by increased levels of cheerfulness.
The key element of the "Cheerfulness Training," which follows a behavioral therapy approach, is that imaginations of personal shortcomings, annoyances, and unpleasant situations are coupled with a self-induced positive affective state by conditioning processes.
Experimental findings demonstrated a pronounced enhancement of cheerfulness that was accompanied by reduced feelings of stress and improved psychological well-being and subjective health. Effects were stronger in participants with lower levels of trait seriousness.
Findings indicate that the training is effective in enhancing cheerfulness and that successfully enhancing cheerfulness also promotes more general improvement of well-being.
尽管有大量证据表明情感特质会影响健康，但关于系统改善情绪的潜在预防价值的结论性研究相对较少。部分原因可能是缺乏合适且经过验证的行为干预方法。
本研究的目的是测试一种新开发的干预方法，以检验其增强愉悦感以及改善心理幸福感和主观健康方面的有效性，而这些方面可能会因愉悦感水平的提高而得到改善。
“愉悦训练”采用行为疗法，其关键要素是通过条件作用过程，将对个人缺点、烦恼和不愉快情况的想象与自我诱导的积极情感状态相结合。
实验结果表明，愉悦感显著增强，同时压力感减轻，心理幸福感和主观健康状况得到改善。在特质严肃程度较低的参与者中，效果更强。
研究结果表明，该训练在增强愉悦感方面是有效的，并且成功增强愉悦感也能促进幸福感更全面的改善。
