Previous findings and discussions on the relationships between positive affect, coping by "finding positive meaning," and health status : Considering the possibilities of positive affect and coping as manipulation factors in the intervention for health promotion

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  • 正感情,コーピング,そして健康の関係におけるこれまでの研究知見とその考察 : 正感情とコーピングを操作介入因子とした健康増進介入の可能性
  • セイ カンジョウ,コーピング,ソシテ ケンコウ ノ カンケイ ニ オケル コレマデ ノ ケンキュウ チケン ト ソノ コウサツ : セイ カンジョウ ト コーピング オ ソウサ カイニュウ インシ ト シタ ケンコウ ゾウシン カイニュウ ノ カノウセイ

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Yamasaki and colleagues have investigated the relationships between positive affect (PA), coping by "finding positive meaning," and health status using self-report questionnaires in undergraduate and graduate students. Although an increasing number of studies have been conducted on these relationships in western countries, few other studies than Yamasaki et al.'s ones are found in Japan. Their studies consist of one cross-sectional, two prospective, and three intervention studies. These studies showed a few of inconsistent results because of their methodological differences. Taking into consideration that the intervention is the most powerful among the research methods they utilized for finding the causalities between the variables, the following findings were extracted from their studies as a conclusion: (1) the enhancement of coping by "finding positive meaning" increases PA; (2) the enhancement of PA does not increase this coping ; and (3) both PA and this coping lead to mental health promotion. Based on these findings, a self-control type of intervention method was developed in this article for future primary, secondary, and tertiary preventions. A number of limitations concerning Yamasaki et al.'s studies are discussed with future promising topics.

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