Gratitude Practice

Wong, Y. J., Owen, J., Gabana, N. T., Brown, J. W., McInnis, S., Toth, P., et al.

Healthy college students writing weekly gratitude letters reported better mental health and physical symptoms relief at 1- and 3-month follow-ups compared to expressive writing or no-writing groups.

Huffman, J. C., et al.

Among interventions including gratitude exercises, healthy controls and participants showed reduced anxiety and depression with gratitude yielding strongest benefits.

Digdon, N. L., Koble, A.

Healthy distressed adults engaging in daily gratitude practice before bed for two weeks experienced improved sleep quality and duration via positive pre-sleep cognitions compared to neutral writing controls.

Chen, Y., et al.

Meta-analysis of RCTs found gratitude interventions significantly reduced stress, anxiety, and depression while improving well-being in healthy workers.

Hubbard, M. A., et al.

In a double-blind randomized trial, young healthy female adults practicing gratitude journaling for 3 weeks showed increased neural pure altruism responses in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex compared to controls.

Emmons, R. A., McCullough, M. E.

Healthy undergraduates practicing gratitude by listing blessings weekly for 10 weeks reported higher subjective well-being, optimism, and better sleep quality than controls listing hassles or neutral events.

Wong, Y. J., Owen, J., Gabana, N. T., Brown, J. W., McInnis, S., Toth, P., et al.

Healthy college students writing weekly gratitude letters reported better mental health and physical symptoms relief at 1- and 3-month follow-ups compared to expressive writing or no-writing groups.

Chen, Y., et al.

Meta-analysis of RCTs found gratitude interventions significantly reduced stress, anxiety, and depression while improving well-being in healthy workers.

Emmons, R. A., McCullough, M. E.

Healthy undergraduates practicing gratitude by listing blessings weekly for 10 weeks reported higher subjective well-being, optimism, and better sleep quality than controls listing hassles or neutral events.

Hubbard, M. A., et al.

In a double-blind randomized trial, young healthy female adults practicing gratitude journaling for 3 weeks showed increased neural pure altruism responses in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex compared to controls.

Digdon, N. L., Koble, A.

Healthy distressed adults engaging in daily gratitude practice before bed for two weeks experienced improved sleep quality and duration via positive pre-sleep cognitions compared to neutral writing controls.

Emmons, R. A., McCullough, M. E.

Healthy undergraduates practicing gratitude by listing blessings weekly for 10 weeks reported higher subjective well-being, optimism, and better sleep quality than controls listing hassles or neutral events.

Huffman, J. C., et al.

Among interventions including gratitude exercises, healthy controls and participants showed reduced anxiety and depression with gratitude yielding strongest benefits.

Chen, Y., et al.

Meta-analysis of RCTs found gratitude interventions significantly reduced stress, anxiety, and depression while improving well-being in healthy workers.

Huffman, J. C., et al.

Among interventions including gratitude exercises, healthy controls and participants showed reduced anxiety and depression with gratitude yielding strongest benefits.

Chen, Y., et al.

Meta-analysis of RCTs found gratitude interventions significantly reduced stress, anxiety, and depression while improving well-being in healthy workers.

Chen, Y., et al.

Meta-analysis of RCTs found gratitude interventions significantly reduced stress, anxiety, and depression while improving well-being in healthy workers.