Is It Possible to Become Happier? (And If So, How?)

By Kennon M. Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky. 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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On the Relation between Performance and Life Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Passion (2012, background): “Indeed, past research has shown that proactive and instrumental activities that individuals have control over (Maton, 1990; Schultz, 1976; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2007; Sonnentag, 2001) contribute to a much greater extent to people’s well-being.”
Passion Does Make a Difference in People's Lives: A Look at Well‐Being in Passionate and Non‐Passionate Individuals (2009, background): “Sheldon and Lyubomirsky (2007) have posited that there is much room for improvement in one’s happiness.”
Happiness at work. (2010, unknown): “It is important to remember that happiness and positive attitudes are not directly created by environments or events such as those described above, but rather by individuals’ perceptions, interpretations and 396 C.D. Fisher appraisals of those environments and events.”
Strength and Vulnerability Integration (SAVI): A Model of Emotional Well-Being Across Adulthood (2010, unknown): “Sustainable changes in well-being require active striving by the individual (K. M. Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2007).”
The Importance of Interest: The Role of Achievement Goals and Task Values in Promoting the Development of Interest (2010, background): “Researchers in positive and health psychology have demonstrated that happiness and life satisfaction are important components of well-being (Lucas, 2007; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2007).”
Hedonic Adaptation to Positive and Negative Experiences (2010, background): “Positive attention per se is associated with increased well-being and reduced adaptation (Schwarz et al., in press ; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2007 ).”
Pursuing Pleasure or Virtue: The Differential and Overlapping Well-Being Benefits of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives (2010, background): “While we see the self-report approach as appropriate for assessing private motives and subjective experiences (Kashdan et al. 2008; Sheldon and Lyubomirsky 2007), we also recognize that it is susceptible to retrospective biases, self-presentation biases, and lack of insight.”
Why do people prefer gratitude journaling over gratitude letters? The influence of individual differences in motivation and personality on web-based interventions (2015, background): “This is an important line of inquiry as theorists suggest that people will gain more from an intervention if there is congruence with their values/interests/preferences (Lyubomirsky & Layous, 2013; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2007).”
Variety is the spice of happiness: The hedonic adaptation prevention model. (2013, background): “being asked to adopt new self-chosen life-activities (Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2007 , 2009 ); and intervention studies of the eff ects of engaging in various happiness-relevant exercises such as expressing gratitude (Emmons & McCullough, 2003 ; Froh, Sefi ck, & Emmons, 2008 ; Lyubomirsky et al., 2005…”