Variety in Pleasant Activities is Associated with Improved Mental Health: Evidence from Two National Samples of U.S. Adults.

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Article in Affective science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

Targeting Daily Positive Events to Improve Emotional and Functional Well-Being in Adults With Fibromyalgia: Insights From the LARKSPUR Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024
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Mobility Patterns and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Observational Study Using Smartphone Mobility Data.JMIR formative research · 2026
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ReNeuWell mental well-being app: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2025
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Wildfire impacts and mitigation strategies among California cannabis producers.PloS one · 2025
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Possible and Probable Dementia and Depressive/Anxiety Symptoms: Mediation Effects of Social Engagement and Loneliness.Research on aging
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Anthony D OngDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5032-667X

Soomi LeeDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA USA.

Funding

STATISTICS COREP01AG020166 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2002 to 2015

$50.6M

NIA NIH HHS P01 AG020166

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engaging in a wide range of pleasant activities may provide mental health benefits, particularly for those genetically predisposed to depression. This study examined associations between pleasant activity variety, mental health, and genetic vulnerability in two U.S. cohort studies ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42761-023-00225-x.

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DepressionGenetic riskMental healthPleasant activitiesVariety

Identifiers

PMID39050039

DOI10.1007/s42761-023-00225-x

PMCPMC11264508

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