Pressman, Sarah

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• If, Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health, and Future Needed Research
  Psychological Well-Being
  Diener, Ed, Pressman, Sarah, Hunter, John, Chase, Desi

  We review evidence on whether subjective well-being (SWB) can influence health, why it might do so, and what we know about the conditions where this is mo...

• It’s good to do good and receive good: The impact of a ‘pay it forward’ style kindness intervention on giver and receiver well-being
  Positive Psychology
  Pressman, Sarah, Kraft, Tara, Cross, Marie

  Despite the popularity of the ‘pay it forward’ (PIF) concept in textbooks and popular culture, to date, no study has tested the effectiveness of a brief, ...