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Positive Psychology and Hope as Lifestyle Medicine Modalities in the Therapeutic Encounter: A Narrative Review.
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- The effect of positive thinking on resilience and life satisfaction of older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effects of parent-child painting and creative crafting therapy on preschool children with autism spectrum disorder and their mothers: a prospective randomized controlled trial.Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2021Trial
- The Weight Management Hope Scale: Initial Validation of a Measure to Assess Goal-Directed Thinking in Obesity Research and Practice.Obesity science & practice · 2026Article
- The Role of Illness Perception, Hope, and Perceived Social Support in the Prediction of Loneliness in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Fear motivates and dread stalls: the role of emotions in climate support.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Perceived food literacy in women with gynecologic cancer receiving chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- The chain mediating roles of spiritual well-being and hope between self-control and depressive symptoms among breast cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- How Positive Psychology Can Augment Leadership Through the Therapeutic Alliance.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2025Article
- A positive psychotherapy group intervention to increase distress tolerance and reduce feelings of entrapment in patients with multiple sclerosis.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on mental health, life expectancy, and happiness in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Hope therapy: Can it treat hopelessness and internal locus of control on diabetes mellitus patients?PloS one · 2023Article
- Hopamine as Personalized Medicine for Persons with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2023Article
- Can heart rate variability be a bio-index of hope? A pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Measurement invariance in gender and age of the Herth Hope Index to the general spanish population across the lifespan.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- An Emerging Preventive Mental Health Care Strategy: The Neurobiological and Functional Basis of Positive Psychological Traits.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Positive Psychology and Health Behavior Change in Lifestyle Medicine: A Narrative Review.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- Siddha Self-Inquiry for Flow, Bliss, and Uvagai: Mindfulness for Intuitive Lifestyle in Complex Cardiac Disease.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- An Epigenetic Perspective on Lifestyle Medicine for Depression: Implications for Primary Care Practice.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
The majority of deaths in the United States are attributable to lifestyle-associated chronic diseases. Therapeutic encounters must now routinely address lifestyle-related behavior changes and promote patients' active involvement in self-care and chronic disease management. Positive psychology has been recognized in the realm of lifestyle medicine for its potential applications in effecting patient behavior change. One notable framework within positive psychology that is well suited for facilitating specific behavior changes is hope theory, which can be used to elicit change talk and build agency among patients with chronic diseases. This review explores key literature in positive psychology and hope theory and its practical applications to direct patient care, which includes an illustrative case study. There are still many unexplored intersections of health-related variables and hope. The cognitive framework of hope theory lends itself well to a broad range of situations, including brief ambulatory encounters. Clinicians will be instrumental in increasing our understanding of how hope theory can be applied to the therapeutic encounter. There are simple and efficient ways to innovate in this area. Having information about a patient's hope has the potential to make empathic connections easier and create opportunities to ask specific questions to help patients overcome barriers.
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