ArticleEmotion (Washington, D.C.)2021
Comparing daily physiological and psychological benefits of gratitude and optimism using a digital platform.
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- The Effect of Theory-Guided Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients With Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
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- Stress reduction experiments in daily life: Scaling from the lab to the world.Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2024Trial
- Gratitude and psychological distress among cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: The chain-mediating roles of optimism and sense of coherence.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- The immediate effects of a brief gratitude intervention on positive affect, negative affect, and heart rate: a randomized controlled study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Income and education show distinct links to health and happiness in daily life.Nature human behaviour · 2025Article
- Gratitude and sleep disturbance in primary care patients: the mediating roles of health self-efficacy, health behaviors, and psychological distress.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Article
- The effect of gratitude on death anxiety is fully mediated by optimism in Lebanese adults following the 2023 earthquake.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- General Gratitude and Gratitude to God: Associations with Personality and Well-Being.The journal of positive psychology · 2024Article
- Examining Daily Associations Among Sleep, Stress, and Blood Pressure Across Adulthood.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Gratitude and optimism are positive psychological dispositions associated with beneficial outcomes. To examine their associations with physiological and psychological experiences in daily life, we examined data from an Ecological Momentary Assessment study (
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