Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being.
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Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: an experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being.
An 8-month-long experimental study examined the immediate and longer term effects of regularly practicing two assigned positive activities (expressing optimism and gratitude) on well-being. More important, this intervention allowed us to explore the impact of two metafactors that are likely to influence the success of any positive activity: whether one self-selects into the study knowing that i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emotion
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1931-1516,1528-3542
DOI: 10.1037/a0022575