Achieving Sustainable Gains in Happiness: Change Your Actions, not Your Circumstances*

By Kennon M. Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky. 2006

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study (2010, methodology): “…finding that happiness changes only occur for self-selected participants, and from other recent research suggesting that happiness interventions have larger effects for informed participants (Seligman et al. 2005) than for ‘‘blind’’ ones (Sheldon and Lyubomirsky 2006; Lyubomirsky et al. 2009).”
How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves (2006, background): “Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, and Schkade ( 2005a ) have developed a “sustainable happiness” model characterizing the dynamics of the process of increasing and sustaining well-being (see also Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2004 in press ).”
Is It Possible to Become Happier? (And If So, How?) (2007, background): “…happy life events, savoring daily experiences, and employing one's strengths, among others (Dickerhoof et al., 2007; Lyubomirsky , Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005; Lyubomirsky, Sousa, & Dickerhoof, 2006; Seligman et al., 2005; Seligman, Rashid, & Parks, 2006; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky , 2006b; Tkach, 2005).”
Well-being in competitive sports—The feel-good factor? A review of conceptual considerations of well-being (2011, background): “Studies adopting randomized controlled designs have revealed the possibility of long-term increases in positive affect and happiness among participants (Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006a Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006a, b).”
Hedonic Adaptation to Positive and Negative Experiences (2010, methodology): “…that have prompted individuals to express optimistic thinking by visualizing the realization of their very best hopes and dreams have demonstrated subsequent increases in physical health (King, 2001 ), happiness (Lyubomirsky et al., 2008 ), and positive aff ect (Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006b ).”
Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes (2007, neutral): “Happiness, life satisfaction, and positive affect are considered separable yet highly correlated constructs, and typically yield a single higher-order factor (e.g., Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006; Stones & Kozma, 1980).”
Preferences for positive psychology exercises (2010, background): “…of positive psychology is to increase wellbeing, and research suggests that this is possible through brief exercises termed ‘positive interventions’ (Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005; Seligman, Steen, Park, & Peterson, 2005; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006; see Lyubomirsky, 2008 for a review).”
Pleasure principles: A review of research on hedonic consumption (2013, background): “Happiness with life changes also declines more precipitously for circumstances than for activities (Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006).”
The how, why, what, when, and who of happiness: Mechanisms underlying the success of positive activity interventions. (2014, background): “…2005; Seligman et al., 2005), practicing optimism (Boehm et al., 2011a; King, 2001; Layous, Nelson, & Lyubomirsky, 2012; Lyubomirsky et al., 2011; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2006b), performing acts of kindness (Della Porta, Jacobs Bao, & Lyubomirsky, 2012; Dunn, Aknin, & Norton, 2008; Sheldon,…”
Variety is the spice of happiness: The hedonic adaptation prevention model. (2013, methodology): “Finally, approximately 2 weeks later, participants fi lled out an online survey in which they again were asked to complete the PANAS.”
Adolescents’ Psychological Well-Being and Memory for Life Events: Influences on Life Satisfaction with Respect to Temperamental Dispositions (2009, neutral): “different experiences (Sheldon and Lyubomirsky 2006).”