As clinicians delivering health care, we are very good at treating disease but often not as
good at treating the person. The focus of our attention has been on the specific physical …

Subjective well-being (SWB) is an extremely active area of research with about 170,000
articles and books published on the topic in the past 15 years. Methodological and …

Facets of positive psychological well-being, such as optimism, have been identified as
positive health assets because they are prospectively associated with the 7 metrics of …

For over a century the focus of psychotherapy has been on what ails us, with the therapeutic
process resting upon the assumption that unearthing past traumas, correcting faulty thinking …

Recently, we see a sharp increase in the number of multi-component positive psychology
interventions (MPPIs). The aim of the current study is to examine the efficacy of MPPIs …

Positive psychological aspects of well-being—including positive emotions, optimism, and life
satisfaction—are increasingly considered to have protective roles for cardiovascular disease …

Background: High positive mental health, including the ability to cope with the normal
stresses of life, work productively, and be able to contribute to one's community, has been …

Abstract Objective Positive psychology interventions (PPIs) have been found to be effective
for psychiatric and somatic disorders. However, a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Objective Optimism is prospectively and independently associated with superior cardiac
outcomes, but there has been minimal study of optimism-specific interventions in persons …

Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and
promoting well-being among individuals. While positive psychology interventions focusing …