Are Daily Well-Being and Emotional Reactivity to Stressors Modifiable in Midlife?: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Social Intelligence Training Program

Autor/inn/en	Castro, Saul A.; Infurna, Frank J.; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn; Waldron, Vincent R.; Zautra, Eva
Titel	Are Daily Well-Being and Emotional Reactivity to Stressors Modifiable in Midlife?: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Social Intelligence Training Program
Quelle	In: Prevention Science, 24 (2023) 5, S.841-851 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Castro, Saul A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-4986
DOI	10.1007/s11121-023-01492-7
Schlagwörter	Adults; Well Being; Emotional Response; Self Management; Stress Variables; Change; Evidence; Interpersonal Competence; Training; Electronic Learning; Psychological Patterns; Negative Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Experience; Improvement; Control Groups; Health Promotion; Life Style; Attention Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Emotionales Verhalten; Selbstmanagement; Wandel; Evidenz; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Ausbildung; Negative Fixierung; Erfahrung; Qualitätssteigerung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Lebensstil; Aufmerksamkeitstest
Abstract	The complex set of challenges that middle-aged adults encounter emphasizes a need for mental health interventions that promote resilience and positive outcomes. The present study evaluated whether an online, self-guided social intelligence training (SIT) program (8 h) improved midlife adults' daily well-being and emotion regulation in the context of their own naturalistic everyday environment. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 230 midlife adults allocated into either a SIT program or an attentional control (AC) condition that focused on healthy lifestyle education. Intent-to-treat analyses examined two bursts of 14-day daily surveys that participants completed pre- and post-treatment. Multilevel models evaluated pre-to post-treatment changes in mean positive and negative affect, as well as daily emotional reactivity to stressors and responsiveness to uplifts. Compared to the AC group, those in the SIT program reported improvements (i.e., decreases) in mean negative affect, positive emotional reactivity to daily stressors (i.e., smaller decreases in positive affect on stressor days), and negative emotional responsiveness to uplifts (i.e., lower negative affect on days without uplifts). Our discussion considers potential mechanisms underlying these improvements, highlights downstream effects on midlife functioning, and elaborates on how online delivery of the SIT program increases its potential for positive outcomes across adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01