A systematic review of the strength of evidence for the most commonly recommended happiness strategies in mainstream media

IF 21.4 1区心理学 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2023-07-20 DOI:10.1038/s41562-023-01651-4

Dunigan Folk, Elizabeth Dunn

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We conducted a systematic review of the evidence underlying some of the most widely recommended strategies for increasing happiness. By coding media articles on happiness, we first identified the five most commonly recommended strategies: expressing gratitude, enhancing sociability, exercising, practising mindfulness/meditation and increasing nature exposure. Next, we conducted a systematic search of the published scientific literature. We identified well-powered, pre-registered experiments testing the effects of these strategies on any aspect of subjective wellbeing (that is, positive affect, negative affect and life satisfaction) in non-clinical samples. A total of 57 studies were included. Our review suggests that a strong scientific foundation is lacking for some of the most commonly recommended happiness strategies. As the effectiveness of these strategies remains an open question, there is an urgent need for well-powered, pre-registered studies investigating strategies for promoting happiness. A systematic review examines the happiness-promoting strategies most commonly recommended in the media. This review suggests that the scientific evidence underlying some of these strategies, such as physical exercise, is weak.

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对主流媒体中最常用的幸福策略的证据强度进行系统审查。

我们对一些最广泛推荐的增加幸福感的策略的证据进行了系统的审查。通过对媒体上关于幸福的文章进行编码，我们首先确定了五种最常见的推荐策略：表达感激之情、增强社交能力、锻炼身体、练习正念/冥想和增加自然接触。接下来，我们对已发表的科学文献进行了系统的检索。我们在非临床样本中确定了强有力的、预先注册的实验，测试这些策略对主观幸福感的任何方面（即积极情感、消极情感和生活满意度）的影响。共纳入57项研究。我们的综述表明，一些最常见的幸福策略缺乏强有力的科学基础。由于这些策略的有效性仍然是一个悬而未决的问题，因此迫切需要强有力的、预先注册的研究来调查促进幸福的策略。

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Nature Human Behaviour Psychology-Social Psychology

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36.80

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227

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