Lesson: The 2nd happiness exercise: Expressing

gratitude
Videos: Week 2 Video 12

Week 2 Video 12: The 2nd happiness exercise:

Expressing gratitude
Books and Articles:
1. How expressing gratitude improves happiness:
a. Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus
burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective
well-being in daily life. Journal of personality and social psychology,
84(2), 377-389.
b. Emmons, R. A. (2007). Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can
make you happier. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
c. Lambert, N. M., Clark, M. S., Durtschi, J., Fincham, F. D., & Graham, S.
M. (2010). Benefits of expressing gratitude expressing gratitude to a
partner changes ones view of the relationship. Psychological Science
20 (10), 1-7.
d. Sansone, R. A., & Sansone, L. A. (2010). Gratitude and well being: The
benefits of appreciation. Psychiatry, 7(11), 18-22
e. Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). How to increase and sustain
positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing
best possible selves. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1(2), 73-82.
(The gratitude exercise in this course has been adapted from the one
used in this paper.)

Other Resources:
a. Goldsmith, B. (2013). How the habit of gratitude leads to happiness.
Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotionalfitness/201311/how-the-habit-gratitude-leads-happiness

b. Giving thanks can make you happier (2015) Retrieved from

http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-makeyou-happier

How gratitude enhances humility and lowers

materialism:
2.

a. Emmons, R. A., & Mishra, A. (2011). Why gratitude enhances wellbeing: What we know, what we need to know. Designing positive
psychology: Taking stock and moving forward, 248-262.
b. Kruse, E., Chancellor, J., Ruberton, P. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). An
Upward Spiral between Gratitude and Humility. Social Psychological
and Personality Science, 5(7), 805-814.
c. Polak, E. L., & McCullough, M. E. (2006). Is gratitude an alternative to
materialism? Journal of Happiness Studies, 7(3), 343-360.