Purpose Visiting and connecting with nature through psychological interventions improves well-being within the general population. However, few such have been conducted in clinically relevant populations. This paper aims to address this gap by investigating effectiveness of a nature-based intervention sample. Design/methodology/approach An experimental design using noticing Three Good Things Na...

The present paper outlines the relevance of the states of cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood for research on the emotion of exhilaration. Definitions of the concepts are undertaken and the construction strategy for the State-Trait-Cheerfulness-Inventory (STCI) is outlined. The pilot version with 40 items was administered to altogether more than 800 subjects. Empirical analyses of the conce...

Neuroscience provides proximate explanations based on mechanisms, but a full biological explanation of depression also requires an evolutionary explanation of the origins and functions of the capacity for low mood. Failure to recognize that both are essential slows progress. Mood regulates patterns of investment as a function of environmental propitiousness. When invest­ ments are not resulting...

Background: It is known that trained individuals have better psychological behavior than less individuals, thus, it speculated conditioning would be linked to this phenomenon. This study sought verify whether levels of functional capacity are associated with mood patterns. Methods: Seventy-nine postmenopausal women (age = 70.3 ± 7.1 years) were then divided in four groups according quartiles ca...

The present study investigated the influence of personality on exercise-induced mood changes. It was hypothesised that (a) exercise would be associated with significant mood enhancement across all personality types, (b) extroversion would be associated with positive mood and neuroticism with negative mood both pre- and post-exercise, and (c) personality measures would interact with exercise-ind...