Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life.

By Robert A Emmons, M. McCullough. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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A Mindfulness-Based Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum for School-Aged Children: The MindUP Program (2016, positive): “Additionally, the MindUP lessons draw from research and theory in positive psychology which suggests that practicing gratitude and performing acts of kindness bolster one’s sense of well-being and happiness (e.g., Emmons & McCullough, 2003 ; Layous & Lyubomirsky, 2014 ; Lyubomirksy & Layous, 2013 ).”
A low-dose mindfulness intervention and recovery from work: effects on psychological detachment, sleep quality, and sleep duration (2015, background): “Research in the field of positive psychology has shown that already small-scale interventions, such as reflecting on blessings (Emmons & McCullough, 2003) or performing kind acts (Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005) each day, may help to enhance individuals’ personal resources and their…”
A boost of positive affect (2013, background): “For instance, gratitude journals have also garnered attention from researchers, and participants who kept a daily gratitude journal improved in mood and coping behaviors (Emmons & McCullough, 2003).”
How Do Simple Positive Activities Increase Well-Being? (2013, background): “…Lyubomirsky, & Sheldon, 2011; Lyubomirsky, Dickerhoof, Boehm, & Sheldon, 2011; Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005), to count their blessings (Emmons & McCullough, 2003; Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005; Seligman et al., 2005), to perform kind acts (Della Porta, Jacobs Bao, &…”
Beyond the hedonic treadmill: revising the adaptation theory of well-being. (2006, background): “Finally, Emmons and McCullough (2003) found that interventions to increase thoughts of gratitude increased levels of positive affect.”
Gratitude uniquely predicts satisfaction with life: Incremental validity above the domains and facets of the five factor model (2008, background): “Research in gratitude is increasingly being studied with diverse samples, such as with Vietnam War veterans (Kashdan, Uswatte, & Julian, 2006), patients with neuromuscular disorders ( Emmons & McCullough, 2003 ), and within school settings (Froh, Sefick, & Emmons, 2008).”
Does savoring increase happiness? A daily diary study (2012, background): “For example, counting blessings enhances positive affect (Emmons & McCullough, 2003 ), and actively building memories of positive experiences can sustain positive feelings by facilitating reminiscence and social story-telling (Bryant, Yarnold, & Morgan, 1991 ).”
Results of a Study to Increase Savoring the Moment: Differential Impact on Positive and Negative Outcomes (2012, background): “about past positive events (Marlo and Wagner 1999), expressing gratitude (Emmons and McCullough 2003), using signature strengths in new ways (Seligman et al.”
Relating Mindfulness, Heartfulness, and Psychological Well-Being: the Role of Self-Compassion and Gratitude (2018, background): “Gratitude is a positive feeling related to the perception of having benefited from the actions of another person (Emmons and McCullough 2003).”
The student well-being model: a conceptual framework for the development of student well-being indicators (2014, background): “…given its attention in media, advertising and, recently, public policy agendas, it is likely that students and their teachers come to the classroom equipped with a fundamental sense of what constitutes well-being (see Boehm & Lyubomirsky, 2009; Brown & Ryan, 2003; Emmons & McCullough, 2003).”
The Role of Customer Gratitude in Relationship Marketing (2009, background): “We define the behavioral aspect, or gratitude-based reciprocal behaviors, as actions to repay or reciprocate benefits received in response to feelings of gratefulness (Emmons and McCullough 2003; Morales 2005).”
Gratitude Toward God, Stress, and Health in Late Life (2006, methodology): “Some were devised by modifying existing indicators so they reflected gratitude specifically toward God (Emmons et al. 2003).”
Savoring Helps Most When You Have Little: Interaction Between Savoring the Moment and Uplifts on Positive Affect and Satisfaction with Life (2013, background): “Giuliani et al. (2008) found that when individuals used a cognitive reappraisal technique to attempt to enhance current levels of amusement while watching funny videos, they had higher levels of subjective and objective amusement (i.”
Positive Responses to Benefit and Harm: Bringing Forgiveness and Gratitude Into Cognitive Psychotherapy (2006, background): “Furthermore, most of the research on forgiveness and gratitude both have involved samples of people who are largely functioning without major psychological, medical, or relational difficulties (see Emmons & McCullough, 2003a; and Enright & Coyle, 1998, for descriptions of some notable exceptions).”
A Test of Two Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Employee Well-Being (2014, background): “In the gratitude condition, participants were asked to log in at least three times per week to record things that they are grateful for related to their job (Emmons and McCullough 2003).”