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By Steve Draper,   Department of Psychology,   University of Glasgow.

Here are some recent (collected 2013) references about how effective PosPsy interventions are.

References

  • A positive psychology manifesto

  • Cohn, M. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Brown, S. L., Mikels, J. A., & Conway, A. M. (2009). Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Emotion, 9 (3), 361.
  • Cohn, M., & Fredrickson, B. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behaviour change. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 355-366.
  • Giannopoulos, V., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2011). Effects of positive interventions and orientations to happiness on subjective well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 95-105.
  • Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being. Emotion, 11, 391-402.
  • Sergeant, S., & Mongrain, M. (2011). Are positive psychology exercises helpful for people with depressive personality styles? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 260-272.

  • Aknin, L., Norton, M., & Dunn, E. (2009). From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 523-527
  • Biswas-Diener (2011). Positive psychology as social change. London: Springer.
  • Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1263-1272
  • Christopher, J. C., & Hickinbottom, S. (2008). Positive psychology, ethnocentrism, and the disguised ideology of individualism. Theory & Psychology, 18(5), 563b youth: Toward a comprehensive assessment. Adolescent and Family Health, 4, 3
  • 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 Vol. 84, No. 2, pp.377

  • Burton,C.M. & King,L.A. (2004) "The health benefits of writing about intensely positive experiences" Journal of research in personality vol.38 pp.150-163

  • Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). "Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions" American Psychologist vol.60 pp.410-421.

  • Lazarus, R.S. (2003). Does the positive psychology movement have legs? Psychological Inquiry, 14(2), 93-109
  • Cummins, R.A. (2000). Personal income and subjective well-being: a Review. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 133-158.
  • Danner, D.D., Snowdon, D.A., & Friesen, W.V. (2001). Positive emotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the nun study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 804-813.
  • Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well being. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 542- 575.
  • Diener, E., Sandvik, E., Seidlitz, L., & Diener, M. (1993). The relationship between income and subjective well-being: Relative or absolute?. Social Indicators Research, 28, 195-223.
  • Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Smith, H., & Shao, L. (1995). National differences in subjective wellbeing: Why do they occur? Social Indicators Research, 34, 7-32.
  • Diener, E. (2000). Subjective well-being. American Psychologists, 55, 34-43.
  • Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being: Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual review of psychology, 54, 403-425.
  • Duckworth, L., Steen, A. & Seligman, M. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical practice. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 1, 629-651.
  • 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, 377.
  • Estrada, C., Isen, A.M., & Young, M.J. (1994). Positive affect influences creative problem solving and reported source of practice satisfaction in physicians. Motivation and emotion, 18, 285, 299.
  • Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions?. Review of general psychology, 2(3), 300.
  • Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of personality and social psychology, 95(5), 1045.
  • Froh, J. J., Kashdan, T. B., Ozimkowski, K. M., & Miller, N. (2009). Who benefits the most from a gratitude intervention in children and adolescents? Examining positive affect as a moderator. The Journal of Positive Psychology,4, 408-422.
  • Gable, P., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2010). The Blues Broaden, but the Nasty Narrows Attentional Consequences of Negative Affects Low and High in Motivational Intensity. Psychological Science, 21(2), 211-215.
  • Gosling, S. D., Vazire, S., Srivastava, S., & John, O. P. (2004). Should we trust web-based studies? A comparative analysis of six preconceptions about internet questionnaires. American Psychologist, 59, 93.
  • Gruber, J., Mauss, I. B., & Tamir, M. (2011). A dark side of happiness? How, when, and why happiness is not always good. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(3), 222-233.
  • Harker, L., & Keltner, D. (2001). Expressions of positive emotions in womenb
  • Cohn, M. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Brown, S. L., Mikels, J. A., & Conway, A. M. (2009). Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Emotion, 9 (3), 361.
  • Cohn, M., & Fredrickson, B. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behaviour change. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 355-366. Giannopoulos, V., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2011). Effects of positive interventions and orientations to happiness on subjective well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 95-105. Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being. Emotion, 11, 391-402. Sergeant, S., & Mongrain, M. (2011). Are positive psychology exercises helpful for people with depressive personality styles? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 260-272. Primary Papers: Aknin, L., Norton, M., & Dunn, E. (2009). From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 523-527 Biswas-Diener (2011). Positive psychology as social change. London: Springer. Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1263-1272 Christopher, J. C., & Hickinbottom, S. (2008). Positive psychology, ethnocentrism, and the disguised ideology of individualism. Theory & Psychology, 18(5), 563b youth: Toward a comprehensive assessment. Adolescent and Family Health, 4, 3
  • 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 Vol. 84, No. 2, pp.377

  • Burton,C.M. & King,L.A. (2004) "The health benefits of writing about intensely positive experiences" Journal of research in personality vol.38 pp.150-163

  • Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). "Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions" American Psychologist vol.60 pp.410-421.

    1. Lazarus, R.S. (2003). Does the positive psychology movement have legs? Psychological Inquiry, 14(2), 93-109 college yearbook pictures and their relationships and life outcomes across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 112-124. Harmon-Jones E., Gable P.A.(2008). Incorporating motivational intensity and direction into the study of emotions: Implications for brain mechanisms of emotion and cognition-emotion interactions. Netherlands Journal of Psychology, 64, 132bummins, R.A. (2000). Personal income and subjective well-being: a Review. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 133-158. Danner, D.D., Snowdon, D.A., & Friesen, W.V. (2001). Positive emotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the nun study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 804-813. Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well being. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 542- 575. Diener, E., Sandvik, E., Seidlitz, L., & Diener, M. (1993). The relationship between income and subjective well-being: Relative or absolute?. Social Indicators Research, 28, 195-223. Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Smith, H., & Shao, L. (1995). National differences in subjective wellbeing: Why do they occur? Social Indicators Research, 34, 7-32. Diener, E. (2000). Subjective well-being. American Psychologists, 55, 34-43. Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being: Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual review of psychology, 54, 403-425. Duckworth, L., Steen, A. & Seligman, M. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical practice. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 1, 629-651. 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, 377. Estrada, C., Isen, A.M., & Young, M.J. (1994). Positive affect influences creative problem solving and reported source of practice satisfaction in physicians. Motivation and emotion, 18, 285, 299. Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions?. Review of general psychology, 2(3), 300. Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of personality and social psychology, 95(5), 1045. Froh, J. J., Kashdan, T. B., Ozimkowski, K. M., & Miller, N. (2009). Who benefits the most from a gratitude intervention in children and adolescents? Examining positive affect as a moderator. The Journal of Positive Psychology,4, 408-422. Gable, P., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2010). The Blues Broaden, but the Nasty Narrows Attentional Consequences of Negative Affects Low and High in Motivational Intensity. Psychological Science, 21(2), 211-215. Gosling, S. D., Vazire, S., Srivastava, S., & John, O. P. (2004). Should we trust web-based studies? A comparative analysis of six preconceptions about internet questionnaires. American Psychologist, 59, 93. Gruber, J., Mauss, I. B., & Tamir, M. (2011). A dark side of happiness? How, when, and why happiness is not always good. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(3), 222-233. Harker, L., & Keltner, D. (2001). Expressions of positive emotions in womenb Cohn, M. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Brown, S. L., Mikels, J. A., & Conway, A. M. (2009). Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Emotion, 9 (3), 361. Cohn, M., & Fredrickson, B. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behaviour change. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 355-366. Giannopoulos, V., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2011). Effects of positive interventions and orientations to happiness on subjective well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 95-105. Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being. Emotion, 11, 391-402. Sergeant, S., & Mongrain, M. (2011). Are positive psychology exercises helpful for people with depressive personality styles? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 260-272. Primary Papers: Aknin, L., Norton, M., & Dunn, E. (2009). From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 523-527 Biswas-Diener (2011). Positive psychology as social change. London: Springer. Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1263-1272 Christopher, J. C., & Hickinbottom, S. (2008). Positive psychology, ethnocentrism, and the disguised ideology of individualism. Theory & Psychology, 18(5), 563b youth: Toward a comprehensive assessment. Adolescent and Family Health, 4, 3

  • 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 Vol. 84, No. 2, pp.377

  • Burton,C.M. & King,L.A. (2004) "The health benefits of writing about intensely positive experiences" Journal of research in personality vol.38 pp.150-163

  • Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). "Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions" American Psychologist vol.60 pp.410-421.

    1. Lazarus, R.S. (2003). Does the positive psychology movement have legs? Psychological Inquiry, 14(2), 93-109. Lykken, D., & Tellegen, A. (1996) Happiness is college yearbook pictures and their relationships and life outcomes across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 112-124. Harmon-Jones E., Gable P.A.(2008). Incorporating motivational intensity and direction into the study of emotions: Implications for brain mechanisms of emotion and cognition-emotion interactions. Netherlands Journal of Psychology, 64, 132bummins, R.A. (2000). Personal income and subjective well-being: a Review. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 133-158. Danner, D.D., Snowdon, D.A., & Friesen, W.V. (2001). Positive emotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the nun study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 804-813. Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well being. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 542- 575. Diener, E., Sandvik, E., Seidlitz, L., & Diener, M. (1993). The relationship between income and subjective well-being: Relative or absolute?. Social Indicators Research, 28, 195-223. Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Smith, H., & Shao, L. (1995). National differences in subjective wellbeing: Why do they occur? Social Indicators Research, 34, 7-32. Diener, E. (2000). Subjective well-being. American Psychologists, 55, 34-43. Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Lucas, R. E. (2003). Personality, culture, and subjective well-being: Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual review of psychology, 54, 403-425. Duckworth, L., Steen, A. & Seligman, M. (2005). Positive psychology in clinical practice. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 1, 629-651. 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, 377. Estrada, C., Isen, A.M., & Young, M.J. (1994). Positive affect influences creative problem solving and reported source of practice satisfaction in physicians. Motivation and emotion, 18, 285, 299. Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions?. Review of general psychology, 2(3), 300. Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of personality and social psychology, 95(5), 1045. Froh, J. J., Kashdan, T. B., Ozimkowski, K. M., & Miller, N. (2009). Who benefits the most from a gratitude intervention in children and adolescents? Examining positive affect as a moderator. The Journal of Positive Psychology,4, 408-422. Gable, P., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2010). The Blues Broaden, but the Nasty Narrows Attentional Consequences of Negative Affects Low and High in Motivational Intensity. Psychological Science, 21(2), 211-215. Gosling, S. D., Vazire, S., Srivastava, S., & John, O. P. (2004). Should we trust web-based studies? A comparative analysis of six preconceptions about internet questionnaires. American Psychologist, 59, 93. Gruber, J., Mauss, I. B., & Tamir, M. (2011). A dark side of happiness? How, when, and why happiness is not always good. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(3), 222-233. Harker, L., & Keltner, D. (2001). Expressions of positive emotions in womenb Cohn, M. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Brown, S. L., Mikels, J. A., & Conway, A. M. (2009). Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Emotion, 9 (3), 361. Cohn, M., & Fredrickson, B. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behaviour change. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 355-366. Giannopoulos, V., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2011). Effects of positive interventions and orientations to happiness on subjective well-being. 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Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111. Marks, G.N., & Fleming, N. (1999). Influences and consequences of well-being among Australian young people: 1980- 1995. Social Indicators Research, 46, 301-323. Mastekaasa, A. (1994). Marital status, distress and well-being: an international comparison. Journal of Comprative Family Studies, 25, 183- 205. McNulty, J. K., & Fincham, F. D. (2012). Beyond positive psychology? Toward a contextual view of psychological processes and well-being. American Psychologist, 67(2), 101. Mitchell, J., Stanimirovic, R., Klein, B., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2009). A randomised controlled trial of a self-guided internet intervention promoting well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(3), 749-760. Mitchell, J., Vella-Brodrick, D.,& Klein., B. (2010). Positive psychology and the internet: a mental health opportunity. Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology. 6, 30-41 Nave, C. S., Sherman, R. A., & Funder, D. 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The role of cognitive motivational processes in well being. American Psychologist, 56, 239-249. Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855. Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111. Marks, G.N., & Fleming, N. (1999). Influences and consequences of well-being among Australian young people: 1980- 1995. Social Indicators Research, 46, 301-323. Mastekaasa, A. (1994). Marital status, distress and well-being: an international comparison. Journal of Comprative Family Studies, 25, 183- 205. McNulty, J. K., & Fincham, F. D. (2012). Beyond positive psychology? Toward a contextual view of psychological processes and well-being. American Psychologist, 67(2), 101. Mitchell, J., Stanimirovic, R., Klein, B., & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2009). 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(2009). Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: A practice-friendly meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65 , 467- 487. Slade, M. (2010). Mental illness and well-being: the central importance of positive psychology and recovery approaches. Health Services Research, 10, 1472-6963. Stone, A.A., Neale, J.M., Cox., D.S., Napoli, A., & Kennedy-Moore, E. (1994). Daily events are with a secretory immune response to an oral antigen in men. Health Psychology, 13, 440-446. Triandis, H. C. (1996). The psychological measurement of cultural syndromes.American Psychologist, 51(4), 407. Tsai, J. L., Knutson, B., & Fung, H. H. (2006). Cultural variation in affect valuation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 288-307. Wood, J. V., Perunovic, E., & Lee, J. W. (2009). Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others. Psychological Science, 20, 860-866 World Health Organisation: Promoting mental health. Concepts, Emerging Evidence, Practice. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 2004. Xu, J., & Roberts, R. (2010). The power of positive emotions: itb, C. L. M., Wissing, M., Potgieter, J. P., Temane, M., Kruger, A., & van Rooy, S. (2008). Evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) in Setswana speaking South Africans. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 15, 181b youth flourishing? American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 395b, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2-3), 61-83. Joseph, S., & Linley, P.A. (2006). Positive therapy: A meta-theoretical approach to positive psychological practice. London: Routledge. Kahneman, D., & Deaton, A. (2010). High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,107(38), 16489-16493. Kashdan, T.B., Biswar- Diener, R., King, L.A. 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