Are positive psychology exercises helpful for people with depressive personality styles?

By Susan Sergeant, M. Mongrain. 2011

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Positive psychology interventions: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies (2013, unknown): “Shapira 2010 [55]; Mongrain 2011 [53]; Sergeant 2011 [54]; Mongrain 2012 [52] Three good things, signature strengths, self-compassion, optimism, compassionate action, gratitude intervention 7, 1w 34 (11.”
Music practice and participation for psychological well-being: A review of how music influences positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (2015, background): “…practice and participation can contribute to positive emotions (see also DeMarco et al., 2012; Hwang & Oh, 2013; Koenig et al., 2013; Laukka, 2007; Sergeant & Mongrain, 2011; Van Goethem & Sloboda, 2011), there are good grounds for maintaining that music practice and participation can positively…”
Gratitude and health: An updated review (2019, background): “…with mental health issues, and the effectiveness of an intervention is dependable on psycho-contextual factors such as stress and adversity (Lies et al., 2014; Parks & Biswas-Diener, 2013), as well as patient characteristics (Sergeant & Mongrain, 2011; Sin, Della Porta, & Lyubomirsky, 2011).”
Using Gratitude to Promote Positive Change: A Series of Meta-Analyses Investigating the Effectiveness of Gratitude Interventions (2017, background): “…or if researchers could not supply the appropriate information (e.g., Lyubomirsky, Tkach, & Sheldon, 2004; Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005; Sergeant & Mongrain, 2011); however, if studies lacked data but said there were “no significant differences” within the text, I imputed zeros for…”
The impact of gratitude on depression and anxiety: the mediating role of criticizing, attacking, and reassuring the self (2016, background): “Sergeant and Mongrain (2011) investigated the benefits of gratitude exercises in self-critical individuals and found that self-critics, as opposed to needy individuals, were particularly responsive to this kind of intervention.”
A daily diary study of relationships between feelings of gratitude and well-being (2017, background): “…trait positive affect (Froh, Kashdan, Ozimkowski, & Miller, 2009), for those who put more effort into the intervention (Lyubomirsky, Dickerhoof, Boehm, & Sheldon, 2011), for those high in self-criticism (Sergeant & Mongrain, 2011), and for those high in depression symptoms (Harbaugh & Vasey, 2014).”
Gratitude and Subjective Wellbeing: A Proposal of Two Causal Frameworks (2017, background): “For example, one study in individuals with depressive symptoms showed that those who reported being highly self-critical benefitted more from a daily 1-week gratitude intervention than those who reported being highly dependent on others (Sergeant and Mongrain 2011).”
Development and evaluation of the positive psychology intervention for older adults (2014, methodology): “Convenience sampling from the internet or university student population was commonly adopted (Seligman et al., 2005, 2006; Sergeant & Mongrain, 2011).”