Thankful for the little things: A meta-analysis of gratitude interventions.

@article{Davis2016ThankfulFT,
  title={Thankful for the little things: A meta-analysis of gratitude interventions.},
  author={Don E. Davis and Elise Choe and Joel Meyers and Nathaniel Wade and Kris Varjas and Allison Z. Gifford and Amy Quinn and Joshua N. Hook and Daryl R. Van Tongeren and Brandon J. Griffin and Everett L. Worthington},
  journal={Journal of counseling psychology},
  year={2016},
  volume={63 1},
  pages={
          20-31
        }
}
A recent qualitative review by Wood, Froh, and Geraghty (2010) cast doubt on the efficacy of gratitude interventions, suggesting the need to carefully attend to the quality of comparison groups. Accordingly, in a series of meta-analyses, we evaluate the efficacy of gratitude interventions (ks = 4-18; Ns = 395-1,755) relative to a measurement-only control or an alternative-activity condition across 3 outcomes (i.e., gratitude, anxiety, psychological well-being). Gratitude interventions… 

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