P.P in motivational interviewing/behaviour change councelling Flashcards
What is a positive affect?
Experiencing pleasurable emotions from engaging in environment, contentment with the past, happiness in the present and hopeful for the future.
What is positive psychology?
Study/scientific approach of studying behaviours/feelings/thoughts
focusses on strengths rather than weaknesses
does not minimise misery
focusses on building a good life rather than fixing the bad
takes like up to great rather than normal
allows you to thrive
What are the 5 pillars of Positive psychology?
- Positive EMOTION - be optimistic, view past, present and future positively.
- Engagement - ‘blissful immersion’ in the present (helps intelligence/skill/emotional capacity
- Relationships - emotional and physical
- Meaning - have purpose
- Accomplishment - sense of satisfaction/fulfillment
How can our engagement be improved?
character strengths - creativity, appreciation of beauty, bravery, curiosity, fairness, forgiveness, honesty, hope, homour, leadeship, love, love of learning, social intelligence, spirituality, teamwork
What impact does positive psychology have on chronic disease according to Hirsch 2002?
reduced suicidal ideation and distressing thoughts
but not yet known if positive psychology if effective treatment for chronic illess
Is positive psychology effective on well-being/depression?
yes, small but significant.
Health providers should leverage positive psychology in behaviour change conversations. What 9 positive psychology activities should health providers prescribe?
- Find and improve strengths
- savour pleasures in life
- count blessings
- write down how want to be remembered
- express appreciation
- Acts of kindness regularly
- regular connections with others - not on SM
- remembering happiest days frequently
9 Doing activities that are meaningful
What is hedonia? 3 points
Maximising happiness by:
- no negative emotions
- positive emotions and expressions
- satisfaction of desires
What is eudaimonia?
A process of fulfilling or realising your potentials and living as you were inherently intended to live - goal directed.
Having a high purpose in life reduced mortality in elderly people. What did Boyle find?
Those with high life purpose scores were less likely to be diagnosed with AD, mild cognitive impairment and a slower rate of cognitive decline.
What did Kim’s Health and Retirement study find?
Older people with high sense of life purpose were less likely to have strokes/MIs and access preventative labs/screening exams.
Friedman found that those with high sense of purpose had lower levels of what?
CRP and IL6
What does neuroscience show with regard to brain activity?
Higher psychological well-being - less activation of amygdala
High cortical function is associated with negative stimuli
Positive stimuli - activates reward circuit
What is eudaimoniaa well being associated with in the brain?
increased cortical grey matter
What are micro-moments@
brief authentic social connections
Grant 2018 and Mineo 2017 did a study on Boston college students - method and results?
75 year cohort study
268 harvard students and 456 Boston students
single most important predictor of happiness and longevity was SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
Lin 2016 did a study on social meida us in 1787 yound adults, aged 19-32. Findings?
Highest quartile of use - significantly higher rates or depression than lowest quartile.
Linear dose trend.
PSMU - what is it? What was Shensa’s study outcome?
Problematic SM use
44% on young adults in the US had PSMU
PSMU - STRONG AND INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
Woods did a study into use of SM and its affect on sleep quality. Sample? Findings?
467 adolescents
examined emotional investment in SM
Found nighttime use associated with poor sleep
emotional investment - associated with anxiety/depression/low self-esteem
Shensa said that patterns of social media use appears to be more strongly realted to mental health outcomes compared to?
quanitity and frequency of use
