Expressing appreciation increases subjective happiness levels.
Multiple experimental studies and meta-analyses support the conclusion that expressing appreciation and gratitude reliably increases subjective well-being and happiness levels.
The retrieved literature consistently points to experimental and meta-analytic evidence demonstrating that expressing gratitude or undergoing gratitude interventions results in increased subjective well-being and happiness.
Philip Charles Watkins, Trese McLaughlin, Jhenifa P. Parker. Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being. 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3432-8.ch088
This review chapter highlights that experimental studies indicate gratitude causes increases in happiness and subjective well-being.
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Philip Charles Watkins, Trese McLaughlin, Jhenifa P. Parker. Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being. 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5918-4.ch002
This chapter similarly concludes that research supports the idea that cultivating gratitude results in increased happiness.
Levina Wicaksono. META ANALISIS GRATITUDE INTERVENTION PADA WELL-BEING. 2021. https://doi.org/10.24114/konseling.v19i2.30439
This meta-analysis demonstrates that gratitude interventions have a positive, statistically significant effect on individual well-being.
Yulius Sodah. The Effect of Gratitude Intervention on Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being. 2026. https://doi.org/10.55324/josr.v5i8.3302
This experimental study confirms that gratitude interventions like letter writing significantly increase life satisfaction and positive affect.
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