Wilkie Lowri, Arroyo Pamela, Conibeer Harley, Kemp Andrew Haddon, Fisher Zoe
Department of Psychology, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Community Brain Injury Service, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 25;12:648286. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648286. eCollection 2021.
Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) suffer chronic impairment across cognitive, physical and psycho-social domains, and the experience of anxiety, isolation and apathy has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative evaluation was conducted of 14 individuals with ABI who had participated in series of COVID adapted group-based intervention(s) that had been designed to improve wellbeing. Eight themes were identified: Facilitating Safety, Fostering Positive Emotion, Managing and Accepting Difficult Emotions, Promoting Meaning, Finding Purpose and Accomplishment, Facilitating Social Ties, (Re)Connecting to Nature, and Barriers to Efficacy. Findings are discussed with respects to recent theoretical developments in positive psychology and wellbeing science and support the use of online and outdoor interventions to enhance wellbeing in individuals living with ABI during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper makes a unique contribution to second wave positive psychology (PP2.0) through the application of recent advances in wellbeing science to an ABI population during the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, this paper lays the foundation for new interventions that not only reduce impairment and distress, but also create opportunities for meaning and enhanced wellbeing in people living with chronic conditions and those individuals living with ABI in particular.
获得性脑损伤（ABI）患者在认知、身体和心理社会领域遭受慢性损伤，而新冠肺炎疫情加剧了他们的焦虑、孤独和冷漠情绪。对14名参与了一系列旨在改善健康状况的新冠肺炎适应性团体干预措施的ABI患者进行了定性评估。确定了八个主题：促进安全、培养积极情绪、管理和接受负面情绪、提升意义感、找到目标与成就感、促进社会联系、（重新）与自然建立联系以及干预效果的障碍。结合积极心理学和健康科学的最新理论进展对研究结果进行了讨论，这些结果支持在新冠肺炎疫情期间利用线上和户外干预措施来提升ABI患者的健康水平。本文通过将健康科学的最新进展应用于新冠肺炎疫情期间的ABI人群，为第二波积极心理学（PP2.0）做出了独特贡献。在此过程中，本文为新的干预措施奠定了基础，这些干预措施不仅可以减少损伤和痛苦，还能为慢性病患者，尤其是ABI患者创造获得意义感和提升健康水平的机会。
