“Positive Relationships” and their impact on wellbeing: A review of current literature

Mertika, Antigoni; Mitskidou, Paschalia; Stalikas, Anastassios

doi:10.12681/psy_hps.25340

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“…The literature review showed that, in general, adult friendship is positively correlated with individuals' wellbeing as well as most of its components. It has been documented that friendship is a valuable personal relationship among adults (Demir, 2015 ), contributes in various ways to their wellbeing (Pezirkianidis, 2020 ), enhances their resilience (Mertika et al, 2020 ; Pezirkianidis, 2020 ), and fulfills the fundamental human need for social interaction (Lyubomirsky, 2008 ). However, the instruments used in the previous literature to measure and conceptualize wellbeing significantly vary, i.e., the researchers focus on emotional, psychological, cognitive or subjective aspects of wellbeing making it difficult to draw conclusions and understand the nature of friendships' influences on wellbeing.…”

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“…Positive close relationships with family, friends and other significant people are also beneficial. They are found to be associated with emotional and instrumental support, intimacy, trust, increased sense of belonging and other protective indices of physical and psychological wellbeing (Carmichael et al, 2015 ; Mertika et al, 2020 ; Mitskidou et al, 2021 ).…”

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Adult friendship and wellbeing: A systematic review with practical implications

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This study aimed to systematically review research findings regarding the relationship between adult friendship and wellbeing. A multidimensional scope for wellbeing and its components with the use of the PERMA theory was adopted. A total of 38 research articles published between 2000 and 2019 were reviewed. In general, adult friendship was found to predict or at least be positively correlated with wellbeing and its components. In particular, the results showed that friendship quality and socializing with friends predict wellbeing levels. In addition, number of friends, their reactions to their friend's attempts of capitalizing positive events, support of friend's autonomy, and efforts to maintain friendship are positively correlated with wellbeing. Efforts to maintain the friendship, friendship quality, personal sense of uniqueness, perceived mattering, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and subjective vitality mediated this relationship. However, research findings highlighted several gaps and limitations of the existing literature on the relationship between adult friendship and wellbeing components. For example, for particular wellbeing components, findings were non-existent, sparse, contradictory, fragmentary, or for specific populations only. Implications of this review for planning and implementing positive friendship interventions in several contexts, such as school, work, counseling, and society, are discussed.

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“…In addiction recovery, this is especially important given the affected population are likely to have seen relationships breakdown, been subject to stigmatisation and experienced guilt and shame in respect of this (Avery and Avery, 2019). Outside of counteracting adversity, connectedness contributes to wellbeing through affirmative interaction with others in the shared experience of positive moments and responses (Mertika et al , 2020). Such positive relationships have been shown to increase happiness and improve life satisfaction in those who practise them (Mertika et al , 2020; Seligman, 2019).…”

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“…Outside of counteracting adversity, connectedness contributes to wellbeing through affirmative interaction with others in the shared experience of positive moments and responses (Mertika et al , 2020). Such positive relationships have been shown to increase happiness and improve life satisfaction in those who practise them (Mertika et al , 2020; Seligman, 2019). Given this, positive relationships were designated as the PP strategy for the connectedness OPRI.…”

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Positive addiction recovery for an online audience: implementation design and user evaluation

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2023

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Purpose The positive addiction recovery website (https://positiveaddictionrecovery.com) has been created following a successful pilot study of a programme of work known as positive addiction recovery therapy (PART). The aim of the website is to disseminate PART to an online audience, extending its reach to a larger population. The purpose of this study is to explain the process of creating this online resource and to conduct a user evaluation to understand how well received the website is likely to be to its target audience. Design/methodology/approach An implementation framework cognisant of positive computing, positive technology, contemporary understanding of human–computer interaction and knowledge acquired from the delivery of eHealth interventions from the past decade was used to create the website. To understand user opinion of the resultant website, data were collected using the mobile application ratings scale user version. Findings By adopting a tailored implementation framework, with appropriate determinant factors of wellbeing and evidenced theoretical input, a website resource was created that users considered engaging and informative. The findings also suggest that participants appreciated the importance of intended behavioural change, having interacted with the interventions on the website. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the website is the first online version of PART, a new programme of work aimed at people in addiction recovery.

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“…Half of them are friends while the others are spouses, lovers, parents, brothers and sisters but also colleagues, neighbours, coaches and counsellors. However, the qualities and content of a relationship characterized as positive have not yet been fully examined and described (Mertika et al, 2020).…”

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Positive Relationships Questionnaire (PRQ): A Pilot Study

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Positive relationship" is a term frequently used, as synonymous to close, meaningful, supportive or important relationships. However, the characteristics of a relationship characterized as positive have not yet been fully examined and described. This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of a new instrument for measuring the characteristics of positive relationships. The Positive Relationships Questionnaire (PRQ) is a 35-item self-report instrument that evaluates the quality of positive relationships as well as the conditions that people need to offer and/or provide to others in order to have positive relationships. Its 35 items were drawn from the findings of previous qualitative research and are grouped into three broad categories: positive emotions, active contribution and readiness to support. A total of 331 adults, aged from 17 to 57 years old completed the PRQ and the PERMA Profiler. The findings showed that PRQ has good internal consistency and its factor structure includes four factors: self-improvement, practical support, emotional support, and shared enjoyment. All factors were found to have high correlations with the two domains of PERMA, positive emotions and relationships, and low to moderate correlations with engagement, meaning, and accomplishment. These results provide initial evidence of satisfactory convergent and divergent validity. PRQ is a useful instrument. It provides a quantitative evaluation of the quality and content of positive relationships and can be used broadly as a wellbeing index.

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“Positive Relationships” and their impact on wellbeing: A review of current literature

Cited by 18 publications

References 47 publications

Adult friendship and wellbeing: A systematic review with practical implications

Adult friendship and wellbeing: A systematic review with practical implications

Positive addiction recovery for an online audience: implementation design and user evaluation

Positive Relationships Questionnaire (PRQ): A Pilot Study

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