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Positive psychology interventions are efficacious in other health contexts and may be useful for promoting regular PA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Phased development and pilot\/feasibility testing of a positive psychology intervention to promote PA using the ORBIT model for behavioral treatment development.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Positive psychology and PA promotion content was translated (phase 1a) and refined (phase 1b) into two 6-week, group-based treatments: Positive psychology for PA (PPPA), and a standard PA promotion comparison condition (SPA). A feasibility test (phase 2a) for PPPA only (n\u2005=\u200513) and piloting (phase 2b) of PPPA (n\u2005=\u200530) and SPA (n\u2005=\u200511) were conducted at local YMCAs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In phase 2a, participants attended 59% of treatment sessions, completed 92%-100% of assessments at mid-treatment, post-treatment, and one-month post-treatment, and 83.3% had clinically meaningful increases in PA. Following refinement, phase 2b PPPA participants attended an average of 73% of the treatment sessions, 90% completed assessments at mid-treatment, post-treatment, and 1-month post-treatment, 73% at 6-month post-treatment, and 81% had clinically meaningful increases in PA. SPA participants attended 75% of sessions, completed 58%-82% of assessments across timepoints, and 66.7% had clinically meaningful increases in PA. Across timepoints, PPPA participants reported positive changes in PA enjoyment (dppc \u00a0= 0.622-0.782), and positive affect (dppc \u00a0= 0.162-0.407) relative to SPA, and recommended the study to others to help increase PA (95.4%) and happiness (88.6%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study supports the feasibility and acceptability of a positive-psychology-based, PA promotion intervention for increasing PA in low-active adults.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/abm\/kaaf004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,10]],"date-time":"2025-01-10T23:18:28Z","timestamp":1736551108000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Physical activity promotion based on positive psychology: development and piloting of a novel intervention 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