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Positive Interventionen im Arbeitskontext: Positives Denken, positive kognitive Umbewertung, Genießen und Dankbarkeit

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Positive Interventionen im Arbeitskontext zielen darauf ab, positives Erleben und Wohlbefinden von Beschäftigten durch ressourcenorientierte Übungen zu fördern. Dieses Kapitel fokussiert auf vier Typen positiver Interventionen: positives Denken, positive kognitive Umbewertung, Genießen und Dankbarkeit. Konkrete Beispiele der Interventionen werden vorgestellt und deren Wirksamkeit wird anhand von Evaluationsstudien diskutiert.

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Hoppe, A., Michel, A. (2022). Positive Interventionen im Arbeitskontext: Positives Denken, positive kognitive Umbewertung, Genießen und Dankbarkeit. In: Michel, A., Hoppe, A. (eds) Handbuch Gesundheitsförderung bei der Arbeit. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28651-4_4

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