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Building wellbeing in people with chronic conditions: a qualitative evaluation of an 8-week positive psychotherapy intervention for people living with an acquired brain injury

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Tulip, Chloe, Fisher, Zoe, Bankhead, Helen, Wilkie, Lowri, Pridmore, Julia, Gracey, Fergus, Tree, Jeremy, Kemp, Andrew H.·2020·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00066PMC PMC7006056
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Research indicates that Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is associated with significant and chronic impairment across multiple areas of functioning including physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral domains. Whilst impairments associated with ABI can be ameliorated, cure is seldom possible. The emergence of positive psychology reflects a paradigm shift in health and wellbeing research, highlighting the role of character strengths, positive emotions, meaning, and resilience. Positive psychology interventions have been demonstrated to improve wellbeing in a variety of populations, although research investigating the impact of positive psychotherapy for people living with ABI are sparse. Here we characterize the experience of an 8-week positive psychotherapy intervention for 13 people living with ABI including four mentors and nine participants using thematic analysis of transcripts collected during mini-groups and one-to-one interviews. Six main themes were identified including empowerment, social opportunity, coping, cultivation of positive emotion, consolidation of skills and barriers. Results indicated that wellbeing can be promoted and improved in individuals with ABI. Recent theoretical developments in wellbeing science highlight scope to improve the intervention by connecting individuals to their communities and spending time in nature.

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  • The science of wellbeing has given rise to interventions designed to improve wellbeing in people living with chronic conditions, for whom interventions have typically focused on reducing illbeing.

    “The science of wellbeing has given rise to new opportunities including interventions designed to improve wellbeing in people living with chronic conditions (e.g., Tulip et al., 2020; Wilkie et al., 2021; Gibbs et al., 2022), for whom interventions have typically focused on reducing illbeing.”

    From The Complex Construct of Wellbeing and the Role of Vagal Function (2022) · cites this paper as Tulip et al., 2020

  • The focus on physiological data in the psychotherapeutic context is gaining traction and has strong theoretical underpinnings.

    “The focus on physiological data in the psychotherapeutic context is gaining traction20–22 and has strong theoretical underpinnings.23–25”

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    The Intervention section describes teaching participants about heart-rate variability and using exercises intended to increase it, but does not describe collecting or focusing on physiological data. The Data Collection section describes interviews, and no passage found addresses whether physiological data are gaining traction in psychotherapy. The theoretical-underpinnings clause is attached to a different citation group. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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Authors
Tulip, C., Fisher, Z., Bankhead, H., Wilkie, L., Pridmore, J., Gracey, F., Tree, J., & Kemp, A. H.
Affiliations
  • Swansea University (GB)
  • Swansea Bay University Health Board (GB)
  • University of East Anglia (GB)
Corresponding author
Kemp, Andrew H.
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Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2020-01-31
Volume
11
Pages
66-66
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00066
PMC
PMC7006056
OpenAlex
W3003796513
Cited by
48
References
75
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 2
FWCI
6.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Health and Care Research Wales (RfPPB-18-1502)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
Keywords
acquired brain injury, positive psychotherapy, well-being, positive psychology interventions, empowerment, social opportunities, coping, positive emotions, resilience, character strengths, chronic disease, mentoring, community connection, nature exposure

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