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: Doing acts of kindness led socially anxious people to have more positive emotions. Quote: “participants who engaged in kind acts displayed significant increases in PA that were sustained over…
Principle: Text reminders help Implementation Intentions work even better. Quote: “The findings suggest that a combined implementation intention/text-message system is more effective than either strategy alone in terms of increasing…
Principle: The idea that my health is my choice obscures the fact that health is influenced by personal choice and environment. Quote: “The message that 'health depends on personal choices'…