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Results of a Study to Increase Savoring the Moment: Differential Impact on Positive and Negative Outcomes

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  • Daniel Hurley
  • Paul Kwon

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Positive psychology has been increasingly moving towards testing interventions to increase positive outcomes and decrease negative outcomes. One of these possible interventions involves increasing savoring the moment. During savoring the moment, one focuses on positive events while they occur to increase, intensify, or prolong positive emotions in the present. This study tested a group savoring the moment intervention to increase positive outcomes and decrease negative outcomes over 2 weeks. The sample consisted of 193 undergraduate students who completed both sessions (94 intervention and 99 control condition). The intervention group experienced significant decreases in self-reported depressive symptoms and negative affect when compared to the control group. However, positive affect did not differ between the groups. Clinical and research implications are explored. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • Daniel Hurley & Paul Kwon, 2012. "Results of a Study to Increase Savoring the Moment: Differential Impact on Positive and Negative Outcomes," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 579-588, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:13:y:2012:i:4:p:579-588
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-011-9280-8
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    1. Sen-Chi Yu & Kennon M. Sheldon & Wen-Ping Lan & Jia-Huei Chen, 2020. "Using Social Network Sites to Boost Savoring: Positive Effects on Positive Emotions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-11, September.
    2. Ryan, Gerard & Hernández-Maskivker, Gilda-María & Valverde, Mireia & Pàmies-Pallisé, Maria-del-Mar, 2018. "Challenging conventional wisdom: Positive waiting," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 64-72.
    3. Carmela A White & Bob Uttl & Mark D Holder, 2019. "Meta-analyses of positive psychology interventions: The effects are much smaller than previously reported," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(5), pages 1-48, May.
    4. Bozena Burzynska-Tatjewska & Maciej Stolarski, 2022. "Leaving Past Adversities Behind: Gratitude Intervention Compensates for the Undesirable Effects of Past Time Perspectives on Negative Affect," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-12, October.
    5. Selda Koydemir & Aslı Bugay Sökmez & Astrid Schütz, 2021. "A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Randomized Controlled Positive Psychological Interventions on Subjective and Psychological Well-Being," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 16(3), pages 1145-1185, June.
    6. Daniel Hurley & Paul Kwon, 2013. "Savoring Helps Most When You Have Little: Interaction Between Savoring the Moment and Uplifts on Positive Affect and Satisfaction with Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 1261-1271, August.
    7. Alexandra Marques-Pinto & Sofia Oliveira & Andrea Santos & Cláudia Camacho & Débora Pires Silva & Mónica Sofia Pereira, 2020. "Does Our Age Affect the Way we Live? A Study on Savoring Strategies Across the Life Span," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1509-1528, April.
    8. Rebecca Y. M. Cheung & Melody C. Y. Ng, 2023. "Disentangling the Effects of Mindfulness, Savoring, and Depressive Symptoms among Emerging Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(8), pages 1-10, April.
    9. Erica D. Chadwick & Paul E. Jose & Fred B. Bryant, 2021. "Styles of Everyday Savoring Differentially Predict Well-being in Adolescents Over One Month," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 803-824, February.
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    11. Zane Asher Green & Sophie Rizwan, 2023. "Art-of-Living Intervention Imparted Through a Blended Learning Approach to Nurture Positivity Among Pakistan’s University Students During COVID-19: A Growth Curve Analysis," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 24(6), pages 1931-1962, August.
    12. L. Lambert & H.-A. Passmore & N. Scull & I. Al Sabah & R. Hussain, 2019. "Wellbeing Matters in Kuwait: The Alnowair’s Bareec Education Initiative," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 143(2), pages 741-763, June.

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