| How do simple positive activities increase well-being? S Lyubomirsky, K Layous Current directions in psychological science 22 (1), 57-62, 2013 | 1645 | 2013 |
| Kindness counts: Prompting prosocial behavior in preadolescents boosts peer acceptance and well-being K Layous, SK Nelson, E Oberle, KA Schonert-Reichl, S Lyubomirsky PloS one 7 (12), e51380, 2012 | 526 | 2012 |
| Do unto others or treat yourself? The effects of prosocial and self-focused behavior on psychological flourishing. SK Nelson, K Layous, SW Cole, S Lyubomirsky Emotion 16 (6), 850, 2016 | 480 | 2016 |
| What is the optimal way to deliver a positive activity intervention? The case of writing about one’s best possible selves K Layous, S Katherine Nelson, S Lyubomirsky Journal of Happiness Studies 14, 635-654, 2013 | 395 | 2013 |
| The how, why, what, when, and who of happiness K Layous, S Lyubomirsky Positive emotion: Integrating the light sides and dark sides, 473-495, 2014 | 364 | 2014 |
| Culture matters when designing a successful happiness-increasing activity: A comparison of the United States and South Korea K Layous, H Lee, I Choi, S Lyubomirsky Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 44 (8), 1294-1303, 2013 | 344 | 2013 |
| The Wiley Blackwell handbook of positive psychological interventions AC Parks, S Schueller John Wiley & Sons, 2014 | 293* | 2014 |
| Delivering happiness: Translating positive psychology intervention research for treating major and minor depressive disorders K Layous, J Chancellor, S Lyubomirsky, L Wang, PM Doraiswamy The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 17 (8), 675-683, 2011 | 272 | 2011 |
| Positive activities as protective factors against mental health conditions. K Layous, J Chancellor, S Lyubomirsky Journal of abnormal psychology 123 (1), 3, 2014 | 266 | 2014 |
| Thinking about rumination: The scholarly contributions and intellectual legacy of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema S Lyubomirsky, K Layous, J Chancellor, SK Nelson Annual review of clinical psychology 11, 1-22, 2015 | 257 | 2015 |
| Validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale to Brazilians: Evidences of measurement noninvariance across Brazil and US C Zanon, MP Bardagi, K Layous, CS Hutz Social Indicators Research 119, 443-453, 2014 | 212 | 2014 |
| What triggers prosocial effort? A positive feedback loop between positive activities, kindness, and well-being K Layous, SK Nelson, JL Kurtz, S Lyubomirsky The Journal of Positive Psychology 12 (4), 385-398, 2017 | 168 | 2017 |
| Feeling left out, but affirmed: Protecting against the negative effects of low belonging in college K Layous, EM Davis, J Garcia, V Purdie-Vaughns, JE Cook, GL Cohen Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 69, 227-231, 2017 | 122 | 2017 |
| Parenthood is associated with greater well-being for fathers than mothers SK Nelson-Coffey, M Killingsworth, K Layous, SW Cole, S Lyubomirsky Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 45 (9), 1378-1390, 2019 | 120 | 2019 |
| The proximal experience of gratitude K Layous, K Sweeny, C Armenta, S Na, I Choi, S Lyubomirsky PloS one 12 (7), e0179123, 2017 | 114 | 2017 |
| Recalling positive events at work makes employees feel happier, move more, but interact less: A 6-week randomized controlled intervention at a Japanese workplace J Chancellor, K Layous, S Lyubomirsky Journal of Happiness Studies 16, 871-887, 2015 | 89 | 2015 |
| Happiness in Italy: translation, factorial structure and norming of the subjective happiness scale in a large community sample L Iani, M Lauriola, K Layous, S Sirigatti Social Indicators Research 118, 953-967, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Benefits, mechanisms, and new directions for teaching gratitude to children K Layous, S Lyubomirsky School Psychology Review 43 (2), 153-159, 2014 | 76 | 2014 |
| The effect of a multi-week nostalgia intervention on well-being: Mechanisms and moderation. K Layous, JL Kurtz, T Wildschut, C Sedikides Emotion 22 (8), 1952, 2022 | 45 | 2022 |
| Moderators of wellbeing interventions: Why do some people respond more positively than others? RAH Wang, SK Nelson-Coffey, K Layous, K Jacobs Bao, OSP Davis, ... PLoS One 12 (11), e0187601, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
