Positive emotion regulation and well-being: Comparing the impact of eight savoring and dampening strategies

Quoidbach, Jordi; Berry, Elizabeth V.; Hansenne, Michel; Mikolajczak, Moïra

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“…This is very much in the sense of a positive rumination about the funny things experienced during the day (Quoidbach, Berry, Hansenne, & Mikolajczak, 2010). Of course, this also relates to what has been described in the Fredricksons's (1998) broaden and build theory of positive emotions.…”

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Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial

Wellenzohn

Proyer

Ruch

2016

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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While correlational evidence exists that humor is positively associated with well-being, only few studies addressed causality. We tested the effects of five humor-based activities on happiness and depression in a placebo-controlled, self-administered online positive psychology intervention study (N = 632 adults). All of the five one-week interventions enhanced happiness, three for up to six months (i.e. three funny things, applying humor, and counting funny things), whereas there were only shortterm effects on depression (all were effective directly after the intervention). Additionally, we tested the moderating role of indicators of a person × intervention-fit and identified early changes in well-being and preference (liking of the intervention) as the most potent indicators for changes six months after the intervention. Overall, we were able to replicate existing work, but also extend knowledge in the field by testing newly developed interventions for the first time. While correlational evidence exists that humor is positively associated with well-being, only few studies addressed causality. We tested the effects of five humor-based activities on happiness and depression in a placebo-controlled, self-administered online positive psychology intervention (PPI) study (N = 632 adults). All of the five one-week interventions enhanced happiness, three for up to six months (i.e., three funny things, applying humor, and counting funny things), whereas there were only short-term effects on depression (all were effective directly after the intervention). Additionally, we tested the moderating role of indicators of a person×intervention-fit and identified early changes in well-being and preference (liking of the intervention) as the most potent indicators for changes six months after the intervention. Overall, we were able to replicate existing work, but also extend knowledge in the field by testing newly developed interventions for the first time. Findings are discussed with respect to the current literature.

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Section: Core Characteristics Of the Effective Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 67%

Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial

Wellenzohn

Proyer

Ruch

2016

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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“…Others have distinguished between savoring responses intended to amplify positive emotion and dampening responses intended to suppress positive emotion (Wood, Heimpel, & Michela, 2003). Extending this latter framework, Quoidbach, Berry, Hansenne, and Mikolajczak (2010) have distinguished among four broad types of savoring strategies (behavioral display, focusing attention on the present moment, capitalizing, and positive mental time travel) and four broad types of dampening strategies (suppression, fault finding, distraction, and negative mental time travel).…”

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“…Operationalizing Bryant and Veroff's (2007) notion of complexity in savoring responses, Quoidbach et al (2010) have also focused on the concept of positive regulatory diversity (i.e., using multiple savoring strategies rather than a few specific savoring strategies) and have found that people who typically use a broader range of savoring strategies report higher levels of overall happiness. Bryant (2003) developed the Savoring Beliefs Inventory (SBI) as a self-report instrument for assessing savoring beliefs with respect to savoring the moment, savoring through reminiscence, and savoring through anticipation.…”

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“…Regardless, the positive feelings that one experiences when savoring are in the here-and-now. Thus, savoring can involve a form of ‚mental time travel‛ (Quoidbach et al, 2010;Suddendorf & Corballis, 2007), through which individuals either generate positive feelings in the present from imagining future or past positive events, or enhance the emotional impact of ongoing present events by reflecting on them from a past-or future-focused perspective.…”

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Understanding the Processes that Regulate Positive Emotional Experience: Unsolved Problems and Future Directions for Theory and Research on Savoring

Bryant¹,

Chadwick

Kluwe

2011

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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. Understanding the processes that regulate positive emotional experience: Unsolved problems and future directions for theory and research on savoring. International Journal of Wellbeing, 1(1),[107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126] Abstract: In this paper, we focus on unanswered questions and future directions in positive psychology, with a special emphasis on savoring processes that regulate positive emotions. To advance our understanding of the savoring processes underlying positive experience, we highlight three unresolved issues that must be addressed: (1) discriminating the distinctive neuropsychological profiles associated with different savoring processes; (2) developing viable methods of measuring and analyzing the mediational mechanisms involved in real-time savoring; and (3) clarifying the developmental processes through which people acquire different strategies to savor positive experiences across the life span. We propose several potentially fruitful lines of attack aimed at addressing these unsolved problems, each of which requires new methods of assessment to advance theory and refine our conceptual understanding of savoring.

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“…the use of MBIs as a tool to help manage aggression, e.g., Singh et al, 2011); (c) provide participants with opportunities to engage with pleasant embodied sensations (cf. Caldwell's (2014) notion of 'bodyfulness'); and (d) enhance savouring of daily activities like eating and walking (reflecting the findings of Quoidbach et al, 2010).…”

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Mindful Living in Older Age: a Pilot Study of a Brief, Community-Based, Positive Aging Intervention

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Positive emotion regulation and well-being: Comparing the impact of eight savoring and dampening strategies

Cited by 517 publications

References 46 publications

Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial

Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial

Understanding the Processes that Regulate Positive Emotional Experience: Unsolved Problems and Future Directions for Theory and Research on Savoring

Mindful Living in Older Age: a Pilot Study of a Brief, Community-Based, Positive Aging Intervention

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