A New Study Focuses on the Traits Essential for Flourishing
Jesse Owen, along with a team of researchers from Boston University and Harvard University’s McLean Hospital, is embarking on a three-year study to look at what flourishing means within the context of psychotherapy.
University of Denver Magazine
Topics: Flourishing Forgiveness Gratitude Humility
New Year’s Resolutions That Will Actually Lead to Happiness
Set goals to improve your well-being — not your wallet or your waistline.
The Atlantic
Topics: Forgiveness Gratitude Happiness
After a Year That Pushed Us to the Brink, It’s Time for Forgiveness to Go Viral
It leads to greater cooperation, eases conflict, increases personal happiness, lowers anxiety, and is completely free.
TIME
Topics: Coping Forgiveness
The Science of Empathy, Forgiveness, and Prosocial Behavior
An interview with psychologist Michael McCullough.
Research in Action, American Psychological Association
Topics: Cooperation Empathy Forgiveness Michael McCullough
Do Apologies Even Matter?
Science is finally proving that the act of apologizing can save and strengthen a relationship that’s been damaged by conflict.
Freethink
Topics: Cooperation Forgiveness Group Identity Morality Social Relationships Trust
Mindfully Observing Your Thoughts and Emotions May Promote Forgiveness
It’s hard to let it go when other people hurt us, but mindfulness may help.
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Forgiveness Social Relationships
How Hope Can Keep You Healthier and Happier
The Conversation
Topics: Aging Flourishing Forgiveness Hope Willpower
Believing in Divine Forgiveness May Affect Well-Being
Depressive symptoms are lower when people feel forgiven by God, but especially when they don’t forgive themselves.
Topics: Forgiveness
Who Do We Decide to Forgive — and Why?
These factors may make us more likely to treat someone leniently.
Brainstorm, Psychology Today
Topics: Forgiveness Morality
Holding a Grudge Can Make You Sick
How your health depends on forgiveness.
Elemental, Medium
Topics: Emotion Forgiveness
Forgiveness: An Important Aspect of Flourishing
The science of forgiveness points to its importance for well-being.
Human Flourishing, Psychology Today
Topics: Flourishing Forgiveness
What Young Kids Already Know About Forgiveness
A new study suggests that preschoolers prefer people who are forgiving.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Cooperation Forgiveness
Moral Outrage, the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Everyday Creativity, and Restoring the Playground
The Psychology Podcast recap for April 2019.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Cooperation Creativity Forgiveness Morality Social Behavior Technology
Releasing the Burden of Moral Injury
An interview with Brandon Griffin on moral pain and resilience.
Hope + Resilience, Psychology Today
Topics: Forgiveness Morality Resilience
Reflecting on 30 Years of Forgiveness Science
What were the developments in this field and where is it headed next?
The Forgiving Life, Psychology Today
Topics: Forgiveness Michael McCullough
This Trait Could Be Key to a Lasting Romance
If you’re having issues with your partner, one of you might need a nice dose of humility.
Topics: Forgiveness Humility Social Networks
Resilience and Forgiveness
An interview with Everett Worthington on this important connection.
To Heal and Carry On, Psychology Today
Topics: Forgiveness Resilience
Are Humans Predisposed to Forgive People?
We need to be able to correct ourselves if we’re wrong about someone, authors suggest.
The Independent
Topics: Forgiveness Morality Social Behavior
Why Your Brain Can’t Let Go of a Grudge
Why we love to hold a grudge, and the importance of letting go.
Gizmodo
Topics: Emotion Forgiveness Michael McCullough Revenge
Think Globally, Forgive Instrumentally
Why do some societies place a higher priority on forgiveness than others do?
Social Science Evolving
Topics: Forgiveness Michael McCullough Values
Research Suggests Your Ability to Forgive — or Not — Is Actually Biological
The results are not definitive. But the study does suggest a connection between how we assign blame and the size of the anterior superior temporal sulcus (aSTS) in our brains.
Quartz
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