Less distress does not automatically mean more positive affect
- Population and setting
- Mamma Mia randomized trial; 1,342 pregnant participants, followed into the postpartum period.
- What was found
- The program reduced negative affect but did not improve positive affect or life satisfaction in this report.
- Limits and applicability
- Multi-component intervention and specific delivery format. This is a counterexample to assuming that distress reduction equals more joy.
- How directly does this apply?
- direct-perinatal; null-positive-endpoints
- Gap between the study and our product
- Measure the aspirational outcome directly rather than renaming an EPDS decrease a joy increase.
Sources: S74 · Evidence record ↗