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Enhancing social relationships through positive psychology activities: a randomised controlled trial (2015)

O'Connell, Brenda H.; O'Shea, Deirdre; Gallagher, Stephen

Enhancing social relationships through positive psychology activities: a randomised controlled trial (2015)

O'Connell, Brenda H.; O'Shea, Deirdre; Gallagher, Stephen

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Despite the robust relationship between well-being and social relationships, the latter has received little examination within positive psychology activities (PPAs). This study aimed to test whether kindness- and gratitude-based PPAs, through positive social interaction with peers, enhanced relationship satisfaction. Using a longitudinal randomised controlled design, 225 participants were assigned to one of three conditions (relationship-focused, self-focused or control) and completed measures of relationship satisfaction, social support and happiness on three occasions (baseline, post-intervention and six weeks). The experimental PPAs were relationship-focused (involving social interaction) or self-focused (no social interaction). Those who completed relationship-focused PPAs had greater increases in relationship satisfaction than the self-focused and active control activities at six-week follow-up. Additionally, only those in the relationship-focused condition felt their existing ...

http://hdl.handle.net/10344/4801

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Feeling Thanks and Saying Thanks: A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining If and How Socially Oriented Gratitude Journals Work (2017)

O'Connell, Brenda; O'Shea, Deirdre; Gallagher, Stephen

Feeling Thanks and Saying Thanks: A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining If and How Socially Oriented Gratitude Journals Work (2017)

O'Connell, Brenda; O'Shea, Deirdre; Gallagher, Stephen

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Objective This study examined the effect of a reflective interpersonal gratitude journal, a reflective‐behavioral interpersonal gratitude journal and an active control journal, on primary qualities of well‐being and depression. Method Participants (n = 192; 67.2% female) completed this 3‐month longitudinal randomized controlled design. Results Participants in the reflective‐behavioral condition experienced the greatest improvements in affect balance and reductions in depression at immediate posttest. Both gratitude interventions improved affect balance at 1 month, compared to the control. Changes in affect balance for those in the reflective‐behavioral condition were mediated by the rate at which people expressed gratitude in their existing relationships. This effect was moderated by participant's baseline depressive status. Conclusion Expressing felt gratitude to others appears to be a crucial step in deriving benefits, and these benefits may not be limited to the emotiona...

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11705/

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Psychosocial health mediates the gratitude-physical health link (2018)

O'Connell, Brenda; Killeen-Byrt, Mary

Psychosocial health mediates the gratitude-physical health link (2018)

O'Connell, Brenda; Killeen-Byrt, Mary

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There is now a growing body of research demonstrating the physical health benefits of being grateful. However, research has only just began to explore the mechanisms accounting for this gratitude-health relationship. This study examines the relationship between dispositional gratitude and self-reported physical health symptoms, and explores whether this relationship is explained through reduced levels of perceived loneliness and stress. This study employed a cross-sectional design with a sample of 607 healthy adults. Serial mediation analysis revealed that the positive effect of gratitude on physical health was significantly mediated by lower reported levels of perceived loneliness and stress. These findings are important given evidence that gratitude can be cultivated, and may serve to buffer against stress and loneliness and improve somatic health symptoms in the general population.

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/12131/

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State gratitude is associated with lower cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress: a replication and extension (2020)

Ginty, Annie T.; Tyra, Alexandra T.; Young, Danielle A.; John-Henderson, Neha A.; Galla...

State gratitude is associated with lower cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress: a replication and extension (2020)

Ginty, Annie T.; Tyra, Alexandra T.; Young, Danielle A.; John-Henderson, Neha A.; Gallagher, Stephen; Tsang, Jo-Ann C.

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The full text of this article will not be available in ULIR until the embargo expires on the 19/10/2021
Positive affect is associated with more adaptive responses to psychological stress. However, few studies have examined the association between gratitude, a specific type of positive affect, with physiological responses to acute psychological stress. The current study aimed to replicate and extend on previous work examining the associations between state and trait gratitude and cardiovascular stress reactivity in 324 (59.9% female, 67.0% Caucasian, 17.9% Hispanic) healthy participants. State gratitude was measured at the beginning of the laboratory session using the Gratitude Adjective Checklist-Three Items. Trait gratitude was measured using the Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Items. Blood pressure and heart rate reactions to an acute mental arithmetic task were measured. In regression models that adjusted for baseline cardiovascular activity, body mass index, sex, depressive symp...

http://hdl.handle.net/10344/9469

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State, but not trait gratitude is associated with cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress (2020)

Gallagher, Stephen; Solano, Alejandro Castro; Liporace, Mercedes Fernández

State, but not trait gratitude is associated with cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress (2020)

Gallagher, Stephen; Solano, Alejandro Castro; Liporace, Mercedes Fernández

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The full text of this article will not be available in ULIR until the embargo expires on the 04/04/2021
. Recent research suggests that gratitude is associated with better cardiovascular health. Here, we investigated whether trait and/or state gratitude was associated with cardiovascular responses to acute stress. Eighty-six young adults completed measures of gratitude and had their cardiovascular responses monitored throughout a standardized stress testing protocol. Trait gratitude was not associated with cardiovascular reactivity, i.e. systolic or diastolic (SBP, DBP) or heart rate (HR). However, while state gratitude was not associated with HR or DBP reactivity, it was negatively associated with SBP reactivity, such that those who reported higher state gratitude during the past week displayed lower SBP to the stressor. Moreover, this association was robust to withstand adjustment for several potential founds, such as sex, depression and body mass index. These findings are nov...

http://hdl.handle.net/10344/8896

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Wellbeing begins with "we" not "me" psychosocial benefits of gratitude interventions (2016)

O'Connell, Brenda H.

Wellbeing begins with "we" not "me" psychosocial benefits of gratitude interventions (2016)

O'Connell, Brenda H.

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In recent years there has been an unprecedented, widespread endorsement and application of interventions designed to foster gratitude. However, rigorous experimental research into the efficacy of gratitude interventions is only in its formative stages and much work is needed to determine not only if they are effective, but also how and when they are effective. Additionally, despite the inherently social nature of gratitude and robust evidence that social relationships are a key determinant of wellbeing, no research has utilized social or interpersonal gratitude as a strategy for improving wellbeing. This thesis, therefore, examines whether interpersonal gratitude interventions improve how people perceive their relationships with others and their overall wellbeing, and if so, how and when. Three research articles are presented in this thesis detailing the results of three robust, longitudinal randomised controlled trials. The key findings that emerged were, firstly, that shifting the...

http://hdl.handle.net/10344/7107

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