Julia K. Boehm

TL;DR: Findings suggest that PPWB protects consistently against CVD, independently of traditional risk factors and ill-being, and optimism is most robustly associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular events.

TL;DR: It is concluded that happiness interventions are more than just placebos, but that they are most successful when participants know about, endorse, and commit to the intervention.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review evidence in support of an alternative hypothesis that happiness is a source of why particular employees are more successful than others, and they consider evidence from three types of studies that relate happiness to various work outcomes.

TL;DR: Anglo Americans in the treatment conditions demonstrated larger increases in life satisfaction relative to Asian Americans, while both cultural groups in the control condition showed the least improvement, consistent with the idea that the value individualist cultures place on self-improvement and personal agency bolsters the efforts of Anglo Americans to become more satisfied.

TL;DR: Given the relevance of psychological well-being to promoting CVH, this review outlines clinical recommendations to assess and promoteWell-being in encounters with patients and a research agenda is proposed.