RCT design with 2 conditions; gratitude or no-assigned activity 108 participants aged 18-36
Gratitude condition showed greater increases in state gratitude and positive affect, relative to the control condition, who reported a reduction in wellbeing
Lai, S. T., & O’Carroll, R. E. (2017)
Studies that aimed to promote wellbeing have shown that individuals with positive mental health hold numerous physical, social and intellectual benefits compared to their unhappy
counterparts
Gratitude is considered as both trait + state. State gratitude is the feeling of awe, gratefulness and appreciation for
outcomes received
which claims that grateful individuals are more likely to notice the positivity in life, and this influences how they interpret their life events (Wood et al., 2010)
positive emotions like gratitude broadens through thought-action repertoires which builds a person’s psychosocial and spiritual resources
Fredrickson’s (2001)
in times of adversity, gratitude shifts one’s mindset of deprivation to appreciation; this particular interpretative lens enhances subjective wellbeing.
Al-Seheel & Noor (2016)
RCT design with 3 conditions; IB expressive gratitude, secularB expressive gratitude, control (attending to details of daily life)
60 Muslim students, results suggested that the Islamic-based gratitude is beneficial in raising participants’ happiness level, as it fits with their beliefs and values
systematic review focusing on workers' mental health and well-being, gratitude list interventions showed significant improvement in perceived stress and depression; effects on well-being were inconsistent. Interventions with gratitude list four times or less did not report significant changes
Li et al. (2022)
pre-post design, 864 college students (33.5% female) took part in survey, 29 female participants took part in exercise intervention beneficial effects of the intervention for both sleep and fatigue outcomes.
A feasibility study of an exercise intervention to educate and promote health and well-being among medical students, 6 weeks of weekly 1h sessions74/286 participated [ 69 attended at least 1 ] improved well-being + sleep + loneliness + physical activity