SynthesisPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2013
Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
- Positive psychological interventions for substance use, addiction and recovery: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- A randomized feasibility study of a positive psychology journaling intervention to support recovery from substance-use disorders.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Trial
- Results of a pilot study examining the effect of positive psychology interventions on cannabis use and related consequences.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Trial
- The efficacy and mechanism of positive psychological intervention on well-being for colostomy patients: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Beyond fear and survival: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder, emotion regulation, and post-traumatic growth in substance use disorders.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations of stress mindset with problematic alcohol use and human flourishing: an exploratory path analysis.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2026Article
- A qualitative study investigating the role of humor in supporting recovery from addiction.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis of trait impulsivity facets and associations with resilience, problematic alcohol use, and quality of life.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Trait-based recovery enhances engagement and reduces anxiety and depression symptoms.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Ambulatory assessment to advance the science of nondrug reward in addiction and recovery.Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- Daily profiles of nondrug reward and their association with daily outcomes for people in recovery from opioid use disorder: An application of latent profile analysis applied to intensive longitudinal data.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Intersecting Paths: Substance Use Disorder Recovery and Post-Traumatic Growth.Journal of substance use · 2025Article
- How to measure the effectiveness of recovery community centers: insights gained from a nationwide survey of directors of RCCs.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Happiness with Recovery from Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Predicts Abstinence and Treatment Retention.The journal of positive psychology · 2024Article
- A mixed methods experience sampling study of a posttraumatic growth model for addiction recovery.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Lived Experiences of Individuals and Coping Strategies in the Context of Internet Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Study Within Higher Education Setting in Uganda.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- All Positive States Are Not Equal: Positive Affect, Happiness, and Life Satisfaction in Relation to Alcohol and Mental Health Outcomes.International journal of applied positive psychology · 2023Article
- The concept of recovery in gaming disorder: A scoping review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- Understanding the Shared Meaning of Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: New Findings From the What is Recovery? Study.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2023Article
- Development, Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Positive Psychology Journaling Intervention to Support Addiction Recovery.The journal of positive psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Advances in positive psychology have grown exponentially over the past decade. The addictions field has experienced its own growth in a positive direction, embodied by the recovery movement. Despite parallel developments, and great momentum on both sides, there has been little crosspollination. This article introduces positive psychology and the recovery movement, describes the research on positive psychology in the addictions, and discusses future avenues of theory, research, and intervention based on a positive-psychology framework. A systematic review of positive psychology applied to substance use, addiction, and recovery found nine studies which are discussed according to the following themes: theoretical propositions, character strengths and drinking, positive psychology and recovery, positive interventions, and addiction: feeling good and feeling bad. The current scholarship is scant, but diverse, covering a wide range of populations (adults, adolescents, those in and out of treatment), topics (character strengths, recovery, positive affect), and addictive behaviors (work addiction, cigarette smoking, and alcohol use disorders). There is diversity, too, in country of origin, with work originating in the U.S., U.K., Poland, and Spain. The rigorous application of the lens, tools, and approaches of positive psychology to addiction research generally, and to the aims of the recovery movement specifically, has potential for the development of theory and innovation in prevention and intervention. Further, because the work in positive psychology has primarily focused on microsystems, it may be primed to make contributions to the predominantly macrosystems focus of the recovery movement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).
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