Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2017
Randomized controlled trial of a positive affect intervention for people newly diagnosed with HIV.
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 110 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Tri-Service General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine
Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults Through Enhancing Positive Affect: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Ecological Momentary Assessments
Emotional Well-being and Biomarkers of Healthy Aging
Who cites it
110 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 226 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence from high-income countries on the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to improve mental health, wellbeing and quality of life for adults living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Pooled it
- Can positive psychological interventions improve health behaviors? A systematic review of the literature.Preventive medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for adults with newly diagnosed chronic disease: A systematic review.Journal of health psychology · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions to improve mental wellbeing.Nature human behaviour · 2021Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for cancer survivors: A meta-analysis of effects on positive affect.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2019Pooled it
- Well-being interventions for individuals with diabetes: A systematic review.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2019Pooled it
- A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of a Positive Psychology Intervention for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The WISH Proof-of-Concept Trial.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Trial
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- Results of a positive affect intervention for male couples: Change over time and effects on mental health.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a relationship education and HIV prevention program for young male couples: Biomedical and behavioral outcomes.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Trial
- Text Messaging to Extend School-Based Suicide Prevention: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2024Trial
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- Exploring self-esteem during expressive writing about trauma predicts decreased depression in people with HIV.AIDS care · 2023Trial
- Mechanisms of quality-of-life improvement in treatment for alcohol use disorder.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Trial
- 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
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing with Sexual Minority Male Couples to Reduce Drug Use and Sexual Risk: The Couples Health Project.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- Facilitator Contact, Discussion Boards, and Virtual Badges as Adherence Enhancements to a Web-Based, Self-guided, Positive Psychological Intervention for Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- An autoregressive cross-lagged model unraveling co-occurring stimulant use and HIV: Results from a randomized controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Positive affect skills may improve pain management in people with HIV.Journal of health psychology · 2020Trial
- Use of the Chatbot "Vivibot" to Deliver Positive Psychology Skills and Promote Well-Being Among Young People After Cancer Treatment: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveWe conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether IRISS (Intervention for those Recently Informed of their Seropositive Status), a positive affect skills intervention, improved positive emotion, psychological health, physical health, and health behaviors in people newly diagnosed with HIV.
methodOne-hundred and fifty-nine participants who had received an HIV diagnosis in the past 3 months were randomized to a 5-session, in-person, individually delivered positive affect skills intervention or an attention-matched control condition.
resultsFor the primary outcome of past-day positive affect, the group difference in change from baseline over time did not reach statistical significance (p = .12, d = .30). Planned secondary analyses within assessment point showed that the intervention led to higher levels of past-day positive affect at 5, 10, and 15 months postdiagnosis compared with an attention control. For antidepressant use, the between group difference in change from baseline was statistically significant (p = .006, d = -.78 baseline to 15 months) and the difference in change over time for intrusive and avoidant thoughts related to HIV was also statistically significant (p = .048, d = .29). Contrary to findings for most health behavior interventions in which effects wane over the follow up period, effect sizes in IRISS seemed to increase over time for most outcomes.
conclusionsThis comparatively brief positive affect skills intervention achieved modest improvements in psychological health, and may have the potential to support adjustment to a new HIV diagnosis. (PsycINFO Database Record
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