PERSONAL BENEFITS 

Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life. Robert A. Emmons, Michael E. McCullough (2003) 

Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions. Martin E.P. Seligman, Tracy Steen, et al. (2005)

Gratitude and Well-Being: Who Benefits the Most from a Gratitude Intervention? Joshua Rash, Kyle Matsuba, Kenneth Prkachin  (2011)

The Effects of Gratitude Expression on Neural Activity. Prathik Kini, Joel Wong, et al (2016)

Effects of Gratitude Intervention on Mental Health and Well-Being Among Workers: A Systematic Review. Yu Komase, Kazuhiro Watanabe, et al (2021)

Effectiveness of Unguided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Three Good Things Exercise for Insomnia: 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. Daisuke Sato, Yoichi Sekizawa, et al (2022)

A Brief Gratitude Writing Intervention Decreased Stress and Negative Affect During the COVID-19 Pandemic Erin M. Fekete, Nathan T. Deichert (2022) 

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Gratitude in Children and Adolescents: Development, Assessment, and School-Based Intervention. Jeffrey J. Froh, David N. Miller (2007)

Counting Blessings in Early Adolescents: An Experimental Study of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being. Jeffrey Froh , William Sefick, Robert Emmons (2008)
 
The Relationship Between Gratitude and Psychological, Social, and Academic Functioning in Middle Adolescence. Michelle Hasemeyer (2013)

Nice Thinking! An Educational Intervention That Teaches Children to Think Gratefully. J. J. Froh, J. Fan, et al (2014)

The Effect of Gratitude Educational Intervention on Well-being Indicators Among North Indian Adolescents, Pulkit Khanna, Kamlesh Singh (2016) 

​Brightening the Mind: The Impact of Practicing Graittude on Focus oand Resilience in Learning. Jane Taylor Wilson (2016)

Gratitude and Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being in School: The Multiple Mediating Roles of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction at School.  Lili Tian, Luyang Pi, et al (2016)

Improved Sleep

Positive Affect, Psychological Well-Being, and Good Sleep. Andrew Steptoe, Katie O’Donnell, Michael Marmot, et al (2008)

Gratitude influences sleep through the mechanism of pre-sleep cognitions. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Alex Wood, Stephen Joseph, Joanna Lloyd, & Samuel Atkins (2009)

Effects of Constructive Worry, Imagery Distraction, and Gratitude Interventions on Sleep Quality: A Pilot Trial Nancy Digdon, Amy Koble (2011)

The Impact of a Brief Gratitude Intervention on Subjective Well-Being, Biology and Sleep - Marta Jackowska, Jennie Brown, Amy Ronaldson, Andrew Steptoe, (2016)

A Systematic Review of Gratitude Interventions: Effects on Physical Health and Health Behaviors. Anna Boggiss, Nathan Consedine, Jennifer Brenton-Peters, Paul Hofman, Anna Serlachius (2020)
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​Effectiveness of Unguided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Three Good Things Exercise for Insomnia: 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. Daisuke Sato, Yoichi Sekizawa, et al (2022)

Physical Health

A Systematic Review of Gratitude Interventions: Effects on Physical Health and Health Behaviors. Anna Boggiss, Nathan Consedine, Jennifer Brenton-Peters, Paul Hofman, Anna Serlachius (2020)

Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life. Michael McCullough (2003)
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Examining the Pathways between Gratitude and Self-Rated Physical Health across Adulthood. Patrick Hill, Mathias Allemand, Brent Roberts (2013)

The Imipact of a Brief Gratitutde Intervention on Subjective Well-Being, Biology, and Sleep. Marta Jackowska, Jennie Brown, Andrew Steptoe (2015)

Gratitude Reception and Physical Health: Examining the Mediating Role of Satisfaction wtih Patient Care in a Sample of Acute Care Nurses. Alicia Starkey, Cynthia Mohr, David Cadiz, Robert Sinclair (2018)

General Feelings of Gratitude, Gratitude to God, and Hemoglobin A1c: Exploring Variations by Gender. Neal Krause, Robert Emmons, Gail Ironson, Peter Hill (2017)

Better Relationships

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Professional Efficacy

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Financial Returns

A Little Thanks Goes a Long Way: Explaining Why Gratitude Expressions Motivate Prosocial Behavior.  Adam Grant, Francesca Gino (2010) [The Wharton Business School study]

Gratitude Pays: A Weekly Gratitude Intervention Influences Monetary Decisions, Physiological Responses, and Emotional Experiences During a Trust-Related Social Interaction. Dariusz Drqzdowski, Lukasz Kacsmarek, Todd Kashdan (2017)
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Can Gratitude Reduce Costly Impatience? Ye Li (2014)

Gratitude: A Tool for Reducing Economic Impatience. David DeSteno, Ye Li, Jennifer Lerner (2014)

Post Traumatic Stress Growth

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