ArticleThe Journal of nervous and mental disease2018
A Positive Psychology Intervention to Promote Health Behaviors in Heart Failure: A Proof-of-Concept Trial.
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Developing a Positive Psychology Intervention to Promote Health Behaviors in Heart Failure: proof-of Concept Trial
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Can positive psychological interventions improve health behaviors? A systematic review of the literature.Preventive medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a positive psychology-based intervention to promote health behaviors in heart failure: The REACH for Health study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2020Trial
- A Positive Psychology-Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Promote Positive Affect and Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes: The BEHOLD-8 Controlled Clinical Trial.Psychosomatic medicine · 2020Trial
- A positive psychology-motivational interviewing program to promote physical activity in type 2 diabetes: The BEHOLD-16 pilot randomized trial.General hospital psychiatryTrial
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- The effects of PERMA model-based positive psychological intervention on fear of disease progression and subjective well-being in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Posttraumatic growth theory as a framework for heart failure self-care intervention design.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A Longitudinal Study of Adherence among Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Associations with Gratitude Over the Course of One Year.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Association between positive affect, flourishing, quality of life, and psychological distress in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2025Article
- Feasibility of a positive psychology intervention (PATH) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation survivors: Randomized pilot trial design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- Does an Online Positive Psychological Intervention Improve Positive Affect in Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic?Affective science · 2023Article
- Child psychological well-being and adult health behavior and body mass index.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- A phone and text message intervention to improve physical activity in midlife: initial feasibility testing.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Predictors of completion and response to a psychological intervention to promote health behavior adherence in heart failure.International journal of psychiatry in medicine · 2022Article
- Examining Optimism, Psychosocial Risks, and Cardiovascular Health Using Life's Simple 7 Metrics in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Jackson Heart Study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Positive psychological constructs and health behavior adherence in heart failure: A qualitative research study.Nursing & health sciences · 2020Article
- A community-based positive psychology group intervention to promote physical activity among people with metabolic syndrome: Proof of concept results to inform a pilot randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2020Article
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Abstract
Patients with heart failure (HF) frequently struggle to adhere to health behaviors, and psychological factors may contribute to nonadherence. We examined the feasibility and acceptability of a 10-week, positive psychology (PP)-based intervention to promote health behavior adherence in patients (N = 10) with mild to moderate HF and suboptimal health behavior adherence. Participants engaged in weekly phone sessions, completed PP exercises (e.g., writing a gratitude letter, using a personal strength), and set goals related to diet, medication adherence, and physical activity. Feasibility was assessed by the number of sessions completed, and acceptability by participant ratings of ease and utility. Preliminary efficacy was measured by changes in psychological and adherence outcomes. The intervention was feasible (87% of exercises completed) and acceptable. Furthermore, in exploratory analyses, the intervention was associated with improvements in psychological and health behavior adherence outcomes. Larger, randomized trials are needed to further investigate the utility of this intervention.
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