Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis.

By N. Sin, Sonja Lyubomirsky. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Review of Brief School-Based Positive Psychological Interventions: a Taster for Teachers and Educators (2017, background): “In their meta-analysis, Sin and Lyubomirsky (2009) defined PPIs as being aimed at cultivating positive feelings, cognitions, and behaviors.”
A mindfulness intervention promoting work–life balance: How segmentation preference affects changes in detachment, well‐being, and work–life balance (2021, background): “Positive psychology interventions are ‘treatment methods or intentional activities that aim to cultivate positive feelings, behaviours, or cognitions’ (Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009, p. 468).”
The added value of the positive: A literature review of positive psychology interventions in organizations (2013, methodology): “In a meta-analysis of 51 positive psychology interventions, meant to enhance well-being and mitigate depression, one can find gratitude interventions, positive writing, and mindfulness interventions among the most occurring (Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009).”
Development and evaluation of the positive psychology intervention for older adults (2014, positive): “…affect, as well as the reduction of depressive symptoms, negative affect, and pessimism (Carson, Muir, Clark, Wakely, & Chander, 2010; Guse, Wissing, & Hartman, 2006; Meyer, Johnson, Parks, Iwanski, & Penn, 2012; Odou & Vella-Brodrick, 2013; Pietrowsky & Mikutta, 2012; Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009).”
A Comparative Study on the Efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention and a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Clinical Depression (2017, methodology): “The first examined 51 PPI and found that they are effective in significantly decreasing symptoms of depression (Cohen’s d = 0.65) and enhancing well-being (Cohen’s d = 0.61) with moderate effect sizes (Sin and Lyubomirsky 2009).”
What Predicts Positive Life Events that Influence the Course of Depression? A Longitudinal Examination of Gratitude and Meaning in Life (2017, background): “Well-being oriented therapies may be more effective at bringing individuals from subclinical depression to full functioning (Fava and Ruini 2003; Sin and Lyubomirsky 2009).”
Nature Involvement Increases Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being: A Two-Week Experimental Study (2014, neutral): “However, many positive psychology interventions have been validated on student populations (Bolier et al., 2013; Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009).”
Positive psychology and the internet: A mental health opportunity (2010, background): “A second moderator of effectiveness identified by Sin and Lyubomirsky (2009) is the intervention format; they found face-to-face individual delivery was most effective, followed by group delivery, and then self-administered interventions.”
Gratitude and health: An updated review (2019, methodology): “The use of such a ‘shotgun approach’ (Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009), combining different (positive) intervention elements into a larger, comprehensive program, has previously been suggested to increase chances of establishing effects on indicators of mental well-being (Ramírez et al., 2014), together…”
Using Gratitude to Promote Positive Change: A Series of Meta-Analyses Investigating the Effectiveness of Gratitude Interventions (2017, methodology): “Sin and Lyubomirsky (2009) analyzed 51 studies of positive psychology interventions more generally and found significant improvements for participants’ well-being and depression.”
The pains and pleasures of parenting: when, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? (2014, background): “Experimental research suggests that people can intentionally increase their happiness and frequency of positive emotions by practicing a variety of positive activities (for a review and a meta-analysis, respectively, see Lyubomirsky & Layous, 2013; Sin & Lyubomirsky, 2009).”
Strength-Based Positive Interventions: Further Evidence for Their Potential in Enhancing Well-Being and Alleviating Depression (2013, background): “Given the characteristics of the study (self-administration, online, one or two interventions per group), small effects were expected (Sin and Lyubomirsky 2009).”
A Test of Two Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Employee Well-Being (2014, positive): “Adopting this logic, several studies have introduced interventions that incorporate simple activities meant to promote the cognitions and behaviors that can enhance resultant well-being (for reviews of this research, see Lyubomirsky 2008; Sin and Lyubomirsky 2009).”