P.P in motivational interviewing/behaviour change councelling

Question 1

What is a positive affect?

Answer 1

Experiencing pleasurable emotions from engaging in environment, contentment with the past, happiness in the present and hopeful for the future.

Question 2

What is positive psychology?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What are the 5 pillars of Positive psychology?

Answer 3

1. Positive EMOTION - be optimistic, view past, present and future positively.
2. Engagement - ‘blissful immersion’ in the present (helps intelligence/skill/emotional capacity
3. Relationships - emotional and physical
4. Meaning - have purpose
5. Accomplishment - sense of satisfaction/fulfillment

Question 4

How can our engagement be improved?

Answer 4

character strengths - creativity, appreciation of beauty, bravery, curiosity, fairness, forgiveness, honesty, hope, homour, leadeship, love, love of learning, social intelligence, spirituality, teamwork

Question 5

What impact does positive psychology have on chronic disease according to Hirsch 2002?

Answer 5

reduced suicidal ideation and distressing thoughts

but not yet known if positive psychology if effective treatment for chronic illess

Question 6

Is positive psychology effective on well-being/depression?

Answer 6

yes, small but significant.

Question 7

Health providers should leverage positive psychology in behaviour change conversations. What 9 positive psychology activities should health providers prescribe?

Answer 7

1. Find and improve strengths
2. savour pleasures in life
3. count blessings
4. write down how want to be remembered
5. express appreciation
6. Acts of kindness regularly
7. regular connections with others - not on SM
8. remembering happiest days frequently
   9 Doing activities that are meaningful

Question 8

What is hedonia? 3 points

Answer 8

Maximising happiness by:

1. no negative emotions
2. positive emotions and expressions
3. satisfaction of desires

Question 9

What is eudaimonia?

Answer 9

A process of fulfilling or realising your potentials and living as you were inherently intended to live - goal directed.

Question 10

Having a high purpose in life reduced mortality in elderly people. What did Boyle find?

Answer 10

Those with high life purpose scores were less likely to be diagnosed with AD, mild cognitive impairment and a slower rate of cognitive decline.

Question 11

What did Kim’s Health and Retirement study find?

Answer 11

Older people with high sense of life purpose were less likely to have strokes/MIs and access preventative labs/screening exams.

Question 12

Friedman found that those with high sense of purpose had lower levels of what?

Answer 12

CRP and IL6

Question 13

What does neuroscience show with regard to brain activity?

Answer 13

Higher psychological well-being - less activation of amygdala
High cortical function is associated with negative stimuli
Positive stimuli - activates reward circuit

Question 14

What is eudaimoniaa well being associated with in the brain?

Answer 14

increased cortical grey matter

Question 15

What are micro-moments@

Answer 15

brief authentic social connections

Question 16

Grant 2018 and Mineo 2017 did a study on Boston college students - method and results?

Answer 16

75 year cohort study
268 harvard students and 456 Boston students
single most important predictor of happiness and longevity was SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

Question 17

Lin 2016 did a study on social meida us in 1787 yound adults, aged 19-32. Findings?

Answer 17

Highest quartile of use - significantly higher rates or depression than lowest quartile.
Linear dose trend.

Question 18

PSMU - what is it? What was Shensa’s study outcome?

Answer 18

Problematic SM use
44% on young adults in the US had PSMU
PSMU - STRONG AND INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS

Question 19

Woods did a study into use of SM and its affect on sleep quality. Sample? Findings?

Answer 19

467 adolescents
examined emotional investment in SM

Found nighttime use associated with poor sleep
emotional investment - associated with anxiety/depression/low self-esteem

Question 20

Shensa said that patterns of social media use appears to be more strongly realted to mental health outcomes compared to?

Answer 20

quanitity and frequency of use