Klibert Jeffrey J, Sturz Bradley R, LeLeux-LaBarge Kayla, Hatton Arthur, Smalley K Bryant, Warren Jacob C
Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United States.
Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 21;13:791040. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.791040. eCollection 2022.
Achieving a high quality of life is dependent upon how individuals face adversity. Positive psychological interventions are well-suited to support coping efforts; however, experimental research is limited. The purpose of the current research was to examine whether different savoring interventions could increase important coping resources (i.e., positive emotions) in response to a social-evaluative hassle. We completed an experimental mixed subject design study with a university student sample. All participants completed a hassle induction task and were then randomly assigned into different intervention groups. Positive emotion ratings were collected at three points in time (baseline, post-induction task, post-intervention). Results revealed a significant time x intervention interaction effect, such that individuals in the savoring the moment intervention reported higher levels of positive emotions (at post-intervention) compared to individuals assigned to the true control group, guided imagery control group, and savoring through reminiscence intervention. Such findings represent a significant extension to savoring theory and offer support for savoring the moment exercises as a primary prevention strategy to bolster effective responses to social-evaluative hassles.
实现高质量的生活取决于个人如何面对逆境。积极的心理干预非常适合支持应对努力；然而，实验研究有限。当前研究的目的是检验不同的品味干预是否能增加应对重要资源（即积极情绪）以应对社会评价性困扰。我们对大学生样本完成了一项实验性混合主题设计研究。所有参与者都完成了一个困扰诱导任务，然后被随机分配到不同的干预组。在三个时间点（基线、诱导任务后、干预后）收集积极情绪评分。结果显示出显著的时间×干预交互效应，即与被分配到真对照组、引导意象对照组和通过回忆品味干预组的个体相比，处于品味当下干预组的个体（在干预后）报告的积极情绪水平更高。这些发现代表了对品味理论的重大扩展，并为品味当下练习作为增强对社会评价性困扰有效反应的主要预防策略提供了支持。
