TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility, acceptability, and impact of a web-based gratitude exercise among individuals in outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder
AU - Krentzman, Amy R.
AU - Mannella, Kristin A.
AU - Hassett, Afton L.
AU - Barnett, Nancy P.
AU - Cranford, James A.
AU - Brower, Kirk J.
AU - Higgins, Margaret M.
AU - Meyer, Piper S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/11/2
Y1 - 2015/11/2
N2 - This mixed methods pilot study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of a web-based gratitude exercise (the ‘Three Good Things’ exercise (TGT)) among 23 adults in outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder. Participants were randomized to TGT or a placebo condition. The intervention was feasible with high rates of completion. Participants found TGT acceptable and welcomed the structure of daily e-mails; however, they found it difficult at times and discontinued TGT when the study ended. Participants associated TGT with gratitude, although there were no observed changes in grateful disposition over time. TGT had a significant effect on decreasing negative affect and increasing unactivated (e.g. feeling calm, at ease) positive affect, although there were no differences between groups at the 8 week follow-up. Qualitative results converged on quantitative findings that TGT was convenient, feasible, and acceptable and additionally suggested that TGT was beneficial for engendering positive cognitions and reinforcing recovery.
AB - This mixed methods pilot study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of a web-based gratitude exercise (the ‘Three Good Things’ exercise (TGT)) among 23 adults in outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder. Participants were randomized to TGT or a placebo condition. The intervention was feasible with high rates of completion. Participants found TGT acceptable and welcomed the structure of daily e-mails; however, they found it difficult at times and discontinued TGT when the study ended. Participants associated TGT with gratitude, although there were no observed changes in grateful disposition over time. TGT had a significant effect on decreasing negative affect and increasing unactivated (e.g. feeling calm, at ease) positive affect, although there were no differences between groups at the 8 week follow-up. Qualitative results converged on quantitative findings that TGT was convenient, feasible, and acceptable and additionally suggested that TGT was beneficial for engendering positive cognitions and reinforcing recovery.
KW - Three Good Things exercise
KW - affect
KW - alcohol use disorder
KW - gratitude
KW - web-based intervention
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U2 - 10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158
DO - 10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158
M3 - Article
C2 - 27076837
AN - SCOPUS:84930422041
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 10
SP - 477
EP - 488
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 6
ER -