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Sonja Lyubomirsky
Researcher at University of California, Riverside
Publications - 169
Citations - 33196
Sonja Lyubomirsky is an academic researcher from University of California, Riverside. The author has contributed to research in topics: Happiness & Well-being. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 154 publications receiving 28672 citations. Previous affiliations of Sonja Lyubomirsky include Stanford University & University of California, Berkeley.
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The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?
TL;DR: The results reveal that happiness is associated with and precedes numerous successful outcomes, as well as behaviors paralleling success, and the evidence suggests that positive affect may be the cause of many of the desirable characteristics, resources, and successes correlated with happiness.
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A measure of subjective happiness: preliminary reliability and construct validation
TL;DR: Using a "subjectivist" approach to the assessment of happiness, a new 4-item measure of global subjective happiness was developed and validated in 14 studies with a total of 2 732 participants as discussed by the authors.
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Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that a person's chronic happiness level is governed by three major factors: a genetically determined set point for happiness, happiness-relevant circumstantial factors, and happiness relevant activities and practices.
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Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis.
Nancy L. Sin,Sonja Lyubomirsky +1 more
TL;DR: Clinicians should be encouraged to incorporate positive psychology techniques into their clinical work, particularly for treating clients who are depressed, relatively older, or highly motivated to improve.
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Maximizing versus satisficing: happiness is a matter of choice
Barry Schwartz,Andrew Ward,John Monterosso,Sonja Lyubomirsky,Katherine White,Darrin R. Lehman +5 more
TL;DR: This paper found negative correlations between maximizing and happiness, optimism, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, and positive correlations between maximization and depression, perfectionism, and regret, and found that maximizers are less satisfied than non-maximizers with consumer decisions, and more likely to engage in social comparison.