We’re interested in a wide spectrum of gratitude interventions and practices, ranging from self-help activities (e.g., gratitude journaling) to group activities to therapeutic treatments. 

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Some of our ideas for future research can be found in this article. We’re open to using a variety of research methods, including randomized controlled trials, intensive longitudinal methods, and the coding of qualitative data (although our research is primarily quantitative in nature).

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Below is a list of our current research projects and papers:

 

1. Developing a measure of interpersonal gratitude expressions, which includes verbal and non-verbal expressions (status: under review).

2. Experimental tests of agency appraisals (e.g., attributing one's positive outcomes to external versus internal causes) on gratitude (status: writing).

3. A randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of the Gratitude Group Program and group CBT for depression (status: data analysis).

4. A randomized controlled trial to evaluate a gratitude writing intervention focused on positive turning points in people’s lives (status: data analysis).

5. Developing a measure of receiving gratitude from others with 3 waves of longitudinal data (status: data collection).

6. Examining group-level gratitude and mental health outcomes in gratitude group interventions (status: data analysis).

7. Developing a measure of the abundance mindset with 3 waves of longitudinal data (status: data collection).

8. A randomized controlled trial to assess the long-term efficacy of a redemptive gratitude writing intervention (status: data collection).

9. The relationship between the frequency of 10 gratitude practices and mental health outcomes (status: data collection).

10. Evaluating gratitude peak experiences: paradigmatic and morally exemplary gratitude features (status: data collection).

11. Testing the abundance appraisal model of gratitude, i.e., believing one has received more than one deserves and expects engenders gratitude (status: conceptualization phase).

12. Racial differences in targeted gratitude (status: data collection).

13. Developing a multilevel definition of gratitude (status: conceptualization phase).  

14. Testing the efficacy of a gratitude induction micro-intervention in individual psychotherapy (status: conceptualization phase).