Research Bites

Research Bites

One page summaries of Positive Psychology Research from my psychology masters at Harvard Extension and how all of those positive psychology topics fit into Coaching Ourselves and Our Families.

Topics include: Resilience, Habit, Self-Control, Compassion, Growth Mindset, Grit, Goals, Happiness, Gratitude, Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Autonomy, Motivation, Coaching, and more.

Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill (2006) Diener
Principle: People adapt to good and bad events to return to a baseline of happiness in complex and individual ways.
Avoid Temptation to Reach Goals (2017) Milyavskaya
Principle: When you experience temptations, it’s draining whether or not you resist them. Quote: “contrary to conventional wisdom, self-control was
Marshmallow Test Revisited (2020) Michaelson
Principle: Preschoolers who have families where they learn to delay gratification tend to have later life success. Quote: “Thus, a
What Does Childhood Self-Control Predict? (2011) Moffitt
Principle Self-Control as children predicts their health, wealth, and criminality as adults. Quote Following a cohort of 1,000 children from
Delay of Gratification in Children – The Marshmallow Test (1989) Mischel
Principle Children’s self-control as young as preschoolers can pr dict outcomes a decade later. Quote The significant correlations between preschool
Social Media Temptations (2021) Sternberg
Principle: Distracting yourself by thinking of neutral things can lower the temptation to use social media. Quote: “Attentional distraction successfully
Self-Control Is Like a Muscle – The Strength Model of Self-Control (2007) Baumeister
Principle Self-Control is like the strength of a muscle and can wear out after use, but can also strengthen over
Beliefs about Willpower (2010) Job
Principle: Your beliefs about whether willpower can wear out predict whether it actually wears out in practice. Quote: “It is
Self-Control Predicts Better Life (2004) Tangney
Principle Self-Control is associated with a lot of varied, positive life outcomes. Quote “Self-control as measured by our scale is
Can you Train Self-Control? (2016) Miles
Principle Practicing self-control doesn’t increase your self-control. Quote “Despite high levels of adher- ence to the training tasks, there was

 

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