Connell Bohlen Lauren, Oselinsky Katrina, Vornlocher Carley, Lee Harold H, Michels Emma, Dunsiger Shira I, Bock Beth C, Kahler Christopher W, Williams David M
Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85281, United States.
Ann Behav Med. 2025 Jan 4;59(1). doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaf004.
Regular physical activity (PA) is associated with positive health outcomes; however, rates of regular PA are low. Positive psychology interventions are efficacious in other health contexts and may be useful for promoting regular PA.
Phased development and pilot/feasibility testing of a positive psychology intervention to promote PA using the ORBIT model for behavioral treatment development.
Positive psychology and PA promotion content was translated (phase 1a) and refined (phase 1b) into two 6-week, group-based treatments: Positive psychology for PA (PPPA), and a standard PA promotion comparison condition (SPA). A feasibility test (phase 2a) for PPPA only (n = 13) and piloting (phase 2b) of PPPA (n = 30) and SPA (n = 11) were conducted at local YMCAs.
In phase 2a, participants attended 59% of treatment sessions, completed 92%-100% of assessments at mid-treatment, post-treatment, and one-month post-treatment, and 83.3% had clinically meaningful increases in PA. Following refinement, phase 2b PPPA participants attended an average of 73% of the treatment sessions, 90% completed assessments at mid-treatment, post-treatment, and 1-month post-treatment, 73% at 6-month post-treatment, and 81% had clinically meaningful increases in PA. SPA participants attended 75% of sessions, completed 58%-82% of assessments across timepoints, and 66.7% had clinically meaningful increases in PA. Across timepoints, PPPA participants reported positive changes in PA enjoyment (dppc= 0.622-0.782), and positive affect (dppc= 0.162-0.407) relative to SPA, and recommended the study to others to help increase PA (95.4%) and happiness (88.6%).
This study supports the feasibility and acceptability of a positive-psychology-based, PA promotion intervention for increasing PA in low-active adults.
规律的体育活动（PA）与积极的健康结果相关；然而，规律进行体育活动的比率较低。积极心理学干预在其他健康领域是有效的，可能有助于促进规律的体育活动。
使用行为治疗开发的ORBIT模型，对促进体育活动的积极心理学干预进行分阶段开发和试点/可行性测试。
将积极心理学和促进体育活动的内容进行翻译（1a阶段）并完善（1b阶段），形成两种为期6周的基于小组的治疗方案：体育活动的积极心理学（PPPA），以及标准的促进体育活动对照方案（SPA）。仅对PPPA进行了可行性测试（2a阶段，n = 13），并在当地基督教青年会对PPPA（n = 30）和SPA（n = 11）进行了试点（2b阶段）。
在2a阶段，参与者参加了59%的治疗课程，在治疗中期、治疗后和治疗后一个月完成了92%-100%的评估，83.3%的参与者体育活动有临床意义的增加。经过完善后，2b阶段PPPA参与者平均参加了73%的治疗课程，90%的参与者在治疗中期、治疗后和治疗后1个月完成了评估，73%在治疗后6个月完成评估，81%的参与者体育活动有临床意义的增加。SPA参与者参加了75%的课程，在各个时间点完成了58%-82%的评估，66.7%的参与者体育活动有临床意义的增加。在各个时间点，与SPA相比，PPPA参与者报告在体育活动乐趣方面有积极变化（dppc = 0.622 - 0.782），在积极情绪方面有积极变化（dppc = 0.162 - 0.407），并向他人推荐该研究以帮助增加体育活动（95.4%）和幸福感（88.6%）。
本研究支持基于积极心理学的促进体育活动干预措施在增加低活动水平成年人体育活动方面的可行性和可接受性。
