Positive affect (PA) is associated with better health across a wide range of physical health
outcomes. This review reflects on why the study of PA is an essential component of our …

Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) self‐management
interventions should be structured but personalised and often multi‐component, with goals …

Objective: We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether IRISS
(Intervention for those Recently Informed of their Seropositive Status), a positive affect skills …

Happier people are healthier, but does becoming happier lead to better health? In the
current study, we deployed a comprehensive, 3-month positive psychological intervention as …

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

Objective: To test the effects of Life Enhancing Activities for Family Caregivers (LEAF), a 6-
week positive emotion regulation intervention, on outcomes of positive emotion, depression …

Background Previous research on health behavior and subjective well-being has mainly
focused on interindividual differences or explored certain domains of health behavior. Good …

Objective This study aimed to increase our understanding of general self-management (SM)
abilities in COPD by determining if SM can predict disease specific quality of life (QoL), by …

Background Oral anti-cancer treatments such as adjuvant endocrine therapies (AET) for
breast cancer survivors are commonly used but adherence is a challenge. Few low-touch …

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 …