This paper presents a new model of gratitude incorporating not only the gratitude that arises
following help from others but also a habitual focusing on and appreciating the positive …

The randomized controlled trial (RCT) research design assumes that a drug's “specific”
effect can be isolated, added, and subtracted from the “nonspecific” effect of context and …

The aims of this study were to (a) identify the predictors of attrition from a fully self-directed
intervention, and (b) to test whether an intervention to increase gratitude is an effective way …

OBJECTIVE: The existence of reliable personality predictors of the placebo effect is
controversial. For prediction to be possible, the response to placebo must be reliable. We …

Purpose–An increasing number of human resource development (HRD) theorists and
researchers are calling for a broader philosophical framework for HRD within management …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to test a motivational interpretation of placebo
responding using two different types of placebo therapy, one using flower essences and the …

Empirical findings have identified spirituality as a potential health resource. Whereas older
research has associated such effects with the social component of religion, newer …

Purpose Nonspecific factors that accompany healthcare treatments, such as patients'
attitudes and expectations, are important parts of the experience of care and can influence …

This paper challenges the common assumption that the mechanisms underlying short-term
placebo paradigms (where there is no motivation for health improvement) and long-term …

We tested the contribution of two mechanisms, response expectancy and motivational
concordance, to reported psychological benefit from a popular, biologically inactive, self …