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Krentzman AR, Mannella KA, Hassett AL, et al. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Web-based Gratitude Exercise among Individuals in Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder. J Posit Psychol. 2015;10(6):477-488doi: 10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158.
Krentzman, A. R., Mannella, K. A., Hassett, A. L., Barnett, N. P., Cranford, J. A., Brower, K. J., Higgins, M. M., & Meyer, P. S. (2015). Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Web-based Gratitude Exercise among Individuals in Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder. The journal of positive psychology, 10(6), 477-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158
Krentzman, Amy R, et al. "Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Web-based Gratitude Exercise among Individuals in Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder." The journal of positive psychology vol. 10,6 (2015): 477-488. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158
Krentzman AR, Mannella KA, Hassett AL, Barnett NP, Cranford JA, Brower KJ, Higgins MM, Meyer PS. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Web-based Gratitude Exercise among Individuals in Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder. J Posit Psychol. 2015;10(6):477-488. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158. PMID: 27076837; PMCID: PMC4827271.
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J Posit Psychol. 2015;10(6):477-488. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158.

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Web-based Gratitude Exercise among Individuals in Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder.

The journal of positive psychology

Amy R Krentzman, Kristin A Mannella, Afton L Hassett, Nancy P Barnett, James A Cranford, Kirk J Brower, Margaret M Higgins, Piper S Meyer

Affiliations

  1. University of Minnesota School of Social Work, 1404 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN, USA, 55108; University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, 4250 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 48109.
  2. University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, 4250 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 48109.
  3. University of Michigan, Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor Charter Township, MI, USA, 48105.
  4. Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, USA, 02903.
  5. University of Minnesota School of Social Work, 1404 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN, USA, 55108.
  6. Minnesota Center for Mental Health, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, 1404 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN, USA, 55108.

PMID: 27076837 PMCID: PMC4827271 DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2015.1015158

Abstract

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 (AUD). 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 emails; 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.

Keywords: Alcohol use disorder; Gratitude; Positive and negative affect; Three Good Things exercise; Web-based intervention

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