Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Health Psychol. 2013 May;32(5):602-8. doi: 10.1037/a0032116.
Social, personality, and health psychologists have a long tradition of active and productive collaborations that have advanced the development of intervention strategies that promote health and well-being and the specification of the theoretical principles that underlie those strategies. This special issue is designed to continue this tradition of collaboration and to highlight areas of research and investigative strategies that offer opportunities for innovation. This concluding paper examines how investigators construe the interface between theory and practice and, with that lens, considers several themes that have emerged across the papers that comprise this special issue. As evidenced by the papers in this special issue, investigators are well-positioned to leverage advances in understanding of human health and well-being. However, to capitalize on this opportunity, investigators need to commit to cultivating a culture of scientific activity that prioritizes the engagement of theory and practice-the pursuit of both understanding and use.
社会心理学、人格心理学和健康心理学领域的学者一直以来都保持着积极且富有成效的合作，共同推进了干预策略的发展，以促进健康和幸福，并明确了这些策略所依据的理论原则。本期特刊旨在延续这一合作传统，并重点关注提供创新机会的研究领域和调查策略。本文审视了研究者如何理解理论与实践之间的界面，并通过这一视角来探讨本期特刊中包含的几篇论文所呈现的主题。从本期特刊中的论文可以看出，研究者有充分的条件利用人类健康和幸福方面的最新理解进展。然而，要想抓住这一机会，研究者需要致力于培养一种科学活动的文化，将理论和实践的结合作为优先事项，即追求理解和应用。
