The Potential Unique Impacts of Hope and Resilience on Mental Health and Well-Being in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Natural disasters can lead to mental health problems, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Higher levels of loss and/or disruption and prior trauma exposure constitute risk factors for mental illness, whereas protective factors, including hope and resilience, support positive functioning. The present cross-sectional study used structural equation modeling to examine the relative influence of resilience and hope on mental health and well-being 1-3 months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August 2017, among a sample of 829 adults in the Greater Houston, Texas area.

Trajectories of change in well-being during cognitive behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders: Quantifying the impact and covariation with improvements in anxiety.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been found to be very effective in reducing many forms of mental illness, but much less is known about whether CBT also promotes mental health or well-being. The goals of the present study were to (a) quantify the magnitude and timing of changes in overall well-being and specific facets of well-being during different CBTs for anxiety disorders, (b) determine whether these effects vary across transdiagnostic and disorder-specific CBT, and (c) examine how changes in well-being during treatment relate to changes in anxiety. A total of 223 adults (55.

Hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analytic review of the protective effects of positive expectancies.

Objective: The present meta-analysis consolidated research examining how positive expectancies (e.g., hope, self-efficacy, and optimism) may protect against the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).