ReviewCureus2022
Meta-Analysis of Positive Psychology Interventions on the Treatment of Depression.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Association between grit and depressive symptoms among medical students, moderated by academic performance.Medical education online · 2024Article
- Dispositional Optimism Predicts Antidepressant Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder: Potential Relevance for Positive Psychology Interventions.The journal of positive psychology · 2024Article
- Resilience in the Face of Cancer: On the Importance of Defining and Studying Resilience as a Dynamic Process of Adaptation.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Gratitude Experience in Ten Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Qualitative Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- 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
- Influence of Optimism, Social Support, and Spirituality on COVID-19 Stress in Christian Church Community.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
- The effect on mental well-being, life attitude and depression levels of positive psychology program applied to patients diagnosed with depression.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This meta-analysis examined the efficacy of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) in treating depression in 11 articles. PubMed, Web of Science, and Clinical Key were used to identify papers published from 2010 to 2020 that utilized PPIs. Key terms were "positive psychology" and "treatment of depression." Studies on adults with (a) depressive symptoms or (b) diagnosed clinical depression were included. A random-effects model was used to compare PPIs and control groups on post- vs. pre-intervention differences in depression scores. Data analysis examined Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (QIDS-SR16) scores. Findings show PPIs are effective in treating depressive symptoms, with significant improvements in depression scores when compared to control groups in all but one study. This was true for both post- vs. pre-intervention (pooled Cohen's d = -0.44 (-0.77, -0.11)) and follow-up- vs. pre-intervention analyses (pooled Cohen's d = -0.46 (-1.02, 0.09)). PPIs can improve the accessibility and affordability of depression treatments.
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