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What gratitude actually does

A long read

Everyone says 'be grateful' — did anyone check?

People say it all the time: be thankful. Posters, songs, and holiday cards all repeat it. It sounds nice, but nice advice can still be wrong. For a long time, nobody ran a real test. Then scientists did.

Sources

  • Davis and colleagues, Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2016