ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2010
Of babies and bathwater: a reply to Coyne and Tennen's views on positive psychology and health.
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- A Systematic Review of Fear of Cancer Recurrence Among Indigenous and Minority Peoples.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2013Pooled it
- Positive Developmental Changes after Transition to High School: Is Retrospective Growth Correlated with Measured Changes in Current Status of Personal Growth?Journal of youth and adolescence · 2018Article
- Variation in narrative identity is associated with trajectories of mental health over several years.Journal of personality and social psychology · 2015Article
- Development and validation of the positive affect and well-being scale for the neurology quality of life (Neuro-QOL) measurement system.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Article
- A longitudinal investigation of posttraumatic growth in adult patients undergoing treatment for acute leukemia.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2013Article
- Posttraumatic growth in combat veterans.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2011Article
- Introduction to special series: The great debate--evaluating the health implications of positive psychology.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2010Article
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Abstract
purposeWe disagree with several conclusions reached by Coyne and Tennen, as well as their interpretation of specific findings.
resultsFirst, we dispute that researchers have advanced the claim that positive thinking can cure disease. Second, we question their exclusive focus on cancer-related mortality, when strong cumulative evidence suggests that optimism is related to positive health outcomes for other major diseases, and that psychosocial interventions may improve other important cancer outcomes, such as reduced pain and increased quality of life. Third, we disagree sharply with their assessment of the literature on posttraumatic growth and the implications of the research they cite.
conclusionIt is premature to abandon efforts to understand and promote positive phenomena among people with various life-threatening illnesses. Instead, well-validated measures of positive phenomena should become routinely incorporated into a broader array of health psychology studies to provide a rigorous test of their role in human health and adaptation to disease.
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