Lesson: The 2nd happiness exercise: Expressing gratitudeVideos: Week 2 Video 12

Week 2 Video 12: The 2nd happiness exercise: Expressing gratitude

Books and Articles:

1. How expressing gratitude improves happiness:

a. Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(2), 377-389.

b. Emmons, R. A. (2007). Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can make you happier. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

c. Lambert, N. M., Clark, M. S., Durtschi, J., Fincham, F. D., & Graham, S. M. (2010). Benefits of expressing gratitude expressing gratitude to a partner changes one’s view of the relationship. Psychological Science 20 (10), 1-7.

d. Sansone, R. A., & Sansone, L. A. (2010). Gratitude and well being: The benefits of appreciation. Psychiatry, 7(11), 18-22

e. Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1(2), 73-82. (The gratitude exercise in this course has been adapted from the one used in this paper.)

Other Resources:

a. Goldsmith, B. (2013). How the habit of gratitude leads to happiness. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotional-fitness/201311/how-the-habit-gratitude-leads-happiness

b. Giving thanks can make you happier (2015) Retrieved from http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier

2. How gratitude enhances humility and lowers materialism:

a. Emmons, R. A., & Mishra, A. (2011). Why gratitude enhances well-being: What we know, what we need to know. Designing positive psychology: Taking stock and moving forward, 248-262.

b. Kruse, E., Chancellor, J., Ruberton, P. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). An Upward Spiral between Gratitude and Humility. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5(7), 805-814.

c. Polak, E. L., & McCullough, M. E. (2006). Is gratitude an alternative to materialism? Journal of Happiness Studies, 7(3), 343-360.