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Intervention studies of the effects of positive affect and coping on health and adaptation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17530510
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Clinical psychology
Research InstitutionNaruto University of Education

Principal Investigator

YAMASAKI Katsuyuki  Naruto University of Education, College of Education, Professor (50191250)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAGAI Akiko  Poole Gakuin University, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Associate Professor (80299247)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywordspositive affect / coping by "finding positive meaning" / health status / intervention for health promotion / 自己推進型健康増進プログラム / ポジティブ感情 / コーピング / 介入的研究 / 健康・適応 / 縦断的研究
Research Abstract

The purpose in this research was to examine the relationships between coping by "finding positive meaning," positive affect(PA), and health status. We conducted one clues-sectional two prospective, and thee intervention studies. Participants were undergraduate and graduate students, and the measures were four self-report questionnaires, the General Coping Questionnaire(GCQ), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the General Health Questionnaire(GHQ), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) for assessing coping, affect, health status, and depression, respectively. In the prospective studies, the questionnaires were administered in two measurement points, 5 weeks apart In the intervention studies, the manipulation to enhance PA or coping was administered for 5 or 9 weeks using control groups for comparison. The manipulation to enhance "finding positive meaning" coping was to find positive meanings in the meet stressful event during the past three da … More ys, and the manipulation to increase PA was to note daily positive events and write about them. Although these studies showed a few of inconsistent results because of their methodological differences, the following findings were extracted mainly from the intervention studies that are most powerful in predicting causalities: (1) the enhancement of "finding positive meaning" coping increases PA; (2) the enhancement of PA does not increase this coping; and (3) both PA and the coping lead to mental health promotion for depression and social dysfunction, although the coping takes more time to affect health status than PA Thus, these findings suggest that PA is helpful to enhance health status, and that "finding positive meaning" coping can be utilized to increase PA Based on these findings, a self-control type of intervention method was developed in this study for future primary, secondary, and tertiary preventions. lastly, a number of limitations in this research suggested future promising topics. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (34 results)

All 2008 2007 2006 2005 Other

All Journal Article (21 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results) Presentation (13 results)

  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between affect and both health and lifestyle2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Nagai, A., & Uchida, K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia 50

      Pages: 177-191

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between affect and both health and lifestyle2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Nagai, A., Uchida, K
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia 50

      Pages: 177-191

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between affect and both health and lifestyle.2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki K., Nagai A.,& Uchida K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia 50

      Pages: 177-191

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between affect and both health and lifestyle.2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Nagai, A., Uchida, K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychologia (In press)

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ポジティブ感情の役割-その現象と機序-2006

    • Author(s)
      山崎 勝之
    • Journal Title

      パーソナリティ研究 14

      Pages: 305-321

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relation of positive affect with emotion-focused coping in Japanese undergraduates2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., & Uchida, K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychological Reports 98

      Pages: 611-620

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between positive af-fect and both problem-and emotion-focused coping strategies2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, A., & Uchida, K.
    • Journal Title

      Social Behavioral and Personality:An International Journal 34

      Pages: 499-510

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Roles of positive affect : Their phenomena and mechanisms2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Personality 14

      Pages: 305-321

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Relation of positive affect with emotion-focused coping in Japanese undergraduates2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, X
    • Journal Title

      Psychological Reports 98

      Pages: 611-620

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between positive affect and both problem- and emotion- focused coping strategies2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, A., Uchida, K
    • Journal Title

      Socisl Behavior and Personality : An International Journal 34

      Pages: 499-510

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ポジティブ感情の役割 -その現象と機序-2006

    • Author(s)
      山崎 勝之
    • Journal Title

      パ-ソナリティ研究 14.3

      Pages: 305-321

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between positive affect and both problem-and emotion-focused coping strategies.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, A., Uchida, K.
    • Journal Title

      Social Behavior and Personality : An International Journal 34・5

      Pages: 499-510

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Relation of positive affect with emotion-focused coping in Japanese undergraduates.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K.
    • Journal Title

      Psychological Reports 98・3

      Pages: 611-620

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] ポジティブ感情の役割 -その現象と機序-2006

    • Author(s)
      山崎 勝之
    • Journal Title

      パーソナリティ研究 14・3(印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A longitudinal study of the relationship between positive affect and both problem- and emotion-focused coping strategies.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K.
    • Journal Title

      Social Behavior and Personality : An International Journal 34・7(in press)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An intervention study of the effects of the coping strategy of"finding positive meaning"on positive affect and health

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., & Katsuma, R.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Psychology (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An intervention study of the relations on positive affect to the coping strategy of"finding positive meaning"and health

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., Katsuyma, R.
    • Journal Title

      Psychology,Health&Medicine (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An intervention study of the effects of the coping strategy of "finding positive meaning" on positive affect and health

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., Katsuma, R
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Psychology (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] An intervention study of the relations of positive affect to the coping strategy of "finding positive mening" and health

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K, Katsuma, R
    • Journal Title

      Psychology, Health & Medicine (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] An intervention study of the effects of the copoing strategy of "finding positive meaning" on positive affect and health

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki K., Uchida K.,& Katsuma R.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Psychology (in press)

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An intervention study of the relations of positive affect to the coping strategy of "finding positive meaning" and health

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki K., Uchida K.,& Katsuyma R.
    • Journal Title

      Psychology, Health & Medicine (in press)

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Effects of the coping by"finding Positive meaning"on positiveaffect and health.2008

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., & Katuma, R.
    • Organizer
      Association for Psychological Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago, USA
    • Year and Date
      2008-05-23
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Effects of the coping by "finding positive meaning" on positive affect and health2008

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., Katsuma, R
    • Organizer
      Association for Psychological Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago (Scheduled)
    • Year and Date
      2008-05-23
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Effects of positive affect on coping and health2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., & Katsuma, R.
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2007-08-18
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Effects of positive affect on coping and health2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., Katsuma, R
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco
    • Year and Date
      2007-08-18
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Effects of positive affect on coping and health.2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki K., Uchida K., & Katsuma R.
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2007-08-18
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of"finding positive meaning"on positive affect2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., & Katsuma, R.
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans, USA
    • Year and Date
      2006-08-18
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Effects of "finding positive meaning" on positive affect2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K., Katsuma, R
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans
    • Year and Date
      2006-08-18
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A longitudinal study of the relationship between affect and heatlth and lifestyle2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, K., & Uchida, K.
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Los Angels, USA
    • Year and Date
      2005-08-28
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Relationship between positive affect and both problem-and emotion-focused coping2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, A., & Uchida, K.
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Washington, DC, USA
    • Year and Date
      2005-08-19
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Relationship between positive affect and both problem- and emotion-focused coping2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, A., Uchida, K
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Washington, DC
    • Year and Date
      2005-08-19
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A longitudinal study of the relationship between affect and health and lifestyle2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Sakai, A., Uchida, K
    • Organizer
      American Psychological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Los Angels
    • Year and Date
      2005-05-28
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] The relationship between positive affect and emotion-focused coping2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., & Uchida, K.
    • Organizer
      Society for Personality and Social Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans, USA
    • Year and Date
      2005-01-20
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] The relationship between positive affect and emotion-focused coping2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki, K., Uchida, K
    • Organizer
      Society for Personality and Social Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans
    • Year and Date
      2005-01-20
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary

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