Global megastudy confirms gratitude practices boost mood, but other benefits vary across cultures
A new multinational megastudy of nearly 11,000 participants across 34 countries provides the most comprehensive evidence that gratitude practices work.
The study tested six brief gratitude interventions, finding they reliably boost mood (positive affect) across all cultures.
Benefits for other outcomes like life satisfaction, optimism and reduced negative affect were more variable, depending on culture and intervention type.
Previous smaller studies showed gratitude journals and letters increased happiness and decreased depression for up to six months, which this megastudy builds upon.
The practical takeaway is to use gratitude as a daily mood reset, while holding looser expectations for broader well-being transformations.
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