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New Year’s resolutions typically fade so quickly that there is a ‘Quitter’s Day’ named after them, for the second Friday in January. But small actions and shifts in mindset can have much longer-lasting beneficial effects.
New research challenges long-held assumptions about the role of gratitude in encouraging future kindness.
Some people are more inclined toward gratitude than others, but there are specific ways that everyone can cultivate more of it.
The focus of suicide prevention is shifting toward protective factors: characteristics that make it less likely that individuals will consider, attempt or die by suicide.
The good news is that we can all improve our happiness levels with daily practice.
Gratitude and praise are not only some of the most common themes in Christian music, but also some of the oldest.
College students who are focused on career goals and personal growth – and growth for others – tend to fare better academically, new research finds.
Psychology researchers know what kinds of behavior enhance feelings of social connection.
Cultures around the world say ‘thank yous’ in many different ways. Two communication scholars explain what these expressions can reveal to us.
Hearing about climate change prompts people to buy more stuff, which increases their environmental footprint. Rituals that inspire gratitude for nature can help reduce the desire to over-consume.
Gratitude has a strong connection to well-being, but more than that, two psychologists say, it could have a powerful effect on others. So, don’t hold back when it comes to expressing it.
If your family Christmas usually involves annoying relatives and unwanted presents, here’s how to be grateful and actually enjoy what the festive season brings.
Thanksgiving is a life-enriching practice worth cultivating all year long.
Do children understand the lesson that if you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours? Developmental psychologists suggest they’re more likely to punish bad behavior than they are to reward good deeds.
Although the end of the semester can be a stressful time for students, embracing the stress can help students deal with it better than trying to avoid it, a well-being expert argues.
As people say thanks to those who are turning up for work without being paid, an expert explains what true gratitude really means.
Hide the credit cards and instead build traditions with your kids. Supporting a child through gift disappointment is important to their emotional, cognitive and social development.
How does being thankful about things in your own life relate to any selfless concern you may have about the well-being of others? A neuroscientist explores the gratitude/altruism connection.
Research confirms what the world’s elite sports stars already know – being kinder to yourself, and to others, and being grateful is good for your mental health.
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Liberal Arts Endowed Professor of Communication, Penn State
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Visiting Scholar of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Associate in Psychology and the Center for Brain Injury Research and Training; Director of Emotions and Neuroplasticity Project, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Babson College
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Assistant Professor, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention, McGill University
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Lecturer, Strategy Beedie School of Business, SFU, Simon Fraser University
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Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology, The Ohio State University
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Adjuct Faculty University of Guelph, Former Chair, Early Childhood Studies and Founder of The Love Model Inc.
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Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Lancashire
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Professor, Communication, University of Oklahoma
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW
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Community Faculty in Psychology, Metropolitan State University
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Professor Health Psychology, Coventry University, Coventry University