Thanksgiving Episode: What we know about gratitude and kids

Release date: November 24, 2022

In this mini Thanksgiving episode, I discuss the science of gratitude, its benefits, and one technique for fostering it in ourselves and the children in our lives. Links to the research I cite can be found below. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes will return next week (December 5, 2022).

Links

The Science of Gratitude

https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/images/uploads/GGSC-JTF_White_Paper-Gratitude-FINAL.pdf

Gratitude and well-being: A review and theoretical integration

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/pdfs/GratitudePDFs/2Wood-GratitudeWell-BeingReview.pdf

Gratitude Interventions: Effective Self-Help? A Meta-Analysis of the Impact on Symptoms of

Depression and Anxiety

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Cregg/publication/339431121_Gratitude_Interventions_Effective_Self-help_A_Meta-analysis_of_the_Impact_on_Symptoms_of_Depression_and_Anxiety/links/5e6418d392851c7ce04efca8/Gratitude-Interventions-Effective-Self-help-A-Meta-analysis-of-the-Impact-on-Symptoms-of-Depression-and-Anxiety.pdf

Gratitude and health: An updated review

https://lilianjansbeken.nl/artikelen/Jans-Beken%202020%20-%20Gratitude%20and%20health%20An%20updated%20review.pdf

The Overselling of Gratitude

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-homework-myth/201807/the-overselling-gratitude