Research Bites are 1-page summaries of positive psychology research. Many were papers assigned as reading in my Harvard Extension Psychology Masters program. Others I’ve found in my endless rabbit holes of searching for evidence-based skills.
Principle: People high in self-control also have good life outcomes. “People with high self-control are good at automatizing their behavior.” Quote: “Although most theorizing about self-control has focused on the…
Principle: Changing the story you’re telling yourself is a powerful tool, which doesn’t mean it’s easy to learn for everyone or that it should be used in every situation. Quote:…
Principle: When you value something, you tend to seek it. The inevitable occasional mismatch between expectations you hope for and the reality of an experience causes normal goal-pursuit disappointmnent. When…