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Microlectures - Gratitude interventions

4 important questions on Microlectures - Gratitude interventions

What are the most studied gratitude interventions? (2)

1. Gratitude lists or journaling
2. Gratitude letters

What is the state of the art of research on gratitude? (3)

1. A lot of studies on interventions are done with healthy (student) populations
2. The interventions studied are typically brief (1-2 weeks)
3. While gratitude are often measured as a trait, this is harder to change because they are part of your personality (better to measure as mood)

What are the main conclusions of studies on gratitude interventions? (3)

1. Some evidence that gratitude interventions have small, significant effects on mental health
2. Promoting the duration and variety of interventions may improve the impact of gratitude interventions
3. More studies assessing the effects in clinical populations are needed

What are the different gratitude exercises? (6)

1. Journaling
2. Expressing gratitude
3. Mental subtracting
4. Grateful life-review
5. Grateful for processing difficult events
6. Living with grateful intention