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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 1026-1036Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314544135
Keywords
adherence; coronary heart disease; health behavior; optimism; qualitative methods
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- National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [R01HL113272]
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Positive psychological states are linked to superior cardiac outcomes, possibly mediated through increased participation in health behaviors. Trained study staff conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews in the hospital and 3months later for 34 patients diagnosed with an acute coronary syndrome. These interviews focused on positive psychological states, cardiac health behaviors, and their connection; the interviews were transcribed and independently coded using directed content analysis. Both optimism and positive affect were associated with completion of physical activity and healthy eating in a bidirectional manner. In contrast, gratitude, while common, was infrequently linked to completion of health behaviors.
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