Effects of a brief grateful thinking intervention on college students’ mental health

Gratitude-based interventions have been shown to significantly improve positive indicators of mental health and reduce negative indicators of mental health. The present study used a randomized controlled trial design to test a brief grateful thinking-only exercise with a sample of college students (N = 97). Participants in the gratitude-based intervention condition (n = 54) were instructed to spend five minutes each day thinking about something...