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Kim ES, Sun JK, Park N, et al. Purpose in life and reduced risk of myocardial infarction among US adults with coronary heart disease: a two-year follow-up. J Behav Med. 2013; 36(2):124-133.

July 23, 2021

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Kim ES, Strecher VJ, Ryff CD. Purpose in life and use of preventive health services. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2014;111(46):16331-16336.

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Howell RT, Kkern MT, Lyubomirsky S. Health benefits: meta-analytically determining the impact of wellbeing on objective health outcomes. Health Psychol Rev. 2007;191):83-136.

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Hendriks T, Schontanus-Dijkstra M, Hassankhan A, et al. The efficacy of multicomponent positive psychology interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Happiness Stud. 2019:1-34.

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Goodin BR, Bulls HW. Optimism and the experience of pain: benefits of seeing the glass half full. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2013;17(5):329-338.

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Gardner MP, Wansink B, Kim J, et al. Better moods for better eating? How mood influences food choice. J Consum Psychol. 2014;2(3):320-335.healthy eating

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Fredrickson BL, Cohn MA, Coffey KA, et al. Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2008;92:1045-1062.

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Fredrickson BL. Positive emotions broaden and build. Adv Exp Soc Psychol. 2013;47:1-53.

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Fredrickson BL, Grewen KM, Algoe SB, et al. Psychological wellbeing and the human conserved transcriptional response to adversity. Plos ONE. 2015;10(3):e0121839.

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Emmons RA, McCullough ME. Counting blessings versus burdens: Experimental studies of gratitude and subjective wellbeing. J Pers Social Psychol. 2003;84(2):377-389.

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Diener E, Chan MY. Happier people live longer: Subjective wellbeing contributes to health and longevity. Appl Psychol, Health and Wellbeing. 2011;3(1)1-43.

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Creswell JD. Mindfulness interventions. Ann Rev Psychol. 2017;68:491-516.

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Cohen R, Bavishi C, Rozanski A. Purpose in life and its relationship to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis. Psychosom Med. 2016;788(2):122-133.

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Cohen R, Bavishi C, Rozanski A. Purpose in life and its relationship to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis. Psychosom Med. 2016;788(2):122-133.

July 10, 2021

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Cohn MA, Fredrickson BL. In search of durable positive psychology interventions: Predictors and consequences of long term positive behavior change. J Posit Psychol. 2010;5(5):355-366.

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Chida Y, Steptoe A, Powell LH. Religiosity/spirituality and mortality: A systemic quantitative review. Psychother Psychsom. 2009;78:81-90.

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Huffman JC, Dubois CM, Millstein RA, et al. Positive psychological interventions for patients with type 2 diabetes: rationale, theoretical model and intervention development. J Diabetes Res.2015;1-18.

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Chakhssi F, Krause JT, Sommers-Spijkerman M, et al. The effect of positive psychology interventions on wellbeing and distress in clinical samples with psychiatric or somatic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatr. 2018;18(211).

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Celano CM, Albanese AM, Millstein RA, et al. Optimizing a positive psychology intervention to promote health behaviors after an acute coronary syndrome: the Positive Emotions After an Acute Coronary Events III (PEACE-III) randomized factorial trial. Psychosom Med. 2018;80(6):526-534.

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Carrico AW, Moskowitz JT. Positive affect promotes engagement in care after HIV diagnosis. Health Psychol. 2014;33(7):686-689.

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Action for Happiness – https://www.actionforhappiness.org

American College of Lifestyle Medicine – https:www.lifestylemedicine.org

Greater Good Science Center – http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

Greater Good in Action – http://ggia.berkeley.edu

International Positive Psychology Association – https://www.ippanetwork.org

Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program – https://healthyliving.mayoclinic.org

Positive Psychology center – https://ppc.sas.upeen.edu

The Wholebeing Institute – https://wholebeinginstitute.com

Society of Behavioral Medicine – https://sbm.org.

Veterans Health Administration Whole Health for Life Program – https://www.va.gov/patient
centeredcare/explore/about-whole-health.asp

VIA Institute on Character Survey – Character Strengths – http://www.viacharacter.org

Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine – https://bensonhenryinstitute.org

Lee Kum Sheung (Harvard) Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard TH Chan School of Public
Health – https://www.hsph.Harvard.edu/health-happiness

Masters in Applied Positive Psychology – https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mapp

Stanford University – Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education: – https.www.ccare.Stanford.edu

University of Pennsylvania – Positive Psychology Center – https://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu

Yale University – Center for Emotional Intelligence – https://www.ei.yale.edu

Achor S.
The Happiness Advantage:
The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work.
New York, NY: Crown Business, 2010.

Ben-Shahar T.
Happier, No Matter What:
Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times.
New York, NY: The Experiment, 2021.

Blackburn E.
The Telomere Effect:
A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Heathier, Longer.
New York, NY:Grand Central Publishing, 2018.

Brown FM, LaJambe CM.
Positive Psychology and Wellbeing: Applications for Enhanced Living.
San Diego, CA: Cognella Publishers, University Readers, 2017.

Csikszentmihalyi M.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.
New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990.

Diener E, Oishi S, Tay L.
Handbook of Wellbeing.
Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers, 2018.

Frates B, Bonnet JP, Joseph R, Peterson JA.
Lifestyle Medicine Handbook, An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits.
Monterey, CA: Healthy Living, 2019.

Green S, Palmer S.
Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice.
Abingdon, UK: Rutledge, 2019.

Kabat-Zinn J.
Wherever You Go There You Are, Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.
New York, NY: Hachette Books, 2009.

Lyubomirsky S.
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want.
New York, NY: The Penguin Press, 2008.

Moore M.
Coaching Psychology Manual.
Philadelphia, Penn: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015.

Seligman M.
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Wellbeing.
New York, NY: Free Press, 2011.

Seligman MEP.
Learned Optimism, How to Change Your Mind and Your Life.
New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2006.

Snyder CR, Lopez SJ.
Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human
Strengths.
Thousand Oaks, A: Sage Publications, Inc., 2007.

Vaillant GE.
Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard
Study of Adult Development.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 2002.

Journal of Happiness Studies: – https://www.springer.com/journal/10902

Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing: – https://www.journalppw.com/index.php/JPPW

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