A feasibility study of psychological strengths and well-being assessment in individuals living with recurrent depression

Macaskill, Ann

doi:10.1080/17439760.2012.702783

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“…The context of therapy is already supportive and therapists develop a rapport with their clients, making it easier to introduce elements of positive psychotherapy sensitively as ways of increasing the tools that individuals have to support them in their illness. Certainly, patients with chronic recurrent depression reported that character strengths assessment would be a very welcome addition to their treatment, feeling that it provided them with additional resources for coping when they became ill again and it also improved their self-concept to be able to conceptualize themselves as people with strengths [ 29 ].…”

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Review of Positive Psychology Applications in Clinical Medical Populations

Macaskill

2016

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This review examines the application of positive psychology concepts in physical health care contexts. Positive psychology aims to promote well-being in the general population. Studies identifying character strengths associated with well-being in healthy populations are numerous. Such strengths have been classified and Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs) have been created to further develop these strengths in individuals. Positive psychology research is increasingly being undertaken in health care contexts. The review identified that most of this research involves measuring character strengths and their association with health outcomes in patients with a range of different conditions, similar to the position in positive psychology research on non-clinical populations. More recently, PPIs are beginning to be applied to clinical populations with physical health problems and this research, although relatively scarce, is reviewed here for cancer, coronary heart disease, and diabetes. In common with PPIs being evaluated in the general population, high quality studies are scarce. Applying PPIs to patients with serious health conditions presents significant challenges to health psychologists. They must ensure that patients are dealt with appropriately and ethically, given that exaggerated claims for PPIs are made on the internet quite frequently. This is discussed along with the need for more high quality research.

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Review of Positive Psychology Applications in Clinical Medical Populations

Macaskill

2016

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“…For instance, one study demonstrated that both negative and positive aspects of state forgiveness are predictive (negatively and positively, respectively) of happiness across multiple measures (Maltby, Day, & Barber, 2005). Finally, one study found that self-forgiveness was related to more adaptive scores on a depression-to-happiness scale, suggesting that either they were happier, less susceptible to depression, or both (Macaskill, 2012a). Finally, one study found that self-forgiveness was related to more adaptive scores on a depression-to-happiness scale, suggesting that either they were happier, less susceptible to depression, or both (Macaskill, 2012a).…”

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Forgiveness and Health

Toussaint¹,

Worthington²,

Williams³

2015

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“…This is also reflected in the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of mental health: “ mental health is a state of well‐being in which the individual realizes his or her abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community ” (World Health Organization, ). There is a growing number of studies that demonstrate that patients appreciate well‐being as an important outcome of treatment (e.g., De Vos et al., ; Macaskill, ; Zimmerman et al., ) and several meta‐analyses have shown that it is possible to promote well‐being in clinical populations (Bolier et al., ; Sin & Lyubomirsky, ; Weiss, Westerhof, & Bohlmeijer, ). The current study is one of the first to address a comprehensive model of well‐being and its relation to psychopathology in a mental health setting.…”

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Validation of the Mental Health Continuum‐Short Form and the dual continua model of well‐being and psychopathology in an adult mental health setting

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ObjectiveThe growing evidence for the dual continua model of psychopathology and well‐being has important implications for measuring outcomes in mental health care. The aim of the current study is to validate a measure of well‐being as well as the dual continua model in adults with mood, anxiety, personality, and developmental disorders.Methods472 adult psychiatric outpatients filled out the Mental Health Continuum‐Short Form (MHC‐SF) and the Outcome Questionnaire before start of treatment.ResultsConfirmatory factor analyses (CFA) confirmed the three‐factor structure of emotional, psychological, and social well‐being of the MHC‐SF. The dual continua model had the best fit in the complete sample and the different diagnostic groups.ConclusionThe MHC‐SF is a reliable and valid instrument to measure well‐being in the psychiatric population. Although relatively high correlations between psychopathology and well‐being exist, the results underline the importance to measure well‐being in addition to psychopathology in mental health care.

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A feasibility study of psychological strengths and well-being assessment in individuals living with recurrent depression

Cited by 24 publications

References 65 publications

Review of Positive Psychology Applications in Clinical Medical Populations

Review of Positive Psychology Applications in Clinical Medical Populations

Forgiveness and Health

Validation of the Mental Health Continuum‐Short Form and the dual continua model of well‐being and psychopathology in an adult mental health setting

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