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Welcome to the Gratitude Interventions and Practices Lab at Indiana University Bloomington

Research Interests

We’re interested in two central research questions:

(a) Which types of gratitude practices and interventions work best for whom?

(b) Which aspects of gratitude practices are associated with positive outcomes?

Selected Publications

Wong, Y. J. (2022). The Catalyst Model of Change: Gratitude interventions with positive, long-term effects. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00136-3

Gabana, N. T., Wong, Y. J., D’Addario, A., & Chow, G. (2022). The Athlete Gratitude Group (TAGG): Effects of coach participation in a positive psychology intervention with youth athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(2), 229-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2020.1809551

Shin, M., Wong, Y. J., Yancura, L., & Hsu, K. (2020). Thanks, Mom and Dad! An experimental study of gratitude letter writing for Asian and White American emerging adults. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 33, 267-268. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2018.1542519

Gabana, N. T., Steinfeldt, J. A., Wong, Y. J., Chung, Y. B., & Svetina, D. (2019). Attitude of gratitude: Exploring the implementation of a gratitude intervention with college athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 31, 273-284. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2018.1498956

Wong, Y. J., Owen, J., Gabana, N., Brown, J. McInnis, S., Toth, P., & Gilman, L. (2018). Does gratitude writing improve the mental health of psychotherapy clients? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 192-202. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2016.116933

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