Participants in the music therapy condition had higher proactive coping skills than participants in the psychoeducational control condition.
Analysis of descriptive statistics indicated that participants in the music therapy condition tended to have slightly higher proactive coping skills scores than participants in the psychoeducational control condition, though differences were not significant.
Elderly persons with higher proactive self-management capacities report higher levels of life satisfaction, positive affect, and well-being [ 6].
For reward motivation, block-based incentive effects were associated with higher proactive indices for both error rates [ t 99) = 3.413, p =.001] and RTs [ t 99) = 4.673, p <.001].
Trial-based incentive effects also revealed higher proactive indices for error rates [Rew Rew > Rew Neut; t 99) = 5.339, p <.001], but not for RTs [ t 99) = –0.490, p =.625].
Among smokers who were motivated enough to call the English NHS Smoking Helpline, set a quit date, and accepted an offer of support for smoking cessation, offering either additional free nicotine replacement therapy or higher intensity proactive telephone support did not increase quit rates over and above those obtained using standard quitline care.
These strategies are avoidance (reactive and low cooperation), accommodation (reactive and high cooperation), competition (proactive and low cooperation) and collaboration - sometimes called win-win (proactive and high cooperation).
A combination of high commodity prices, proactive governments, technological progress and melting ice will help bring these to market.
But on days when pollen counts are likely to be high, try being proactive and taking it beforehand, Dr. Marcus said.
