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Pursuing happiness with gratitude and kindness: An experimental intervention comparing cognitive and behavioral activities.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Pursuing happiness with gratitude and kindness: An experimental intervention comparing cognitive and behavioral activities./
作者:	Ganser, William G.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2012,
面頁冊數:	86 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 73-12.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International73-12.
標題:	Psychology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1511262
ISBN:	9781267366764

Pursuing happiness with gratitude and kindness: An experimental intervention comparing cognitive and behavioral activities.
Ganser, William G.

Pursuing happiness with gratitude and kindness: An experimental intervention comparing cognitive and behavioral activities. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012 - 86 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 73-12.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Arizona University, 2012.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Being happy is one of the ultimate fundamental goals of people around the world (Diener, 2000). Not only does it feel good to be happy, being happy also brings with it a host of benefits. Happy people are sociable, productive at work, energetic, and are even likely to live longer (Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener, 2005). Thus, it appears there is something vital about being happy. The problem is that people often have difficulty maintaining increases in happiness and until recently little scientific inquiry had directly addressed this issue (Tkach & Lyubomirsky, 2006). Therefore, it is important that researchers determine what avenues actually succeed in helping people to find and maintain increases in their happiness. The current study, a month-long happiness intervention, included two happiness-increasing strategies, one cognitive and one behavioral. The cognitive activity attempted to have participants cultivate a sense of gratitude (n = 31). These participants completed exercises that encouraged them to "count their blessings." Participants in the behavioral condition were asked to commit acts of kindness for others (n = 28). A third activity, in which participants wrote about the details of their lives, was used as a control condition (n = 30). The goals of the present study were to determine not only if the practice of kindness and gratitude would lead to prolonged increases in happiness, but also to conclude if one activity was more effective in producing the largest and most persistent increases in happiness up to 6 weeks following completion of the intervention. Results provided support for the hypotheses. Participants in the experimental groups (and not the control group) displayed significant increases on multiple measures of happiness, and these boosts were unremitting for 6 weeks following completion of the intervention. The results also indicated that the happiness-enhancing strategies were equally effective at boosting subjective happiness, life satisfaction, and positive affect, however performing kind acts proved to be superior at reducing negative affect. The theoretical and applied implications surrounding these findings are discussed, followed by limitations of the present study, suggestions for future research, and concluding remarks.

ISBN: 9781267366764Subjects--Topical Terms:

519075
Psychology.
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Gratitude

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