Feasibility of Intervention Program to Prevent Adolescent Health-Compromising Behaviors

2021 ◽  
pp. 105984052110461
Author(s):  
Chia-Kuei Lee ◽  
Li-Ling Liao
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Possible Selves ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Episodic Future Thinking ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
Master Program ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Future ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Feasibility Evaluation

Most people start experimenting with and/or initiating health-compromising behaviors and establishing behavioral patterns during adolescence. Possible selves and episodic future thinking have been used to foster behavioral changes. In this study, we aimed to (1) develop a program incorporating possible selves and episodic future thinking to decrease the risks associated with health-compromising behaviors, and (2) examine the feasibility and fidelity of implementing this intervention among Taiwanese adolescents. A novel combination of existing intervention approaches tailored for the Taiwanese context was applied to develop a school-based intervention, which we named the Future Mapping Master program. This program contains four core units: exploring the self, setting goals, developing strategies and problem solving, and understanding the threats of health-compromising behaviors. It includes daily episodic future thinking visualization exercises. The feasibility evaluation was conducted with 88 adolescents aged 12–14 years. Feedback from teachers and students supported the proposed program's feasibility and revealed favorable reactions to the intervention. The Future Mapping Master program is feasible and offers promising strategies for implementation in Taiwanese school settings.

scholarly journals The remembering–imagining system

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A Conway ◽  
Catherine Loveday ◽  
Scott N Cole
Keyword(s):  
Brain Damage ◽  
Episodic Future Thinking ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Episodic Memories ◽  
Images Of The Future ◽  
Near Future

Remembering and imagining are intricately related, particularly in imagining the future: episodic future thinking. It is proposed that remembering the recent past and imagining the near future take place in what we term the remembering–imagining system. The remembering–imagining system renders recently formed episodic memories and episodic imagined near-future events highly accessible. We suggest that this serves the purpose of integrating past, current, and future goal-related activities. When the remembering–imagining system is compromised, following brain damage and in psychological illnesses, the future cannot be effectively imagined and episodic future thinking may become dominated by dysfunctional images of the future.

scholarly journals Focus on the future: Episodic future thinking reduces discount rate and snacking

Appetite ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fania C.M. Dassen ◽  
Anita Jansen ◽  
Chantal Nederkoorn ◽  
Katrijn Houben
Keyword(s):  
Discount Rate ◽  
Episodic Future Thinking ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
The Future

EXPRESS: A meta-analysis of the effects of episodic future thinking on delay discounting

2021 ◽  
pp. 174702182110662
Author(s):  
Jun-yan Ye ◽  
Qing-yu Ding ◽  
Ji-fang Cui ◽  
Zhe Liu ◽  
Lu-xia Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Delay Discounting ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Episodic Future Thinking ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
Control Task ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Negative Valence ◽  
Subjective Value ◽  
The Future

Delay discounting (DD) refers to the phenomenon in which the subjective value of future rewards is reduced over time. There are individual differences in the DD rate, and increased discounting has been observed in those with various psychiatric disorders. Episodic future thinking (EFT) is the act of vividly imagining events that may happen in the future. Studies have shown that EFT could reduce DD, although inconsistent results have been reported. The aim of this meta-analysis was to clarify the efficacy with which EFT reduces DD and to identify potential moderators. Forty-seven studies (including 63 contrasts) were included in the final analysis. EFT was found to significantly reduce DD (Hedges’ g =0.52). Moderator analysis showed that positive EFT (g=0.64) was more effective in reducing DD than EFT with the valence not specifically mentioned (g=0.28), and EFT with neutral or negative valence (g=-0.03). In addition, several factors related to the control task and DD task were related to the efficacy of EFT to reduce DD. These findings have implications for using EFT to reduce DD in the future.

scholarly journals The future is now: Comparing the effect of episodic future thinking on impulsivity in lean and obese individuals

Appetite ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 120-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinuke Oluyomi Daniel ◽  
Christina M. Stanton ◽  
Leonard H. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Future Thinking ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
The Future
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