Keep nice and carry on: Effect of niceness on well-being
Keep nice and carry on: Effect of niceness on well-being
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Białobrzeska, Olga
Bąba, Justyna
Bedyńska, Sylwia
Cichocka, Aleksandra
Cisłak-Wójcik, Aleksandra
Formanowicz, Magdalena
Gocłowska, Małgorzata A.
Jakubik, Zuzanna
Kozakiewicz, Karolina
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2023-07-24
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Basic and Applied Social Psychology
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5
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45
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138-156
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0197-3533
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2024-07-17
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Practicing acts of kindness is beneficial to one’s well-being, but is simply being nice to others also beneficial? In a correlational Study 1 (N = 497), self-reported behavioral niceness was positively correlated with happiness, self-satisfaction, relationships satisfaction, life meaning, and negatively correlated with depression. In two experimental studies, a one-day online intervention involving acting nicely (Study 2; N = 482) and recollecting one’s nice behavior (Study 3; N = 317) resulted in higher mood, self-satisfaction, relationships satisfaction, and life meaning. The present findings suggest that acting in a nice manner, that is, in a warm and friendly way, toward others in everyday situations can promote one’s well-being. Practicing niceness also promoted subsequent voluntary nice behavior.
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