RT Journal Article
T1 Positive interventions in depression change the structure of well-being and psychological symptoms: a network analysis
A1 Blanco Martínez, Iván
A1 Contreras, Alba
A1 Chaves Vélez, Covadonga
A1 López Gómez, Irene
A1 Hervás Torres, Gonzalo
A1 Vázquez Valverde, Carmelo José
AB Although positive psychology interventions increase well-being and reduce depression, little is known about whether they facilitate a reorganization of the connections between psychological elements. We used Network Analysis (NA) to explore the topography of changes in psychological elements after a Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) and a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program for depression. Clinically depressed women were blindly allocated to a PPI (n = 45) or CBT (n = 48) 10-week group treatment. NA showed that the PPI program was the only one that significantly changed the structure of the network for psychological elements. The results showed that hedonic and eudaimonic elements played a substantial role in the reorganization of the network, becoming key connecting elements between the group of clinical variables and the group of positive functioning variables. Our findings support, from the NA perspective, the unique contributions of positive intervention programs to change the complex patterns of relationships between symptoms and positive variables.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1743-9760
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98410
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98410
LA eng
NO Blanco, I., Contreras, A., Chaves, C., Lopez-Gomez, I., Hervas, G., & Vazquez, C. (2020). Positive interventions in depression change the structure of well-being and psychological symptoms: A network analysis. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(5), 623–628. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1789696
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 22 ago 2025