A study tested having individuals analyze their morning thoughts over 7 days to improve mood. Participants received surveys about their thoughts and daily text messages as triggers. The results showed that after 1.5 days, participants were having more positive thoughts in the morning and an increased positive outlook for the day, demonstrating the power of positive thinking. Limitations included difficulty remembering the first thought and stress interfering with thought positivity.

1. Positive Thoughts?! What are you thinking of when you wake up? Samantha Quagliano Designing Health Behavior Change Arizona State University #ASUHealthChange

2. Problem/Rationale Improvement of mood Using positive thinking to improve mental outlook for the day “ Power of Positive Thinking” #ASUHealthChange

3. Solution Tested Have each individual start analyzing their own thoughts in the morning when first woken up 7-Day SMS Intervention Received initial survey in email Text message (as trigger or recall) at 8:30P.M. daily Follow-up survey #ASUHealthChange

4. Results Advantages: more aware of thoughts being positive, increased outlook during day, help awareness of thoughts Limitations: Hard to remember first thought, having neutral thoughts, stress or work inhibiting positive thoughts Overall Result:  by 1.5 days of having a positive thought in the morning and increasing positive outlook for the day! Success!

5. Conclusion It was shown to increase the positive thoughts people had when they first woke up and did increase their positive outlook for the day Problems: recruiting or finding best time to send a reminder. For the future: A self-trigger may need to be applied right when they first woke up. #ASUHealthChange