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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"positive distraction"”.
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Examining Positive Distraction as a Coping Strategy for Chronic Stress
Positive distraction involves distracting oneself from a stressor by thinking about or engaging in activities that induce positive emotion. It blends elements of disengagement coping (historically maladaptive) with elements of positive emotional coping (historically adaptive) and has been …
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Light Image Therapy in the Health Care Environment.
<p>Use of positive distraction in the built healthcare environment to assist in alleviating stress in a patient was investigated. A backlit light image was mounted in the ceiling of an examination room to create a positive distraction for patients in the ETSU Pediatric Clinic in Johnson City, TN. …
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The impact of emotional distraction on cognition: from basic brain responses to large-scale network interactions
… with the impact and control of emotional distraction by investigating the influences of the nature (positive vs. negative) and source (external vs. internal) of emotional distraction, the types of emotion regulation (spontaneous vs. instructed) engaged to cope with it, and the role of sex …
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An Art-Light Mosaic Light Distraction for the Pediatric Healthcare Environment
… and anxiety, have inspired designers to create positive, uplifting distractions to redirect a patient's attention from a sterile environment and/or noxious event. In doing so, healthcare facilities have become special environments with a caring spirit. This study examined a specific aspect of …