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List of works by Sonja Lyubomirsky

A Measure of Subjective Happiness: Preliminary Reliability and Construct Validation

scholarly article by Sonja Lyubomirsky & Heidi S. Lepper published 1999 in Social Indicators Research

A New Measure of Life Satisfaction: The Riverside Life Satisfaction Scale

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

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

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Beyond Self-Protection: Self-Affirmation Benefits Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being

scientific article

Brief well-being assessments, or nothing at all?

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Can't quite commit: rumination and uncertainty

scientific article published in January 2003

Changes in attractiveness of elected, rejected, and precluded alternatives: a comparison of happy and unhappy individuals

scientific article published on June 1999

Clustering by well-being in workplace social networks: Homophily and social contagion.

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

Cognitive and Physiological Measures in Well-Being Science: Limitations and Lessons

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Delivering happiness: translating positive psychology intervention research for treating major and minor depressive disorders

scientific article published on July 2011

Development of a positive psychology intervention for patients with acute cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on September 29, 2011

Do unto others or treat yourself? The effects of prosocial and self-focused behavior on psychological flourishing

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Does Happiness Promote Career Success?

scholarly article by Julia K. Boehm & Sonja Lyubomirsky published February 2008 in Journal of Career Assessment

Dysphoric Rumination Impairs Concentration on Academic Tasks

Effects of ruminative and distracting responses to depressed mood on retrieval of autobiographical memories

scientific article published on July 1, 1998

Effects of self-focused rumination on negative thinking and interpersonal problem solving

scientific article published on July 1, 1995

Enhancing Social Connectedness in Anxiety and Depression Through Amplification of Positivity: Preliminary Treatment Outcomes and Process of Change

scientific article published on 19 April 2020

Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis

scientific article

Everyday Prosociality in the Workplace: The Reinforcing Benefits of Giving, Getting, and Glimpsing

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Experimental manipulation of extraverted and introverted behavior and its effects on well-being

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Feasibility and utility of positive psychology exercises for suicidal inpatients

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

Happiness and memory: affective significance of endowment and contrast

scientific article published on October 2009

Hedonic consequences of social comparison: A contrast of happy and unhappy people

scientific article published on December 1, 1997

How your bank balance buys happiness: The importance of "cash on hand" to life satisfaction

scientific article

Human Motives, Happiness, and the Puzzle of Parenthood: Commentary on Kenrick et al. (2010).

scientific article

Humble Beginnings: Current Trends, State Perspectives, and Hallmarks of Humility

scientific article published in November 2013

In defense of parenthood: children are associated with more joy than misery

scientific article

Individual psychopathology relative to reports of unwanted sexual experiences as predictor of a bulimic eating pattern

scientific article published in April 1997

Is Lasting Change Possible? Lessons from the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention Model

scientific article published on 2014

Kindness counts: prompting prosocial behavior in preadolescents boosts peer acceptance and well-being

scientific article

Kindness in the blood: A randomized controlled trial of the gene regulatory impact of prosocial behavior

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Making Happiness Last:Using the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention Model to Extend the Success of Positive Interventions

scholarly article published 11 April 2014

Making it last: Combating hedonic adaptation in romantic relationships

Maximizing versus satisficing: happiness is a matter of choice

scientific article published in November 2002

Opening up in the classroom: Effects of expressive writing on graduate school entrance exam performance

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Parenthood Is Associated With Greater Well-Being for Fathers Than Mothers

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Parents are slightly happier than nonparents, but causality still cannot be inferred: a reply to Bhargava, Kassam, and Loewenstein (2014).

scientific article published on 12 November 2013

Positive activities as protective factors against mental health conditions

scientific article published on February 2014

Positive psychologists on positive constructs

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Psychology: Holding on to happiness

scientific article published in Nature

Pursuing happiness in everyday life: The characteristics and behaviors of online happiness seekers

scientific article published on May 28, 2012

Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change

scholarly article by Sonja Lyubomirsky et al published 2005 in Review of General Psychology

Rethinking Rumination

scientific article published on September 2008

Satisfied yet striving: Gratitude fosters life satisfaction and improvement motivation in youth

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Self-perpetuating properties of dysphoric rumination.

scientific article

Stability and Change in Genetic and Environmental Influences on Well-Being in Response to an Intervention

scientific article

The Rewards of Happiness

scholarly article published 1 January 2013

The Road to Happiness Is Paved With a Little Gold, a Lot of Reporters, Many E-Mails, Thousands of Frequent Flyer Miles, and 604 Hours of Writing

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

The association between Extraversion and well-being is limited to one facet

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

The benefits of frequent positive affect: does happiness lead to success?

scientific article

The challenge of staying happier: testing the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention model

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

The cognitive and hedonic costs of dwelling on achievement-related negative experiences: implications for enduring happiness and unhappiness

scientific article published in October 2011

The costs and benefits of writing, talking, and thinking about life's triumphs and defeats

scientific article published in April 2006

The genomic impact of kindness to self vs. others: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in 2022

The pains and pleasures of parenting: when, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

The proximal experience of awe

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

The proximal experience of gratitude

scientific article

The relationship between physician humility, physician-patient communication, and patient health

scientific article

Thinking about rumination: the scholarly contributions and intellectual legacy of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

scientific article published on 02 January 2015

Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention

scientific article published on 06 January 2017

Why are some people happier than others? The role of cognitive and motivational processes in well-being

scientific article published in March 2001

Why ruminators are poor problem solvers: clues from the phenomenology of dysphoric rumination

scientific article published on November 1999

[Development of a Japanese version of the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), and examination of its validity and reliability]

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

‘It’s up to you’: Experimentally manipulated autonomy support for prosocial behavior improves well-being in two cultures over six weeks

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