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Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development
Joint Authors
Millstein, Rachel A.
DuBois, Christina M.
Wexler, Deborah
Celano, Christopher M.
Huffman, Jeff C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-18, 18 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Most patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have suboptimal adherence to recommended diet, physical activity, and/or medication.
Current approaches to improve health behaviors in T2D have been variably effective, and successful interventions are often complex and intensive.
It is therefore vital to develop interventions that are simple, well-accepted, and applicable to a wide range of patients who suffer from T2D.
One approach may be to boost positive psychological states, such as positive affect or optimism, as these constructs have been prospectively and independently linked to improvements in health behaviors.
Positive psychology (PP) interventions, which utilize systematic exercises to increase optimism, well-being, and positive affect, consistently increase positive states and are easily delivered to patients with chronic illnesses.
However, to our knowledge, PP interventions have not been formally tested in T2D.
In this paper, we review a theoretical model for the use of PP interventions to target health behaviors in T2D, describe the structure and content of a PP intervention for T2D patients, and describe baseline data from a single-arm proof-of-concept ( N = 15 ) intervention study in T2D patients with or without depression.
We also discuss how PP interventions could be combined with motivational interviewing (MI) interventions to provide a blended psychological-behavioral approach.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Huffman, Jeff C.& DuBois, Christina M.& Millstein, Rachel A.& Celano, Christopher M.& Wexler, Deborah. 2015. Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development. Journal of Diabetes Research،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067906
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Huffman, Jeff C.…[et al.]. Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development. Journal of Diabetes Research No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067906
American Medical Association (AMA)
Huffman, Jeff C.& DuBois, Christina M.& Millstein, Rachel A.& Celano, Christopher M.& Wexler, Deborah. Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067906
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1067906