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University of California, Riverside: Riverside, CA, US

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Sonja Lyubomirsky

Works (25)

Measuring the experience of social connection within specific social interactions: The Connection During Conversations Scale (CDCS)

PLOS ONE
2024-01-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286408
Contributors: Karynna Okabe-Miyamoto; Juan Antonio García; Lisa C. Walsh; Daniel J. Ozer; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Worker Well-Being: A Continuous Improvement Framework

Applied Research in Quality of Life
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-023-10217-5
Contributors: Lisa C. Walsh; Madison Montemayor-Dominguez; Calen Horton; S. Gokce Boz; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Kindness interventions for early-stage breast cancer survivors: An online, pilot randomized controlled trial

The Journal of Positive Psychology
2023-09-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2022.2093786
Contributors: Marcie D. Haydon; Lisa C. Walsh; Megan M. Fritz; Danny Rahal; Sonja Lyubomirsky; Julienne E. Bower
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Are Some Ways of Expressing Gratitude More Beneficial Than Others? Results From a Randomized Controlled Experiment

Affective Science
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-022-00160-3
Contributors: Annie Regan; Lisa C. Walsh; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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What is the Optimal Way to Give Thanks? Comparing the Effects of Gratitude Expressed Privately, One-to-One via Text, or Publicly on Social Media

Affective Science
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-022-00150-5
Contributors: Lisa C. Walsh; Annie Regan; Jean M. Twenge; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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What is Unique About Kindness? Exploring the Proximal Experience of Prosocial Acts Relative to Other Positive Behaviors

Affective Science
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-022-00143-4
Contributors: Annie Regan; Seth Margolis; Daniel J. Ozer; Eric Schwitzgebel; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Examining the Social in the Prosocial: Episode-Level Features of Social Interactions and Kind Acts Predict Social Connection and Well-Being

2022-12-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/sa7gk
Contributors: Megan M Fritz; Seth Margolis; Nina Radosic; Julia Revord; Gabriella Rosen Kellerman; Levi R. G. Nieminen; Andrew Garrett Reece; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Experimental effects of social behavior on well-being

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.08.006
Contributors: Annie Regan; Nina Radošić; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Toward a New Science of Psychedelic Social Psychology: The Effects of MDMA (Ecstasy) on Social Connection

Perspectives on Psychological Science
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/17456916211055369
Contributors: Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Immediate and Enduring Effects of Deep and Shallow Conversations on Feelings of Closeness in Healthy Adults

2022-09-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/p62va
Contributors: Hanna Molla; Shahd Smadi; Sonja Lyubomirsky; Tang Li; Harriet de Wit
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Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

Perspectives on Psychological Science
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/17456916211029964
Contributors: Lara B. Aknin; Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Elizabeth W. Dunn; Daisy E. Fancourt; Elkhonon Goldberg; John F. Helliwell; Sarah P. Jones; Elie Karam; Richard Layard; Sonja Lyubomirsky et al.
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More than Merely Positive: The Immediate Affective and Motivational Consequences of Gratitude

Sustainability
2022-07-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/su14148679
Contributors: Lisa C. Walsh; Christina N. Armenta; Guy Itzchakov; Megan M. Fritz; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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The role of actors, targets, and witnesses: Examining gratitude exchanges in a social context

The Journal of Positive Psychology
2022-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2021.1991449
Contributors: Lisa C. Walsh; Annie Regan; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Mental health economics: A prospective study on psychological flourishing and associations with healthcare costs and sickness benefit transfers in Denmark

Mental Health & Prevention
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mhp.2021.200222
Contributors: Ziggi Ivan Santini; Line Nielsen; Carsten Hinrichsen; Malene Kubstrup Nelausen; Charlotte Meilstrup; Ai Koyanagi; David McDaid; Sonja Lyubomirsky; Tyler J. VanderWeele; Vibeke Koushede
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What Are the Most Important Predictors of Subjective Well-Being? Insights From Machine Learning and Linear Regression Approaches on the MIDUS Datasets

2021-11-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ugfjs
Contributors: Seth Margolis; Jacob Elder; Brent Hughes; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Does Putting Away Your Smartphone Make You Happier? The Effects of Restricting Digital Media and Social Media on Well-Being

2021-11-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/c3phw
Contributors: Lisa C. Walsh; Annie Regan; Karynna Okabe-Miyamoto; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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The Association Between Well-Being and Objectively Measured Versus Self-Reported Smartphone Time

2021-08-06 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zcwmv
Contributors: Lisa C. Walsh; Karynna Okabe-Miyamoto; Annie Regan; Jean Twenge; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Changes in neural reward processing following Amplification of Positivity treatment for depression and anxiety: Preliminary findings from a randomized waitlist controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103860
Contributors: Maria Kryza-Lacombe; Nana Pearson; Sonja Lyubomirsky; Murray B. Stein; Jillian Lee Wiggins; Charles T. Taylor
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Cultural Differences in the Hedonic Rewards of Recalling Kindness: Priming Cultural Identity with Language

Affective Science
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-020-00029-3
Contributors: Lilian J. Shin; Seth M. Margolis; Lisa C. Walsh; Sylvia Y. C. L. Kwok; Xiaodong Yue; Chi-Keung Chan; Nicolson Yat-Fan Siu; Kennon M. Sheldon; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and Pie Chart: Can Happiness Be Successfully Pursued?

The Journal of Positive Psychology
2021-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2019.1689421
Contributors: Kennon M. Sheldon; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Kindness and cellular aging: A pre-registered experiment testing the effects of prosocial behavior on telomere length and well-being

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100187
Contributors: Megan M. Fritz; Lisa C. Walsh; Steven W. Cole; Elissa Epel; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

2021-02-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zw93g_v1
Contributors: Lara Beth Aknin; Jan Emmanuel De Neve; Elizabeth Warren Dunn; Daisy Fancourt; Elkhonon Goldberg; John Helliwell; Sarah Jones; Elie Karam; Richard Layard; Sonja Lyubomirsky et al.
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Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

2021-02-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zw93g
Contributors: Lara Beth Aknin; Jan Emmanuel De Neve; Elizabeth Warren Dunn; Daisy Fancourt; Elkhonon Goldberg; John Helliwell; Sarah Jones; Elie Karam; Richard Layard; Sonja Lyubomirsky et al.
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Comparing the effects of performing and recalling acts of kindness

The Journal of Positive Psychology
2021-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2019.1663252
Contributors: Kellon Ko; Seth Margolis; Julia Revord; Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Changes in Social Connection During COVID-19 Social Distancing: It’s Not (Household) Size That Matters, It’s Who You’re With

2020-06-24 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zdq6y
Contributors: Karynna Okabe-Miyamoto; Dunigan Parker Folk; Sonja Lyubomirsky; Elizabeth Warren Dunn
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Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Emotion. (1)
Review activity for Journal of personality and social psychology. (1)
Review activity for Trends in cognitive sciences. (1)
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