Positive Interventions in Depression

Positive psychology interventions applied in diverse clinical settings and tackling complex clinical issues are advancing the knowledge base of psychotherapy and health outcomes. Positive psychotherapy (PPT) is based primarily on two major theories: Seligman’s PERMA (Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment) conceptualization of well-being and character strengths. PPT also operates on three assumptions regarding the nature, cause, course, and treatment of specific behavioral patterns: (a) inherent capacity for growth, (b) the authenticity of strengths compared to symptoms, and (c) the role of positives in fostering a of the therapeutic relationship. The notion of happiness espoused in PPT is much more than the sum of its components that can be pursued simultaneously with each individually association with life satisfaction.

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Managing Internal Marketing Channel Conflict: A Proposal for Narrative Epistemology

Global Business Review ◽

10.1177/0972150919844889 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 901-916

Author(s):

Asad Aman

Keyword(s):

Narrative Analysis ◽

Distribution Channel ◽

Marketing Channel ◽

Internal Marketing ◽

Management Research ◽

Channel Conflict ◽

Positive Interventions ◽

Industrial Marketing ◽

Sales Teams ◽

Fast Moving Consumer Goods

This article calls for extending the understanding and management of the channel conflict that occurs between competing sales teams inside a manufacturer organization. This internal battle occurs as the sales teams try to sell manufacturer products to two different channel members (e.g., retailers, wholesalers, etc.) in the same market and, as a result, compete for quotas, sales targets, promotional budgets, etc. The article argues that by drawing on narrative epistemology, which has extensively been applied in management research, marketing scholars and practitioners can gain novel insights through which understanding and management of internal channel conflict could be enhanced. An epistemological review of the extant literature on the topic in the field of Industrial Marketing is presented. Drawing on the narrative method, three narratives told by competing groups in the context of Pakistan’s evolving fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) distribution channel are constructed, and an empirical model is developed for narrative analysis. It is shown that the understanding of various narrative logics and alignments can help in positive interventions in the channel story network.

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Are Positive Interventions Always Beneficial?

The Spanish Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1017/sjp.2020.21 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pablo Briñol ◽

Richard E. Petty ◽

Beatriz Gandarillas ◽

Lorena Moreno

Keyword(s):

Experimental Evidence ◽

Present Article ◽

Empirical Approach ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Positive Interventions ◽

Underlying Processes

Abstract Can people improve their lives by smiling more, trying to have a better posture, and by thinking about good memories? Can individuals become more successful by deliberatively engaging in positive actions and thoughts? Do people feel better by following recommendations from naïve psychology? In the present article we discuss these questions, noting that although some popular interventions thought to be universally beneficial (e.g., inductions of happiness, self-affirmation, empowerment, self-distancing) can sometimes yield positive outcomes, at other times the outcomes can also be negative. Taking an empirical approach based on experimental evidence, we postulate that understanding the underlying processes discovered in the science of persuasion is the key for specifying why, when, and for whom these practical initiatives are more likely to work or to backfire.

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