Neural cognitive control moderates the longitudinal link between hedonia and substance use across adolescence [PDF]
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2022 Hedonic dysregulation is evident in addiction and substance use disorders, but it is not clearly understood how hedonic processes may interact with brain development related to cognitive control to influence risky decision making and substance use during
Warren Bickel +2 more
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Learning it the hard way – how enjoying life and positive appraisal buffer the negative effects of stressors on mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2021 Background: Higher levels of stress and negative emotions such as anxiety and depression have been reported since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it remains less clear how positive emotions, such as hedonic capacity, may be affected. Further,
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Psychiatry InternationalConsidering that research points to the discrepancy regarding the positive role of hedonia as opposed to eudaimonia in physical health, the aim of this study was to investigate the moderating effects of hedonia and eudaimonia on the relationship between ...
Ivana Marcinko
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Clarifying concepts: “Well-being” in sport [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 The purpose of this commentary is to critique the application of well-being in the field of sport and exercise psychology and to provide recommendations for future research.
Lisa Raquel Trainor, Andrea Bundon
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Two major goals of this paper were, first to examine the cross-cultural consistency of the factor structure of the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities (HEMA) scale, and second to illustrate the advantages of using Bayesian estimation for such ...
Lukasz Kaczmarek +2 more
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Conceptualizations of well-being in adults with visual impairment: A scoping review [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 BackgroundDespite its ubiquity, it is often not clear what organizations and services mean by well-being. Visual impairment (VI) has been associated with poorer well-being and well-being has become a key outcome for support and services for adults living
Nikki Heinze +6 more
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Examining the Mechanisms of Virtual Reality Tourism’s Impact on the Mental Well-Being of Long-Term Care Facility Residents: Perspectives on Presence and Flow [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThis study investigates the mechanisms of virtual reality (VR) tourism’s impact on the well-being of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). It aims to understand how presence and flow during VR experiences can enhance well-being.
Yu-Chia Chang, Cheng-Chia Yang
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Autonomy-supportive exercise behaviors promote breast cancer survivors’ well-being [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2020 Background: Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT), this pilot study aimed to test an autonomy-supportive exercise instructing style to promote hedonic (seeking comfort and pleasure) and eudaimonic (seeking to develop the best within one and pursue ...
Behzad Behzadnia +2 more
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Mindfulness-based positive psychology interventions: a systematic review
BMC Psychology, 2021 Background There are hundreds of mindfulness-based interventions in the form of structured and unstructured therapies, trainings, and meditation programs, mostly utilized in a clinical rather than a well-being perspective. The number of empirical studies
Joshua George Allen +2 more
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Stress regulates Alzheimer’s disease progression via selective enrichment of CD8+ T cells
Cell Reports, 2023 Summary: This study investigates stress’s impact on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) using male APP/PS1 transgenic mice. Negative stressors (chronic social defeat, restraint) and positive hedonia (environmental enrichment, EE) were applied.
Yilin Feng +4 more
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