The Benefits of Writing Gratitude Letters

Writing Power: Kent State Professor Studies Benefits of Writing Gratitude Letters.

This study examined the effects of writing letters of gratitude on happiness, life satisfaction, and depression. The more letters that people wrote, the greater their happiness and life satisfaction, and the greater their decrease in symptoms of depression.

This expanded version of the study was published in the 2012 Journal of Happiness Studies 13(1):187-201.