The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want

By Sonja Lyubomirsky. 2007

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Happiness at work. (2010, unknown): “Researchers have recently turned their attention to designing and assessing interventions aimed at improving long-term happiness (cf. Lyubomirsky et al. 2005; Sheldon and Lyubomirsky 2007).”
Back to the future: the effect of daily practice of mental time travel into the future on happiness and anxiety (2009, background): “Therefore, this intervention could be usefully added to the growing number of scientifically validated self-help tools (e.g., Emmons & McCullough, 2003; Lyubomirsky, 2008), and further studies should investigate its effect on depressed patients.”
Becoming Happier Takes Both a Will and a Proper Way: An Experimental Longitudinal Intervention to Boost Well-Being (2011, background): “In their model of happiness, Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, and Schkade (2005) proposed that three major factors contribute to people’s levels of well-being: (a) their happiness set point (i.”
Does social connection turn good deeds into good feelings?: On the value of putting the ‘social’ in prosocial spending (2013, background): “Furthermore, people tend to experience the largest emotional benefits from writing gratitude letters when they share the letter with the target (Lyubomirsky, 2008), which allows for greater positive social connection.”
Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and Pie Chart: Can Happiness Be Successfully Pursued? (2019, methodology): “Later in this article, we discuss our HAP model (Lyubomirsky, 2007; Lyubomirsky, 2010; Sheldon, Boehm, & Lyubomirsky, 2012; Sheldon & Lyubomirsky, 2012), which specifies in detail the effortful processes required to maintain the initial boost derived from a positive circumstantial change.”
The Promise of Sustainable Happiness (2009, background): “…worthy, and socially desirable life activities, which sometimes appear to be incongruent with the pursuit of happiness – like caring for a sick family member, cramming for the MCATs, or turning the other cheek – can all be used as strategies to ultimately enhance well-being (Lyubomirsky, 2008).”
How Do Simple Positive Activities Increase Well-Being? (2013, result): “This notion of the importance of person-activity fit is supported by studies showing that the degree to which participants report enjoying a positive activity predicts how often they complete that activity (Schueller, 2010) and how much happiness they derive from it (Lyubomirsky, 2008).”
Beş Faktör Kişilik Özellikleri ve Öznel İyi Oluş (2013, background): “Öfke, nefret, üzüntü, suçluluk, korku ve kaygı gibi duygular ise olumsuz duygulanımı oluşturmaktadır (Argyle, Martin ve Crossland, 1989; Diener, 1984; Lyubomirsky, 2007).”
A Comparative Study on the Efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention and a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Clinical Depression (2017, background): “Thus, new treatments should strive not only to ameliorate depressive symptoms, but also to cultivate individuals’ well-being (Lyubomirsky 2008).”
Mind the Gap in Mindfulness Research: A Comparative Account of the Leading Schools of Thought (2013, background): “Mindfulness is often associated with positive psychology, and is considered a primary facet of psychological well-being (Langer, 2005; Kabat-Zinn, 2005, 2009; Lyubomirsky, 2011; Fredrickson, 2011; Brown & Ryan, 2003; Ivtzan, Gardner, & Smailova, 2011).”