Papers & Publications

Selected Publications (with PDF) (H-index=87; total citations=72,023)

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). The myths of happiness: What should make you happy, but doesn’t, what shouldn’t make you happy, but does. New York: Penguin Press. Visit the book’s website. Download the book’s full set of references.

• • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). The myths of happiness: What should make you happy, but doesn’t, what shouldn’t make you hoxforappy, but does (X, Trans.). Beijing, China: Cheers Books.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013).  De mythes van geluk: Wetenschappelijke inzichten in wat ons écht gellukkig maakt (Fanneke Cnossen , Trans.). Utrecht, Netherlands: Bruna.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Mitovete za schastieto (Nadya Bayeva, Trans.). Sofia, Bulgaria: Obsidian.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Boldogság-mítoszok: Tények és tévhítek. (X, Trans.). Budapest, Hungary: Ursus Libris.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Mity o szczęściu. Warsaw, Poland: Laurum.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). The myths of happiness (X, Trans.). Seoul, South Korea: Knowledge Nomad.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Los mitos de la felicidad (Martín R-Courel Ginzo, Trans.). Barcelona, Spain: Urano.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Qu’est-ce qui nous rend vraiment heureux? (Laurent Bury, Trans.). Paris: Les Arènes.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Myterne om lykke. (Henriette Rostrup, Trans).Copenhagen, Denmark: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Mitai apie laimę. (Margarita Bautrėnienė, Trans). Vilnius, Lithuania: Alma Littera.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The myths of happiness (X, Trans.). Tokyo, Japan: Nihon Jitsugyo Shuppan.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Os mitos da felicidade: O que deveria fazer você feliz, mas não faz; o que não deveria fazer você feliz, mas faz. (X, Trans.). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Odisseia.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Oi mýthoi ti̱s ef̱tychías. (X, Trans.). Athens, Greece: Menandros Editions.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The myths of happiness. (X, Trans.). Tel Aviv, Israel: Kinneret-Zmora.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). The myths of happiness. (X, Trans.). Bangkok, Thailand: Matichon.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). The myths of happiness. (X, Trans.). Istanbul, Turkey: Kapital.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). The myths of happiness. (X, Trans.). Taipei, Taiwan: Longstone.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). The myths of happiness. (X, Trans.). Beijing, China:  China CITIC Press

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The how of happiness: A scientific approach to getting the life you want. New York: Penguin Press. Visit the book’s website. Download the book’s references.

• • Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). The how of happiness: A practical approach to getting the life you want. London: Piatkus.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). De maakbaarheid van het geluk (Frans van Delft, Trans.). Amsterdam: Archipel.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Glücklich sein: Warum Sie es in der Hand haben, zufrieden zu leben (Jürgen Neubauer, Trans.). Frankfurt, Germany: Campus Verlag.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). La ciencia de la felicidad (Alejandra Devoto, Trans.). Barcelona, Spain: Urano.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Comment être heureux…et le rester (Camille Fort, Trans.). Paris: Flammarion.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Lyckans verktyg: En vetenskaplig guide till lycka (Johan Nilsson, Trans.). Stockholm: Natur & Kultur.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Hogyan legyünk boldogok? Az önmegvalósítás útjai tudományos megközelítésben(Turóczi Attila, Trans.). Budapest, Hungary: Ursus Libris.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). A ciência da felicidade: Como atingir a felicidade real e duradoura (Patrícia Sá, Trans.). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Elsevier.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Nasil mutlu lunur? (Gülfer Göze, Trans.). Istanbul, Turkey: Kapital Medya Hizmetleri A. S.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Wybierz szczescie: Naukowe metody budowania zycia, jakiego pragniesz (X, Trans.).Warsaw, Poland: MT Biznes.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Sådan bliver du lykkelig (X, Trans.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Linghardt & Ringhof.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). How to be happy (X, Trans.). Seuol, South Korea: Knowledge Nomad.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Ptyat km schastyeto (Teodora Atanasova, Trans.). Sofia, Bulgaria: Knowledge Mont.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). The how of happiness: 40% (X, Trans.). Shanghai, China: East China Normal University Press.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Kuinka onnelliseksi? (Jouni Porio,Trans.). Helsinki, Finland: Basam Books.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). Cum să fii fericit (Dorina Oprea, Trans.). Bucureşti, Romania: Amsta.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). The way to happiness: Action plan for a happy life. (Katya Benyovitz, Trans.) Or Yehuda, Israel: Kinneret Publishing House.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). The how of happiness: A new approach to getting the life you want. (X, Trans.).Tokyo: Nihon Jitsugyo Shuppansha.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Como ser feliz: A receita científica para a felicidade (Ana Paula Nereu Reis, Trans.). Lisbon, Portugal: Pergaminho.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Comment être heureux…et le rester (X, Trans.). Paris: Marabout.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The how of happiness (X, Trans.). Taipei, Tawain: Longstone.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Psichologia schastya (X, Trans.). Saint Petersburg, Russia: Piter.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The how of happiness: 40% (X, Trans.). Beijing, China:  China CITIC Press.

  • Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Nasil mutlu olunur? (Gülfer Göze, Trans.). Istanbul, Turkey: Ketebe.

• Reis, H. T., Regan, A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Interpersonal chemistry: What is it, how does it emerge, and how does it operate? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(2), 530-558.
• Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Toward a new science of psychedelic social psychology: The effects of MDMA (ecstasy) on social connection. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Watch overview of this paper in this 15-min talk.
• Molla, H., Lee, R., Lyubomirsky, S., & de Wit, H. (2023). Drug-induced social connection: Both MDMA and methamphetamine increase feelings of connectedness during controlled dyadic conversations. Scientific Reports, 13, 15846.
• Regan, A., Margolis, S., de Wit, H., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Does ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) induce subjective feelings of social connection in humans? A multilevel meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 16(10): e0258849.
• Nelson-Coffey, S. K., Fritz, M. M., Lyubomirsky, S., & Cole, S. W. (2017). Kindness in the blood: The gene regulatory impact of prosocial behavior.  Psychoneuroendocrinology, 81, 8-13.  Supplemental Materials here.
• Margolis, S., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Experimental manipulation of extraverted and introverted behavior and its effects on well-being. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(4), 719-731.
• Regan, A., Radošic, N., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Experimental effects of social behavior on well-being. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(11), 987-998.
• Walsh, L. C., Regan, A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). The role of actors, targets, and witnesses: Examining gratitude exchanges in a social context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(2), 233-249. Supplemental Materials here.
• Fritz, M. M., Margolis, S., Revord, J. C., Kellerman, G. R., Nieminen, L. R. G., Reece, A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Examining the social in the prosocial: Episode-level features of social interactions and kind acts predict social connection and well-being. Emotion.
• Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Walsh, L. C., Ozer, D. J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Measuring the experience of social connection within specific social interactions: The Connection During Conversations Scale. PLoS ONE. Download our new Connection During Conversations Scale.
• Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Folk, D., Lyubomirsky, S., & Dunn, E.W. (2021). Changes in social connection during COVID-19 social distancing: It’s not (household) size that matters, it’s who you’re with. PLoS ONE, 16(1), e0245009.
• Folk, D., Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Dunn, E.W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Has social connection declined during the first wave of COVID-19?: The role of extraversion. Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 37.
• Regan, A., Margolis, S., Ozer, D.J.. Schwitzgebel, E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). What is unique about kindness? Exploring the proximal experience of prosocial acts relative to other positive behaviors. Affective Science, 4, 92-100.
• Regan, A., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). Are some ways of expressing gratitude more beneficial than others? Results from a randomized controlled experiment. Affective Science, 4, 72-81.
• Walsh, L. C., Regan, A., Twenge, J. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). What is the optimal way to give thanks? Comparing the effects of gratitude expressed privately, one-to-one via text, or publicly on social media. Affective Science, 4, 82-91.
• Margolis, S., Schwitzgebel, E., Ozer, D. J., Martinez, R., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022).Measuring eudaimonic and non-eudaimonic goods in the pursuit of the good life: The Riverside Eudaimonia Scale and the Rich & Sexy Well-Being Scale. International Journal of Well-Being, 12(1), 1-20.  Supplemental Materials here.
• Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Margolis, S., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). Is variety the spice of happiness? More variety is associated with lower efficacy of positive activity interventions in a sample of over 200,000 happiness seekers. The Journal of Positive Psychology.
• Walsh, L. C., Montemayor-Dominguez, M., Horton, C., Boz, S. G., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Improving worker well-being: A continuous improvement framework. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
• Aknin, L. B., De Neve, J-E., Dunn, E. W., Fancourt, D. E., Goldberg, E., Helliwell, J. F., Jones, S. P., Karam, E., Layard, R., Lyubomirsky, S., Rzepa, A., Saxena, S., Thornton, E. M., VanderWeele, T. J., Whillans, A. V., Zaki, J., Caman, O. K., & Ben Amor, Y. (2022). Mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review and recommendations for moving forward. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(4), 915-936. Listen to the audio narration of this article (by Liz Dunn) here!
• Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., Cole, S. W., Epel, E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Kindness and cellular aging: A pre-registered experiment testing the effects of prosocial behavior on telomere length and well-being. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 11: 100287.
• Regan, A., Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., Lyubomirsky, S., & Cole, S. W. (2022). The genomic impact of kindness to self vs. others: A randomized controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 106, 40-48.
• Regan, A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Inducing sociability: Insights from well-being science. In J. P. Forgas, W. Crano, & K. Fiedler (Eds.), The psychology of sociability: Understanding human attachment (pp. 79-97). Routledge.
• Shin, L. J., Margolis, S. M., Walsh, L. C., Kwok, S. Y., Yue, X., Chan, C-K., Siu, N. Y-F.,  Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Cultural differences in the hedonic rewards of recalling kindness: Priming cultural identity with language. Affective Science, 2(1), 80-90.
  
• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Revisiting the Sustainable Happiness Model and pie chart: Can happiness be successfully pursued? The Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(2), 145-154.
• Armenta, C. N., Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Satisfied yet striving: Gratitude promotes life satisfaction and improvement motivation in youth. Emotion, 22(5), 1004-1016.
• Walsh, L. C., Armenta, C. N., Itzchakov, G., Fritz, M. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). More than merely positive: The immediate affective and motivational consequences of gratitude. Sustainability, 14, 8679.
• Layous, K., Sweeny, K., Armenta, C., Na, S., Choi, I., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017).  The proximal experience of gratitude. PLoS ONE, 12(7): e0179123.
  
• Nelson, S. K., Ruberton, P. M., Chancellor, J., Cornick, J.,  Blascovich, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). The proximal experience of awe. PLoS ONE, 14(5), e0216780.
• Margolis, S., Stapley, A. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). The association between extraversion and well-being is limited to one facet. Journal of Personality, 88, 478-484.
• Revord, J., Sweeny, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Categorizing the function of positive emotions. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 93-97.
• Aknin, L., De Neve, J-E., Dunn, E., Fancourt, D., Goldberg, E., Helliwell, J., Jones, S., Karam, E., Layard, R., Lyubomirsky, S., Rzepa, A., Saxena, S., Thornton, E., VanderWeele, T., Whillans, A., Zaki, J., Caman, O. K., & Ben Amor, Y. (2021). The neurological consequences of contracting COVID-19. Acta Psychologica, 19(3), 301-305.
• Parnia, S., Post, S., Lee, M., Lyubomirsky, S., Aufderheide, T., Greyson, B., Long, J., Gonzales, A., Hyppert, E., Dickinson, A., Fricchione, G., Mayer, S., Locicero, B., Levin, J., Bossis, J., Worthington, E., Fenwick, P, & Keshavarz Shirazi, T. (2022). Guidelines and standards for the study of death and recalled experiences of death-A multidisciplinary consensus statement and proposed future directions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  Supplement S1.  Supplement S2.

• Chancellor, J., Margolis, S. M., Bao, K. J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Everyday prosociality in the workplace: The benefits of giving, getting, and glimpsing.  Emotion, 18, 507-517.

• Fritz, M. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Whither happiness? When, how, and why might positive activities undermine well-being. In J. P. Forgas & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), The social psychology of living well (pp. 101-115). New York: Psychology Press.

• Walsh, L. C., Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Does happiness promote career success? Revisiting the evidence. Journal of Career Assessment, 26, 199-219.

• Fritz, M. M., Armenta, C. N., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Gratitude facilitates healthy eating behavior in adolescents and young adults. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 81, 4-14.

• Nelson, S. K., Killingsworth, M., Layous, K., Cole, S. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Parenthood is associated with greater well-being for fathers than mothers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 1378-1390.
• Margolis, S., Schwitzgebel, E., Ozer, D. J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). A new measure of life satisfaction: The Riverside Life Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101(6), 621-630.
• Margolis, S., Schwitzgebel, E., Ozer, D. J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Empirical relationships among five types of well-being. In Lee, M. T., Kubzansky, L. D., & VanderWeele, T. J. (Eds.), Measuring well-being: Interdisciplinary perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities (pp. 377-407). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Shin, L. J., Armenta, C. N., Kamble, S. V., Chang, S-L, Wu, H-Y, & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Gratitude in collectivist and individualist cultures. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(5), 598-604.
• Shin, L. J., Layous, K., Choi, I., Na, S., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Good for self or good for others?: The well-being benefits of kindness in two cultures depend on how the kindness is framed. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(6), 795-805.
• Ko, K., Margolis, S., Revord, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Comparing the effects of performing and recalling acts of kindness. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 16, 73-81.
• Santini, Z. I., Nielsen, L., Hinrichsen, C., Nelausen, M. K., Meilstrup, C., Koyanagi, A., McDaid, D., Lyubomirsky, S., VanderWeele, T. J., & Koushede, V. (2021). Mental health economics: A prospective study on psychological flourishing and associations with healthcare costs and sickness benefit transfers in Denmark. Mental Health & Prevention, 24, 200222.
• Yetton, B. D., Revord, J., Margolis, S., Lyubomirsky, S., & Seitz, A. R. (2019). Cognitive and physiological measures in well-being science: Limitations and lessons. Frontiers in Psychology, 10: 1630.
  
• Taylor, C. T., Pearlstein, S. L., Kakaria, S., Lyubomirsky, S., & Stein, M. B. (2020). Enhancing social connectedness in anxiety and depression through amplification of positivity: Preliminary treatment outcomes and process of change. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 44, 788-800.
  

• Taylor, C. T., Lyubomirsky, S., & Stein, M. B. (2017). Upregulating the positive affect system in anxiety and depression: Outcomes of a positive activity intervention.  Anxiety and Depression, 34, 267-280.

• Kryza-Lacombe, M., Pearson, N., Lyubomirsky, S., Stein, M.B., Wiggins, J.L., Taylor, C.T. (2021). Changes in neural reward processing following amplification of positivity treatment for depression and anxiety: Preliminary findings from a randomized waitlist-controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 142, 103860.

• Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? Psychological Bulletin, 140, 846-895.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). The road to happiness is paved with a little gold, a lot of reporters, many emails, thousands of frequent flyer miles, and 604 hours of writing. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 26-28.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Layous, K., Chancellor, J., & Nelson, S. K. (2015). Thinking about rumination: The scholarly contributions and intellectual legacy of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 11, 1-22.

• Kruse, E., Chancellor, J., Ruberton, P. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). An upward spiral between gratitude and humility. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 805-814.

• Revord, J., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Positive activity interventions to enhance well-being: Looking through a social psychological lens. In J. E. Maddux (Ed.), Social psychological foundations of well-being and life satisfaction (pp. 451-472). New York: Routledge.

• Layous, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The how, why, what, when, and who of happiness: Mechanisms underlying the success of positive interventions. In J. Gruber & J. Moscowitz (Eds.), Positive emotion: Integrating the light sides and dark sides (pp. 473-495). New York: Oxford University Press.

• Walsh, L. C., Boz, G., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). Well-being and career success. In W. B. Walsh, L. Y. Flores, P. J. Hartung, & F. T. Leong (Eds.), Career psychology: Models, concepts, and counseling for meaningful employment (pp. 235-256). American Psychological Association.
• Okabe-Miyamoto, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Social connection and well-being during COVID-19. In J. F. Helliwell, R. Layard, J. D. Sachs, & J-E De Neve (Eds.), World Happiness Report 2021 (Chapter 6, pp. 131-152). New York: United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
  
• Okabe-Miyamoto, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Happiness shapes and is shaped by social cognition and social connection. In D. Carlston, K. Johnson, & K. Hugenberg (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of social cognition (2^nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.  [Abstract. Email for copy.]
• Margolis, S., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Cognitive outlooks and well-being. In E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds.), Handbook of subjective well-being. Noba Scholar Handbook Series: Subjective wellbeing. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers.
• Wen, J. H., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sin, N. L. (2019). Positive activity interventions targeted to improve depressive symptoms. In Donaldson, S. I., Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Nakamura, J. (Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, health, schools, work, and society (2^nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
• Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Sonja Lyubomirsky [autobiography]. In Zeigler-Hill, V., & Shackelford, T. K. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer.
• Nelson, S. K., Layous, K., Cole, S., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). Do unto others or treat yourself?: The effects of prosocial and self-focused behavior on psychological flourishing. Emotion, 16, 850-861.

• Haworth, C. M. A., Nelson, S. K., Layous, K., Carter, K., Bao, K. J., Lyubomirsky, S., & Plomin, R. (2016). Stability and change in genetic and environmental influences on well-being in response to an intervention. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155538.
  

• Twenge, J. M., Sherman, R. A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). More happiness for young people, and less for mature adults: Time period differences in subjective well-being in the U.S., 1972-2014. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 131-141.

• Ruberton, P. M., Gladstone, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). How your bank balance buys happiness: The importance of “cash on hand” to life satisfaction. Emotion, 16, 575-580.

• Kruse, E., Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). State humility: Measurement, conceptual validation, and intrapersonal processes. Self and Identity, 16, 399-438.
• Boehm, J. K., Ruberton, P. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). The promise of fostering greater happiness. In S. J. Lopez, Edwards, L., & Marques, S. (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology (3^rd ed., pp. 945-958). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Haydon, M. D., Walsh, L. C., Fritz, M. M., Rahal, D., Lyubomirsky, S., & Julienne E. B. (2022). Kindness interventions for early-stage breast cancer survivors: An online pilot randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 18(5), 743-754.

• Sheldon, K. M., Titova, L., Gordeeva, T. O., Osin, E. N., Lyubomirsky, S., & Bogomaz, S. (2017). Russians inhibit the expression of happiness to strangers: Testing a display rule model.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 718-733.

• Layous, K., Nelson, S. K., Kurtz, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). What triggers prosocial effort? A positive feedback loop between positive activities, kindness, and well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12, 385-398.

• Chancellor, J., Layous, K., Margolis, S. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). Clustering by well-being in workplace social networks: Homophily and social contagion. Emotion, 17, 1166-1180.
  

• Chancellor, J., Margolis, S. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). The propagation of everyday prosociality in the workplace.  The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13, 271-283.

• Layous, K., Kurtz, J., Chancellor, J. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Reframing the ordinary: Imagining time as scarce increases well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13, 301-308.

• Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., English, T., Dunn, E. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). In defense of parenthood: Children are associated with more joy than misery. Psychological Science, 24, 3-10.

• Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., Dunn, E. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Parents are slightly happier than nonparents, but causality still cannot be inferred: A reply to Bhargava, Kassam, and Loewenstein. Psychological Science, 25, 303-304.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Layous, K. (2013). How do simple positive activities increase well-being? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 57-62.
  

• Nelson, S. K., Fuller, J. A. K., Choi, I., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Beyond self-protection: Self-affirmation benefits hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 998-1011.

• Layous, K., Nelson, S. K., Oberle, E., Schonert-Reichl, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Kindness counts: Prompting prosocial behavior in preadolescents boosts peer acceptance and well-being. PLoS ONE, 7, e51380.

• Ruberton, P. M., Huynh, H. P., Miller, T. A., Kruse, E., Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). The relationship between physician humility, physician-patient communication, and patient health. Patient Education and Counseling, 99(7), 1138-1145.

• Armenta, C. N., Fritz, M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). Functions of positive emotions: Gratitude as a motivator of self-improvement and positive change. Emotion Review, 9, 183-190.

• Fritz, M., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). Staying happier. In M. D. Robinson & M. Eid (Eds.), The happy mind: Cognitive contributions to well-being (pp. 95-114). New York: Springer.

• Shin, L. J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). Increasing well-being in independent and interdependent cultures. In S. I. Donaldson & M. A. Warren (Eds.), Scientific advances in positive psychology (pp. 11-36). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

• Parks, A., Della Porta, M., Pierce, R. S., Zilca, R., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Pursuing happiness in everyday life: The characteristics and behaviors of online happiness seekers. Emotion, 12, 1222-1234.

• Layous, K., Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Positive activities as protective factors against mental health conditions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 3-12.

• Chancellor, J., Layous, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). Recalling positive events at work makes employees feel happier, move more, but interact less: A 6-week randomized controlled intervention at a Japanese workplace. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16, 871-887.
  

• Nelson, S. K., Della Porta, M. D., Jacobs Bao, K., Lee, H. C., Choi, I., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). “It’s up to you”: Experimentally manipulated autonomy support for prosocial behavior improves well-being in two cultures. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10, 463-476.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2011, March 17). Holding on to happiness. [Review of the book Flourish]. Nature, 471, 302-302.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Positive psychologists on positive constructs. [Comment on McNulty and Fincham’s “Beyond positive psychology? Toward a contextual view of psychological processes and well-being”]. American Psychologist, 67, 574.
  

• Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking rumination. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 400-424.

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). The challenge of staying happier: Testing the Happiness Adaptation Prevention model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 670-680.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being. Emotion, 11, 391-402.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Boehm, J. K., Kasri, F., & Zehm, K. (2011). The cognitive and hedonic costs of dwelling on achievement-related negative experiences: Implications for enduring happiness and unhappiness. Emotion, 11, 1152-1167.

• Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1152-1167.

• Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Humble beginnings: Current trends, state perspectives, and hallmarks of humility. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 819-833.

• Layous, K., Lee, H., Choi, I., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Culture matters when designing a successful happiness-increasing activity: A comparison of the United States and South Korea. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44, 1294-1303.

• Layous, K., Nelson, S. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). What is the optimal way to deliver a positive activity intervention? The case of writing about one’s best possible selves. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14, 635-654.

• Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Making it last: Combating hedonic adaptation in romantic relationships. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8, 196-206.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). Hedonic adaptation to positive and negative experiences (pp. 200-224). In S. Folkman (Ed.), Oxford handbook of stress, health, and coping. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Boehm, J. K. (2010). Human motives, happiness, and the puzzle of parenthood. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 327-334.

• Frattaroli, J., Thomas, M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Opening up in the classroom: Effects of expressive writing on graduate school entrance performance. Emotion, 11, 691-696.

• Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Happiness and thrift: When (spending) less is (hedonically) more. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 21, 131-138.

• Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Money for happiness: The hedonic benefits of thrift. In M. Tatzel (Ed.), Consumer’s dilemma: The search for well-being in the material world (pp. 13-47). New York: Springer.

• Nelson, S. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Finding happiness: Tailoring positive activities for optimal well-being benefits. In M. Tugade, M. Shiota, & L. Kirby (Eds.), Handbook of positive emotions (pp. 275-293). New York: Guilford.

• Ruberton, P. M., Kruse, E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). Boosting state humility via gratitude, self-affirmation, and awe: Theoretical and empirical perspectives. In E. Worthington, D. Davis, & J. Hook (Eds.), Handbook of humility (pp. 260-273). New York: Routledge.

• Armenta, C. N., Jacobs Bao, K., Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Is lasting change possible? Lessons from the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention model. In Sheldon, K. M., & Lucas, R. E. (Eds.), Can happiness change? Theories and evidence (pp. 57-74).New York: Elsevier.

• Layous, K.,  & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Benefits, mechanisms, and new directions for teaching gratitude to children. School Psychology Review, 43, 153-159.

• Layous, K., Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The prospects, practices, and prescriptions for the pursuit of happiness. In Joseph, S. (Ed.), Positive psychology in practice (2nd ed., pp. 185-205). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

• Shin, L. J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). Positive activity interventions for mental health conditions: Basic research and clinical applications. In J. Johnson & A. Wood (Eds.), The Wiley handbook of positive clinical psychology (pp. 349-363). New York: Wiley.

• Nelson, S. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). Juggling family and career: Parents’ pathways to a balanced and happy life. In Burke, R. J., Page, K. M., & Cooper, C. L. (Eds.), Flourishing in life, work, and careers: Individual wellbeing and career experiences (pp. 100-118). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

• Nelson, S. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). Gratitude. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health (2nd ed., Vol. 2., pp. 277-280). Waltham, MA: Academic Press.

• Armenta, C. N., Ruberton, P. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2015). Psychology of subjective wellbeing. In Wright, J. D. (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (2^nd ed.; pp. 648-653). Oxford, UK: Elsevier .

• Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). Making happiness last: Using the Hedonic Adaptation Model to extend the success of positive interventions. In A. Parks & S. Schueller (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of positive psychological interventions (pp. 373-384). New York: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Nelson, S. K., Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). What psychological science knows about achieving happiness. In S. J. Lynn, W. O’Donohue, & S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Better, stronger, wiser: Psychological science and well-being (pp. 250-271). New York: Sage.

• Layous, K., Chancellor, J., Lyubomirsky, S., Wang, L, & Doraiswamy, P. M. (2011). Delivering happiness: Translating positive psychology intervention research for treating major and minor depressive disorders. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17, 675-683.

• Sheldon, K. M., Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Variety is the spice of happiness: The hedonic adaptation prevention (HAP) model. In I. Boniwell & S. David (Eds.), Oxford handbook of happiness (pp. 901-914). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). The rewards of happiness. In I. Boniwell & S. David (Eds.), Oxford handbook of happiness (pp. 119-133). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Using mindful photography to increase positive emotion and appreciation. In J. J. Froh & A. C. Parks (Eds.), Positive psychology in higher education: A practical workbook for the classroom (pp. 133-136). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

• Martin-Krumm, C., Lyubomirsky, S., & Nelson, S. K. (2012). Psychologie positive et adaptation: Quelle contribution? [What is the contribution of research in positive psychology and hedonic adaptation?] In C. Tarquinio & E. Spitz (Eds.), Psychologie de l’adaptation (pp. 333-354). Bruxelles: De Boeck.

• Huffman, J. C., Mastromauro, C. A., Boehm, J., Seabrook, R., Fricchione, G. L., Denninger, J. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Development of a positive psychology intervention for patients with acute cardiovascular disease. Heart International, 6, 47-54.

• Huffman, J. C., DuBois, T. M., Healy, B. C., Boehm, J. K., Kashdan, T. B., Celano, C. M., Denninger, J. W., & Lyubomirsky, S.  (2014). Feasibility and utility of positive psychology exercises for suicidal inpatients. General Hospital Psychiatry, 36, 88-94.
  

• Lyubomirsky, S., Sousa, L., Dickerhoof, R. (2006). The costs and benefits of writing, talking, and thinking about life’s triumphs and defeats.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 692-708.

• Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.  [Click here for two slides from Lyubomirsky’s 2019 Melbourne talk on revisiting the pie chart described in this paper.]

• Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). The promise of sustainable happiness. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.; pp. 667-677). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Positive psychology. In M. R. Mehl & T. S. Conner (Eds.), Handbook of research methods for studying daily life (pp. 553-568). New York: The Guilford Press.

• Sin, N. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: A practice-friendly meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 65,467-487.

• Liberman, V., Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. D. (2009). Happiness and memory: Affective significance of endowment and contrast. Emotion, 9, 666-680.

• Shin, L. J., Ruberton, P. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. 2018). The spotlight activity: Development and feasibility test of a naturalistic attention-redirection well-being manipulation. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, 2, 64-91.

• Sin, N. L., Jacobs, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). House and happiness: A differential diagnosis. In L. L. Martin & T. Cascio (Eds.), House and psychology (pp. 77-94). New York: Wiley

• Sin, N. L., Della Porta, M. D., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Tailoring positive psychology interventions to treat depressed individuals. In S. I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, health, schools, work, and society(pp. 79-96). New York: Routledge.

• Sheldon, K. M., Abad, N., Ferguson, Y., Gunz, A., Houser-Marko, L., Nichols, C. P., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 39-48.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Della Porta, M. (2010). Boosting happiness, buttressing resilience: Results from cognitive and behavioral interventions. In J. W. Reich, A. J. Zautra, & J. Hall (Eds.), Handbook of adult resilience: Concepts, methods, and applications (pp. 450-464). New York: Guilford Press.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Dickerhoof, R. (2010). A construal approach to increasing happiness. In J. Tangney & J. E. Maddux (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology (pp. 229-244). New York: Guilford Press.

• Layous, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2010, November 10). [Review of the bookInternational differences in well-being]. PsycCRITIQUES, 55.

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Change your actions, not your circumstances: An experimental test of the Sustainable Happiness model. In A. K. Dutt & B. Radcliff (Eds.), Happiness, economics, and politics: Towards a multi-disciplinary approach (pp. 324-342). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006a). How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 73-82.

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006b). Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55-86. Winner of the “Best Paper of the Year Award,” JOHS, 2006.

• Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Does happiness promote career success? Journal of Career Assessment, 16, 101-116. The online version of this article can be found at: http://jca.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/1/101.

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Is it possible to become happier? (And, if so, how?) Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1,129-145.

• Howell, R. T., Kern, M. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes. Health Psychology Review, 1, 83-136.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Kurtz, J. L. (2009). Happiness. In D. Sander & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), The Oxford companion to emotion and the affective sciences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Sin, N. L. (2009). Positive affectivity and interpersonal relationshiops. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 1264-1266). New York: Sage.

• Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Towards a durable happiness. In S. J. Lopez & J. G. Rettew (Eds.), The Positive Psychology Perspective Series (Vol. 4; pp. 21-36). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Forward. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Positive psychology: Exploring the best in people (pp. ix-xi). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group

• Tkach, C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). How do people pursue happiness?: Relating personality, happiness-increasing strategies, and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 183-225.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Tkach, C., & DiMatteo, M. R. (2006). What are the differences between happiness and self-esteem? Social Indicators Research, 78, 363-404. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.

• Tucker, K. L., Ozer, D. J., Lyubomirsky, S., & Boehm, J. K. (2006). Testing for measurement invariance in the Satisfaction With Life Scale: A comparison of Russians and North Americans. Social Indicators Research, 78, 341-360. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Kasri, F., & Chang, O., & Chung, I. (2006). Ruminative response styles and delay of seeking diagnosis for breast cancer symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 276-304.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2006a). [Review of the book Happiness: Lessons from a new science]. British Journal of Sociology, 57, 535-536.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Dickerhoof, R. (2005). Subjective well-being. In J. Worrell (Ed.), Handbook of girls and womens psychological health: Gender and well-being across the life span (pp. 166-174). New York: Oxford University Press.

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2004). Achieving sustainable new happiness: Prospects, practices, and prescriptions. In A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology in practice (pp. 127-145). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Tkach, C. (2003). The consequences of dysphoric rumination. In C. Papageorgiou & A. Wells (Eds.), Rumination: Nature, theory, and treatment of negative thinking in depression (pp. 21-41). Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Kasri, F., & Zehm, K. (2003). Dysphoric rumination impairs concentration on academic tasks. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 309-330.

• Abbe, A., Tkach, C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2003). The art of living by dispositionally happy people. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 385-404.

• Ward, A. H., Lyubomirsky, S., Sousa, L., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2003). Can’t quite commit: Rumination and uncertainty. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 96-107.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Abbe, A. (2003). Positive psychology’s legs. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 132-136.

• Schwartz, B., Ward, A., Monterosso, J., Lyubomirsky, S., White, K., & Lehman, D. (2002). Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1178-1197.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Why are some people happier than others?: The role of cognitive and motivational processes in well-being. American Psychologist, 56, 239-249.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Tucker, K. L., & Kasri, F. (2001). Responses to hedonically conflicting social comparisons: Comparing happy and unhappy people. European Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 511-535.

• Sousa, L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Life satisfaction. In J. Worell (Ed.),Encylopedia of women and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender (Vol. 2, pp. 667-676). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Casper, R. C., & Sousa, L. (2001). What triggers abnormal eating in bulimic and non-bulimic women?: The role of dissociative experiences, negative affect, and psychopathology. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 25, 223-232.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2000). On studying positive emotions. Prevention and Treatment, 3, article 5.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. (1999). Changes in attractiveness of elected, rejected, and precluded alternatives: A comparison of happy and unhappy individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76,988-1007.
• Lyubomirsky, S., Tucker, K. L., Caldwell, N. D., & Berg, K. (1999). Why ruminators are poor problem solvers: Clues from the phenomenology of dysphoric rumination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77,041-1060.

• Lyubomirsky, S., Caldwell, N. D., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1998). Effects of ruminative and distracting responses to depressed mood on the retrieval of autobiographical memories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 166-177.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Tucker, K. L. (1998). Implications of individual differences in subjective happiness for perceiving, interpreting, and thinking about life events. Motivation and Emotion, 22, 155-186.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. (1997). Hedonic consequences of social comparison: A contrast of happy and unhappy people. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1141-1157.

• Casper, R. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (1997). Individual psychopathology relative to reports of unwanted sexual experiences as predictor of a bulimic eating pattern. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 21,229-236.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1995). Effects of self-focused rumination on negative thinking and interpersonal problem-solving. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 176-190.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1993). Self-perpetuating properties of dysphoric rumination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 339-349.

Under Review

• Walsh, L. C., Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Regan, A., Twenge, J. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). The association between well-being and objectively measured versus self-reported smartphone time. Manuscript under review.
• Walsh, L. C., Regan, A., Okabe-Miyamoto, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Does putting away your smartphone make you happier? The effects of restricting digital media and social media on well-being. Manuscript under review.
• Ruberton, P. M., Gladstone, J. J., Margolis, S., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). Adding spice to life: Variety in hedonic spending increases subjective well-being. Manuscript under review. [Abstract. Email for copy.]
• Kruse, E., Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2016). Self-affirmation increases humility. Manuscript under review. [Abstract. Email for copy.]
• Margolis, S., Elder, J., Hughes, B., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). What are the most important predictors of subjective well-being? Insights from machine learning and linear regression approaches on the MIDUS datasets. Manuscript under review.

Op-Eds/Popular Press

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2006b). Is it possible to become lastingly happier? Lessons from the modern science of well-being. In Vancouver Dialogues(pp. 53-56). Vancouver: Truffle Tree Publishing.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2005, January 17). Eight steps toward a more satisfying life. Time, 165, A8-A9. Pg 1 Pg 2

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, January). Work may hold the key to your happiness. Harvard Community Resource, XVII, 3.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, July 5). Smiles give leadership clues. Riverside Press-Enterprise.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, December 27). Why we’re still happy. New York Times, A25.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, December 27). Happy, despite it all: How a new outlook can help us cope — even thrive — in adversity. Riverside Press-Enterprise, E1, E4.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Happiness. In G. Stone (Ed.), The 12-step Bush recovery program (pp. 118-120). New York: Villard.

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Jacobs, K. M. (2010). Comment construire un bonheur durable. [How to build lasting happiness.] Cerveau & Psycho: Le magazine de la psychologie et des neurosciences, 37, 62-64.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2009, July 14). What if I’d never met my husband: New research reveals a better way to boost happiness than counting blessings — imagining that the good things never happened. Scientific American.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2010, August 10). Can money buy happiness? New research reveals that reminders of wealth impair our capacity to savor life’s little pleasures. Scientific American.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2010, December). Become happier. Personal Excellence, 7.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2011, July 7). The Longevity Project. [Review of the book The Longevity Project.] Nature, 475, 32.

• Yano, K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Chancellor, J. (2012). Sensing happiness. IEEE Spectrum, 40, 26-31.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2012, December 2). New love: A short shelf life. New York Times, SR1.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2012, December 23). Fantasy vs. reality. New York Times, Room for Debate, The Opinion Pages.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2013, August 1). Do children bring happiness — or misery? TIME.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2015, April 16). The science of coming alive.  Huffington Post.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2015, July 2). Pursue happiness, but in moderation. New York Times, Room for Debate, The Opinion Pages.

• Lyubomirsky, S. (2015, November 5). Will an optimist or a pessimist win in 2006? Los Angeles Times, A19.

• Diener, E., Pressman, S. D., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2015, December 17). Can 1 million women be wrong about happiness and health? Los Angeles Times, A21.

• Armenta, C. N., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017, May 23). How gratitude motivates us to become better people. Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life.

• Revord, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017, October 4). How to be happy: A psychologists view of #HEhappiness. Times Higher Education.

• Fritz, M. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018, March 20). How and why positive activities can make you happier. Behavioral Scientist.
• Fritz, M. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018, March 27). The happiness boomerang effect: When positive activities backfire. Behavioral Scientist.
• Walsh, L. C., Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018, August 13). Is happiness a consequence or cause of career success? LSE Business Review.
• Walsh, L. C., Boehm, J. K.. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019, May 24). Happiness doesn’t follow success: It’s the other way around. Aeon Magazine.
• Lyubomirsky, S. & Fritz, M. M. (2019, July 5). How to be happier. Character & Context.
• Lyubomirsky, S. (2020, March 31). 10 positivity boosting tips for musicians. Record Union.
• Dunn, E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020, May 5). Extraverts are faring surprisingly well in lockdown. Washington Post.
• Lyubomirsky, S. (2023, June 12). Everything everywhere all at once. In E. Horvitz (ed.), AI Anthology. https://unlocked.microsoft.com/ai-anthology/sonja-lyubomirsky

 

Subjective Happiness Scale (permission granted for all non-commercial use)

• Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46, 137-155. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.

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