Back to the future: the effect of daily practice of mental time travel into the future on happiness and anxiety

Quoidbach, Jordi; Wood, Alex M.; Hansenne, Michel

doi:10.1080/17439760902992365

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“…Given that the anticipation of positive emotion is linked to motivated behavior (Baumeister, Vohs, & Nathan DeWall, 2007; Gard, Gard, Kring, & John, 2006; Klein, 1984), and is associated with well-being (e.g., Quoidbach, Wood, & Hansenne, 2009; Sohl & Moyer, 2009; Vilhauer, et al), the anticipatory period remains an important area of focus for depression. Should it be the case that the anticipation of emotion remains relatively intact in those with moderate symptoms of depression, including anhedonia, while more severe depression is associated with a deficit, further investigation of anticipatory deficits is in order.…”

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Emotional responding in depression: Distinctions in the time course of emotion

Moran

Mehta

Kring

2012

Cognition & Emotion

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The current studies were designed to investigate if the Emotion Context Insensitivity (ECI; Rottenberg & Gottlib, 2004) hypothesis is applicable across the time course of emotion. Recent affective science research has pointed to the importance of considering anticipation and maintenance of emotion. In the current studies, we assessed emotion responses among college students with depression symptoms in anticipation of, during, and after an emotional picture using the emotion modulated startle paradigm. People with and without depression symptoms did not differ in blink magnitude in anticipation of emotional pictures suggesting that some anticipatory processes may not be impaired in with depression symptoms. In contrast, individuals with depression symptoms did not exhibit blink magnitudes that varied by valence, either during viewing or after the pictures were removed from view. These findings suggest that ECI is relevant not only for those diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, but also for people with depression symptoms that may not cross the diagnostic threshold. These data point also point to the importance of considering the time course of emotion to better understand emotional deficits in individuals with differing levels of depression symptoms. Identifying where emotion goes awry across the time course of emotion can help inform treatment development.

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Emotional responding in depression: Distinctions in the time course of emotion

Moran

Mehta

Kring

2012

Cognition & Emotion

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“…It is worth considering the practical implications of these findings, particularly in relation to improving symptoms of depression and anxiety. Active engagement with positive remembering and future imagining may assist in mood repair (Harris et al, 2010;Quoidbach, Wood, & Hansenne, 2009), while further exploration of the potential to modify cognitive biases in past and future thinking via active engagement with valenced material may be particularly valuable in therapeutic contexts (Murphy, Barnard, Terry, Carthery-Goulart, & Holmes, 2011;Woud & Becker, 2014).…”

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Positivity bias in past and future episodic thinking: Relationship with anxiety, depression, and retrieval-induced forgetting

Marsh

Edginton

Loveday

2018

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Positivity biases in autobiographical memory and episodic future thinking are considered important in mental wellbeing and are reduced in anxiety and depression. The inhibitory processes underlying retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) have been proposed to contribute to these biases. This investigation found reduced positivity in past and future thinking to be associated with reduced memory specificity alongside greater levels of anxiety, depression, and rumination. Most notably, however, RIF was found to significantly predict memory valence. This indicates that RIF may be important in maintaining such biases, facilitating the forgetting of negative memories when a positive item is actively retrieved.

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“…Adler and Fagley 2005;Wood et al 2010); hence, positive searching increases the likelihood of making benefit appraisals. Quoidbach, Wood and Hansenne (2009) termed this positive mental time travel. Positive memories provide a potential source of benefit appraisals that is independent of present circumstances, and recalling them can boost happiness (Quoidbach et al 2009).…”

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“…Quoidbach, Wood and Hansenne (2009) termed this positive mental time travel. Positive memories provide a potential source of benefit appraisals that is independent of present circumstances, and recalling them can boost happiness (Quoidbach et al 2009). Reminiscence interventions have been shown to enhance wellbeing and decrease depression (Pinquart and Forstmeier 2012).…”

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Components of Appreciative Functioning: A Thematic Analysis of Relevant Literature and Content Analysis of Existing Measurement Scales

2015

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Background: Growing evidence is linking gratitude with well-being, yet insufficient scholarly attention has been given to how it is defined, understood and measured. To address this issue, gratitude and gratefulness can be usefully distinguished as two types of appreciative functioning. Applying complex dynamic systems theory, appreciative functioning is conceptualised as a pattern of cognition and behaviour that involves the interaction of awareness, comprehension, emotions, goals, and relationships. The aim of the current work was to explore this system of appreciative functioning in greater detail. Methods:A deductive thematic analysis of relevant literature was performed in Study 1 to identify psychological and social components of appreciative functioning within an empirically-based systems framework. Study 2 used a content analysis methodology to quantify the extent to which the components identified in Study 1 are covered by existing scales that assess gratitude and gratefulness.Results: Study 1 identified 32 theoretical components within five overarching domains that comprise the system of appreciative functioning. Gratefulness and gratitude were found to involve many components, with some shared in common. Study 2 found that existing instruments do not cover the full set of components. Moreover, results indicated that existing scales confound gratitude and gratefulness, and thus they cannot determine the extent to which each construct uniquely relates to wellbeing outcomes. Conclusions:This work supports the view that gratefulness and gratitude are distinct, yet related, multi-component constructs within a complex system of appreciative functioning. Together, these studies provide theoretical groundwork for the construction of multidimensional measurement instruments to extend research into the underlying mechanisms through which appreciative functioning influences well-being.

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Back to the future: the effect of daily practice of mental time travel into the future on happiness and anxiety

Cited by 104 publications

References 33 publications

Emotional responding in depression: Distinctions in the time course of emotion

Emotional responding in depression: Distinctions in the time course of emotion

Positivity bias in past and future episodic thinking: Relationship with anxiety, depression, and retrieval-induced forgetting

Components of Appreciative Functioning: A Thematic Analysis of Relevant Literature and Content Analysis of Existing Measurement Scales

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