ArticleJournal of happiness studies2022
Appreciating the Good Things in Life During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Evaluation of a Gratitude App.
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- A synthesis of RCTs on psychological interventions fostering strengths and virtues: Evidence from 21 systematic reviews.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of gratitude interventions on well-being across cultures.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Pooled it
- A Mobile App-Based Gratitude Intervention's Effect on Mental Well-Being in University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Gratitude and savoring interventions for older adults: a narrative review.The Gerontologist · 2026Review
- Identifying what works in mental health apps through meta-regression analyses of 169 trials.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of an app-based brief gratitude practice on positive and negative daily affect during the COVID-19 pandemic.Acta psychologica · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of a guided multicomponent internet and mobile gratitude training program - A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2024Article
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- A randomized trial investigating the impact of response expectancy on the counting blessings intervention: the role of optimism as a moderator.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Longitudinal Relations Between School Climate and Prosocial Behavior: The Mediating Role of Gratitude.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- The promotive and protective effects of parents' perceived changes during the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional well-being among U.S. households with young children: an investigation of family resilience processes.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- What we know about grief intervention: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
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Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has had many negative consequences on the general public mental health. The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of and satisfaction with an app with gratitude exercises to improve the mental health of people with reduced mental well-being due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as potential mechanisms of well-being change and dose-response relationships. A two-armed randomized controlled trial design was used, with two groups receiving the 6-week gratitude intervention app either immediately (intervention group,
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