SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY: PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications (with PDF)
- Lyubomirsky,
S. (2008). The how of happiness: A scientific approach to getting the life you want. New York: Penguin Press. Visit the book's website.
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- Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). The how of happiness: A practical approach to getting the life you want. London: Piatkus.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). De maakbaarheid van het geluk (Frans van Delft, Trans.). Amsterdam: Arphipel.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Glücklich sein: Warum Sie es in der Hand haben, zufrieden zu leben (Jürgen Neubauer, Trans.). Frankfurt, Germany: Campus Verlag.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). La ciencia de la felicidad (Alejandra Devoto, Trans.). Barcelona, Spain: Urano.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Comment être heureux...et le rester (Camille Fort, Trans.). Paris: Flammarion.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Lyckans verktyg: En vetenskaplig guide till lycka (Johan Nilsson, Trans.). Stockholm: Natur & Kultur.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Hogyan legyünk boldogok? Az önmegvalósítás útjai tudományos megközelítésben (Turóczi Attila, Trans.). Budapest, Hungary: Ursus Libris.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). A ciência da felicidade: Como atingir a felicidade real e duradoura (Patrícia Sá, Trans.). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Elsevier.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Nasil mutlu lunur? (X, Trans.). Istanbul, Turkey: Kapital Medya Hizmetleri A. S.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Wybierz szczescie: Naukowe metody budowania zycia, jakiego pragniesz (X, Trans.). Warsaw, Poland: MT Biznes.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Sådan bliver du lykkelig (X, Trans.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Linghardt & Ringhof.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). How to be happy (X, Trans.). Seuol, South Korea: Knowledge Nomad.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Ptyat km schastyeto (Teodora Atanasova, Trans.). Sofia, Bulgaria: Knowledge Mont.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). The how of happiness: 40% (X, Trans.). Shanghai, China: East China Normal University Press.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). Kuinka onnelliseksi? (Jouni Porio,Trans.). Helsinki, Finland: Basam Books.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). Cum să fii fericit (Dorina Oprea, Trans.). Bucureşti, Romania: Amsta.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). The way to happiness: Action plan for a happy life. (Katya Benyovitz, Trans.) Or Yehuda, Israel: Kinneret Publishing House.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). The myth of happiness: What should make you happy but doesn't, what shouldn't make you happy but does, what happiness really is--and isn't. New York: Penguin Press.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2011, March 17). Holding on to happiness. [Review of the book Flourish.] Nature, 471, 302-302.
- Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking rumination. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 400-424.
- Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). The challenge of staying happier: Testing the Happiness Adaptation Prevention model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 670-680.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being. Emotion, 11, 391-402.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Boehm, J. K., Kasri, F., & Zehm, K. (2011). The cognitive and hedonic costs of dwelling on achievement-related negative experiences: Implications for enduring happiness and unhappiness. Emotion, 11, 1152-1167.
- Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). A longitudinal experimental study comparing the effectiveness of happiness-enhancing strategies in Anglo Americans and Asian Americans. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 1152-1167.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Hedonic adaptation to positive and negative experiences (pp. 200-224). In S. Folkman (Ed.), Oxford handbook of stress, health, and coping. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Boehm, J. K. (2010). Human motives, happiness, and the puzzle of parenthood. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 327-334.
- Frattaroli, J., Thomas, M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Opening up in the classroom: Effects of expressive writing on graduate school entrance performance. Emotion, 11, 691-696.
- Chancellor, J., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Happiness and thrift: When (spending) less is (hedonically) more. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 21, 131-138.
- Layous, K., Chancellor, J., Lyubomirsky, S., Wang, L, & Doraiswamy, P. M. (2011). Delivering happiness: Translating positive psychology intervention research for treating major and minor depressive disorders. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17, 675-683.
- Huffman, J. C., Mastromauro, C. A., Boehm, J., Seabrook, R., Fricchione, G. L., Denninger, J. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Development of a positive psychology intervention for patients with acute cardiovascular disease. Heart International, 6, 47-54.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Sousa, L., Dickerhoof, R. (2006). The costs and benefits of writing, talking, and thinking about life's triumphs and defeats. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 692-708.
- Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. A., & Diener,
E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect. Psychological
Bulletin, 131, 803-855.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade,
D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable
change. Review of General Psychology, 9, 111-131.
- Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). The promise of sustainable happiness. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.; pp. 667-677). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Positive psychology. In M. R. Mehl & T. S. Conner (Eds.), Handbook of research methods for studying daily life (pp. 553-568). New York: The Guilford Press.
- Sin, N. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: A practice-friendly meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 65,467-487.
- Liberman, V., Boehm, J. K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. D. (2009). Happiness and memory: Affective significance of endowment and contrast. Emotion, 9, 666-680.
- Sin, N. L., Jacobs, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). House and happiness: A differential diagnosis. In L. L. Martin & T. Cascio (Eds.), House and psychology (pp. 77-94). New York: Wiley
- Sin, N. L., Della Porta, M. D., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Tailoring positive psychology interventions to treat depressed individuals. In S. I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, health, schools, work, and society (pp. 79-96). New York: Routledge.
- Sheldon, K. M., Abad, N., Ferguson, Y., Gunz, A., Houser-Marko, L., Nichols, C. P., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2010). Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 39-48.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Della Porta, M. (2010). Boosting happiness, buttressing resilience: Results from cognitive and behavioral interventions. In J. W. Reich, A. J. Zautra, & J. Hall (Eds.), Handbook of adult resilience: Concepts, methods, and applications (pp. 450-464). New York: Guilford Press.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Dickerhoof, R. (2010). A construal approach to increasing happiness. In J. Tangney & J. E. Maddux (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology (pp. 229-244). New York: Guilford Press.
- Layous, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2010, November 10). [Review of the book International differences in well-being]. PsycCRITIQUES, 55.
- Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009).Change your actions, not your circumstances: An experimental test of the Sustainable Happiness model. In A. K. Dutt & B. Radcliff (Eds.), Happiness, economics, and politics: Towards a multi-disciplinary approach (pp. 324-342). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
- Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006a). How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 73-82.
- Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006b). Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55-86. Winner of the "Best Paper of the Year Award," JOHS, 2006.
- Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Does happiness lead to career success? Journal of Career Assessment, 16, 101-116. The online version of this article can be found at: http://jca.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/1/101.
- Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Is it possible to become happier? (And, if so, how?) Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1, 129-145.
- Howell, R. T., Kern, M. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes. Health Psychology Review, 1, 83-136.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Kurtz, J. L. (2009). Happiness. In D. Sander & K. R. Scherer (Eds.), The Oxford companion to emotion and the affective sciences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Sin, N. L. (2009). Positive affectivity and interpersonal relationshiops. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 1264-1266). New York: Sage.
- Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Towards a durable happiness. In S. J. Lopez & J. G. Rettew (Eds.), The Positive Psychology Perspective Series (Vol. 4; pp. 21-36). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Forward. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Positive psychology: Exploring the best in people (pp. ix-xi). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group
- Tkach, C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). How do people pursue happiness?: Relating personality, happiness-increasing strategies, and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 183-225.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Tkach, C., & DiMatteo, M. R. (2006). What are the differences between happiness and self-esteem? Social Indicators Research, 78, 363-404. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
- Tucker, K. L., Ozer, D. J., Lyubomirsky, S., & Boehm, J. K. (2006). Testing for measurement invariance in the Satisfaction With Life Scale: A comparison of Russians and North Americans. Social Indicators Research, 78, 341-360. The
original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Kasri, F., & Chang, O.,
& Chung, I. (2006). Ruminative response styles and delay
of seeking diagnosis for breast cancer symptoms. Journal of
Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 276-304.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2006a). [Review of the book Happiness: Lessons from a new science]. British Journal of Sociology, 57, 535-536.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Dickerhoof, R. (2005).
Subjective well-being. In J. Worrell (Ed.), Handbook of girls and womens psychological health: Gender and well-being across the life span (pp. 166-174). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2004). Achieving sustainable new happiness: Prospects, practices, and
prescriptions. In A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive
psychology in practice (pp. 127-145). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley
& Sons.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Tkach, C. (2003). The
consequences of dysphoric rumination. In C. Papageorgiou &
A. Wells (Eds.), Rumination: Nature, theory, and treatment
of negative thinking in depression (pp. 21-41). Chichester,
England: John Wiley & Sons.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Kasri, F., & Zehm, K.
(2003). Dysphoric rumination impairs concentration on academic
tasks. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 309-330.
- Abbe, A., Tkach, C., & Lyubomirsky, S.
(2003). The art of living by dispositionally happy people. Journal
of Happiness Studies, 4, 385-404.
- Ward, A. H., Lyubomirsky, S., Sousa, L., &
Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2003). Can't quite commit: Rumination and
uncertainty. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29,
96-107.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Abbe, A. (2003). Positive
psychology’s legs. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 132-136.
- Schwartz, B., Ward, A., Monterosso, J., Lyubomirsky,
S., White, K., & Lehman, D. (2002). Maximizing versus satisficing:
Happiness is a matter of choice. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 83, 1178-1197.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Why are some people
happier than others?: The role of cognitive and motivational processes
in well-being. American Psychologist, 56, 239-249.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Tucker, K. L., & Kasri,
F. (2001). Responses to hedonically conflicting social comparisons:
Comparing happy and unhappy people. European Journal of Social
Psychology, 31, 511-535.
- Sousa, L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Life
satisfaction. In J. Worell (Ed.), Encylopedia of women and
gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society
on gender (Vol. 2, pp. 667-676). San Diego, CA: Academic
Press.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Casper, R. C., & Sousa,
L. (2001). What triggers abnormal eating in bulimic and non-bulimic
women?: The role of dissociative experiences, negative affect,
and psychopathology. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 25,
223-232.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2000). On studying positive emotions. Prevention and Treatment, 3, article 5.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. (1999). Changes
in attractiveness of elected, rejected, and precluded alternatives:
A comparison of happy and unhappy individuals. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 988-1007.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Tucker, K. L., Caldwell, N.
D., & Berg, K. (1999). Why ruminators are poor problem solvers:
Clues from the phenomenology of dysphoric rumination. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 041-1060.
- Lyubomirsky, S., Caldwell, N. D., & Nolen-Hoeksema,
S. (1998). Effects of ruminative and distracting responses to
depressed mood on the retrieval of autobiographical memories.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 166-177.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Tucker, K. L. (1998).
Implications of individual differences in subjective happiness
for perceiving, interpreting, and thinking about life events.
Motivation and Emotion, 22, 155-186.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. (1997). Hedonic
consequences of social comparison: A contrast of happy and unhappy
people. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73,
1141-1157.
- Casper, R. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (1997).
Individual psychopathology relative to reports of unwanted sexual
experiences as predictor of a bulimic eating pattern. International
Journal of Eating Disorders, 21, 229-236.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1995).
Effects of self-focused rumination on negative thinking and interpersonal
problem-solving. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
69, 176-190.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1993).
Self-perpetuating properties of dysphoric rumination. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 339-349.
In Press
- Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., English, T., Carstensen, L. L., Dunn, E. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). In defense of parenthood: Children are associated with more joy than misery. Psychological Science.
- Parks, A., Della Porta, M., Pierce, R. S., Zilca, R., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Pursuing happiness in everyday life: The characteristics and behaviors of online happiness seekers. Emotion.
- Layous, K., Nelson, S. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). What is the optimal way to deliver a positive activity intervention? The case of writing about one's best possible selves. Journal of Happiness Studies.
- Sheldon, K. M., Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Variety is the spice of happiness: The hedonic adaptation prevention (HAP) model. In I. Boniwell & S. David (Eds.), Oxford handbook of happiness. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). The rewards of happiness. In I. Boniwell & S. David (Eds.), Oxford handbook of happiness. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kurtz, J. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). Using mindful photography to increase positive emotion and appreciation. In J. J. Froh & A. Parks-Sheiner (Eds.), Positive psychology in higher education: A practical workbook for the classroom. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
- Martin-Krumm, C., Lyubomirsky, S., & Nelson, S. K. (in press). Psychologie positive et adaptation: Quelle contribution? [What is the contribution of research in positive psychology and hedonic adaptation?] In E. Spitz & C. Tarquinio (Eds.), Psychologie de la santé, Théories de l'adaptation. Bruxelles: De Boeck.
Under Review
- Nelson, S. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Finding happiness: Tailoring positive activities for optimal well-being benefits. To appear in M. Tugade, M. Shiota, & L. Kirby (Eds.), Handbook of positive emotions. New York: Guilford. [Email for copy.]
- Layous, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). The how, who, what, when, and why of happiness: Mechanisms underlying the success of positive interventions. To appear in J. Gruber & J. Moscowitz (Eds.), The light and dark side of positive emotions. New York: Oxford University Press. [Email for copy.]
- Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2011). Making happiness last. To appear in A. Parks (Ed.), The handbook of positive interventions. New York: Wiley-Interscience.[Email for copy.]
- Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Making it last: Combating hedonic adaptation in romantic relationships. Manuscript submitted for publication. [Email for copy.]
Op-Eds/Popular Press
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2006b). Is it possible to become lastingly happier? Lessons from the modern science of well-being. In Vancouver Dialogues (pp. 53-56). Vancouver: Truffle Tree Publishing.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2005, January 17). Eight steps toward a more satisfying life. Time, 165, A8-A9. Pg 1 Pg 2
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, January). Work may hold the key to your happiness. Harvard Community Resource, XVII, 3.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, July 5). Smiles give leadership clues. Riverside Press-Enterprise.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, December 27). Why we're still happy. New York Times, A25.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008, December 27). Happy, despite it all: How a new outlook can help us cope -- even thrive -- in adversity. Riverside Press-Enterprise, E1, E4.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Happiness. In G. Stone (Ed.), The 12-step Bush recovery program (pp. 118-120). New York: Villard.
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Jacobs, K. M. (2010). Comment construire un bonheur durable. [How to build lasting happiness.] Cerveau & Psycho: Le magazine de la psychologie et des neurosciences, 37, 62-64.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2009, July 14). What if I'd never met my husband: New research reveals a better way to boost happiness than counting blessings -- imagining that the good things never happened. Scientific American.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2010, August 10). Can money buy happiness? New research reveals that reminders of wealth impair our capacity to savor life's little pleasures. Scientific American.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2010, December). Become happier. Personal Excellence, 7.
- Lyubomirsky, S. (2011, July 7). The Longevity Project. [Review of the book The Longevity Project.] Nature, 475, 32.
- Yano, K., Lyubomirsky, S., & Chancellor, J. (2012, December). Sensing happiness: Applying technology to improve lives. IEEE Spectrum Magazine.
Subjective Happiness Scale (permission granted for all non-commercial use)
- Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. (1999). A
measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct
validation. Social Indicators Research, 46, 137-155. The
original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.