Sheldon, Kennon

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• Trying to be happier really can work: Two experimental studies
  Happiness
  Sheldon, Kennon

  Does the explicit attempt to be happier facilitate or obstruct the actual experience of happiness?...

• How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves.
  Gratitude
  Sheldon, Kennon, Lyubomirsky, Sonja

  A 4-week experimental study (N = 67) examined the motivational predictors and positive emotion outcomes of regularly practicing two men...

• Service job lawyers are happier than money job lawyers despite their lower income
  Well-Being
  Sheldon, Kennon, Krieger, Lawrence

  Giving too much emphasis to extrinsic values and too little emphasis to intrinsic values is known to depress well-being....