A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions to improve mental wellbeing

J van Agteren, M Iasiello, L Lo… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Our current understanding of the efficacy of psychological interventions in improving mental
states of wellbeing is incomplete. This study aimed to overcome limitations of previous …

Gratitude and health: An updated review

L Jans-Beken, N Jacobs, M Janssens… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this review is to extend previous review findings by providing an updated
overview of the literature on the connection of gratitude to human health, specifically …

Thankful for the little things: A meta-analysis of gratitude interventions.

DE Davis, E Choe, J Meyers, N Wade… - Journal of counseling …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
A recent qualitative review by Wood, Froh, and Geraghty (2010) cast doubt on the efficacy of
gratitude interventions, suggesting the need to carefully attend to the quality of comparison …

Using gratitude to promote positive change: A series of meta-analyses investigating the effectiveness of gratitude interventions

LR Dickens - Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Gratitude interventions have been proposed as beneficial practices for improving myriad
positive outcomes, and are promoted in self-help literature. The current work examined …

Psychobiological factors of resilience and depression in late life

KT Laird, B Krause, C Funes, H Lavretsky - Translational psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
In contrast to traditional perspectives of resilience as a stable, trait-like characteristic,
resilience is now recognized as a multidimentional, dynamic capacity influenced by life-long …

Can psychological interventions increase optimism? A meta-analysis

JM Malouff, NS Schutte - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Greater optimism is related to better mental and physical health. A number of studies have
investigated interventions intended to increase optimism. The aim of this meta-analysis was …

Appreciating social science research on gratitude: An integrative review for organizational scholarship on gratitude in the workplace

LR Locklear, S Sheridan… - Journal of Organizational …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Though gratitude research in organizational behavior (OB) is nascent, this emotion has a
rich history in the social sciences. Research has shown gratitude to promote prosocial …

Increasing psychological capital: A pre‐registered meta‐analysis of controlled interventions

D Lupșa, D Vîrga, LP Maricuțoiu… - Applied Psychology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this meta‐analysis was to evaluate the overall effectiveness of interventions
designed to enhance psychological capital (PsyCap), well‐being, and performance. We …

The MAPS model of self-regulation: Integrating metacognition, agency, and possible selves

LD Frazier, BL Schwartz, J Metcalfe - Metacognition and learning, 2021 - Springer
Self-regulation, a social-cognitive process at the intersection of metacognition, motivation,
and behavior, encompasses how people conceptualize, strive for, and accomplish their …

Effects of the best possible self intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Carrillo, M Rubio-Aparicio, G Molinari, A Enrique… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The Best Possible Self (BPS) exercise promotes a positive view of oneself in the best
possible future, after working hard towards it. Since the first work that attempted to examine …