The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
There are studies showing that performing a gratitude practice twice or three times, or even just once a week, can lead to a pervasive, a long lasting impact on subjective wellbeing. People report feeling happier, more meaning, joy, even awe for their life experience, simply in response to adding a gratitude practice.
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But there are now several studies, recent studies in good journals, pointing to the fact that a regular gratitude practice can also enhance one's social relationships across the board, in the workplace, at school, with family, in romantic relationships, and even one's relationship to themselves, which is really what the subjective feelings of wellbeing are.
There are studies showing that performing a gratitude practice twice or three times, or even just once a week, can lead to a pervasive, a long-lasting impact on subjective well-being.