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'''Sonja Lyubomirsky''' ({{lang-ru|Соня Любомирская}}, born December 14, 1966)<ref>''Who's Who of American Women'' (2006) Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey.</ref> is a Russian-born American professor in the Department of Psychology at the [[University of California, Riverside]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/13-things-that-will-make_b_9548676.html|title=13 Things That Will Make You Much Happier|date=2016-04-24|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref> and author of the ''The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_book.html |title=How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky |access-date=2013-06-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608082712/http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_book.html |archive-date=2012-06-08 }}</ref>
'''Sonja Lyubomirsky''' ({{langx|ru|Соня Любомирская}}, born December 14, 1966)<ref>''Who's Who of American Women'' (2006) Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey.</ref> is a Russian-born American professor in the Department of Psychology at the [[University of California, Riverside]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/13-things-that-will-make_b_9548676.html|title=13 Things That Will Make You Much Happier|date=2016-04-24|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref> and author of ''The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_book.html |title=How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky |access-date=2013-06-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608082712/http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_book.html |archive-date=2012-06-08 }}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
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== ''The How of Happiness'' ==
== ''The How of Happiness'' ==
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''The How of Happiness'' was published in 2008 by [[Penguin Press]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/penguinpress/|title=Penguin Press - Penguin Books USA|website=www.penguin.com|access-date=2016-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524151907/http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/penguinpress/|archive-date=2016-05-24}}</ref> The book has been translated into 22 languages.<ref name="auto"/>
''The How of Happiness'' was published in 2008 by [[Penguin Press]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/penguinpress/|title=Penguin Press - Penguin Books USA|website=www.penguin.com|access-date=2016-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524151907/http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/penguinpress/|archive-date=2016-05-24}}</ref> The book has been translated into 22 languages.<ref name="auto"/>


The premise of ''The How of Happiness'' is that 50 percent of a given human's long-term happiness level is genetically determined,<ref>Sonja Lyubomirsky, [[David Schkade]] and Kennon M. Sheldon, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080414113449/http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall06/macdonalda/psy4960/Readings/LyubomirskySustain_RGP05.pdf "Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change,"] Review of General Psychology, Vol. 9, No. 2, 111–131, 2005</ref> 10 percent is affected by life circumstances and situation, and a remaining 40 percent of happiness is subject to [[self control]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21197|title=Are You Happy?|first=Sue|last=Halpern|website=nybooks.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594201486,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509004745/http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594201486,00.html| archive-date = 2008-05-09| title = The How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky - Penguin Group (USA)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_D_happy19.3d48c86.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-01 |archive-date=2008-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905101004/http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_D_happy19.3d48c86.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-field/happiness-a-choice-we-mak_b_9140796.html|title=Happiness: A Choice We Make|date=2016-04-11|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref>
The premise of ''The How of Happiness'' is that 50 percent of a given human's long-term happiness level is genetically determined,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-14 |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall06/macdonalda/psy4960/Readings/LyubomirskySustain_RGP05.pdf |access-date=2023-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414113449/http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/fall06/macdonalda/psy4960/Readings/LyubomirskySustain_RGP05.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2008 }}</ref> 10 percent is affected by life circumstances and situation, and a remaining 40 percent of happiness is subject to [[self control]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21197|title=Are You Happy?|first=Sue|last=Halpern|website=nybooks.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594201486,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509004745/http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594201486,00.html| archive-date = 2008-05-09| title = The How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky - Penguin Group (USA)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_D_happy19.3d48c86.html |title=UCR professor takes scientific approach to happiness &#124; Riverside &#124; PE.com &#124; Southern California News &#124; News for Inland Southern California |access-date=2009-10-01 |archive-date=2008-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905101004/http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_D_happy19.3d48c86.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-field/happiness-a-choice-we-mak_b_9140796.html|title=Happiness: A Choice We Make|date=2016-04-11|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref>


''The'' ''How of Happiness'' led to an [[iPhone]] application called Live Happy, produced by [[Signal Patterns]]. Lyubomirsky is on the company's scientific advisory board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.signalpatterns.com/corporate_board.html |title=Signal Patterns &#124; Scientific Advisory Board |access-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202090806/http://www.signalpatterns.com/corporate_board.html |archive-date=2013-02-02 }}</ref>
''The'' ''How of Happiness'' led to an [[iPhone]] application called Live Happy, produced by [[Signal Patterns]]. Lyubomirsky is on the company's scientific advisory board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.signalpatterns.com/corporate_board.html |title=Signal Patterns &#124; Scientific Advisory Board |access-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202090806/http://www.signalpatterns.com/corporate_board.html |archive-date=2013-02-02 }}</ref>


''The'' ''How of Happiness'' has also led to a song, ''The How of Happiness'' Book Tune, a [[mnemonic]] to remember the content within the book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/song.html |title=Sonja Lyubomirsky |access-date=2011-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817154514/http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/song.html |archive-date=2011-08-17 }}</ref>
''The'' ''How of Happiness'' has also led to a song, ''The How of Happiness'' [[Book tune]], a [[mnemonic]] to remember the content within the book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/song.html |title=Sonja Lyubomirsky |access-date=2011-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817154514/http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/song.html |archive-date=2011-08-17 }}</ref>


== ''The Myths of Happiness'' ==
== ''The Myths of Happiness'' ==
''The Myths of Happiness'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-always-be-happy-2015-7|title=2 ways to achieve a lifetime of happiness|website=Business Insider|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref> published by Penguin Press, claims why major life events that should make a person happy don’t, and that what shouldn’t make us happy often does.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/50330563/ns/today-today_books/t/myths-happiness-do-you-know-where-find-it/#.V0G-y2ORLBI|title='The Myths of Happiness': Do you know where to find it?|date=2013-01-02|website=TODAY.com|access-date=2016-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602020759/http://www.today.com/id/50330563/ns/today-today_books/t/myths-happiness-do-you-know-where-find-it/#.V0G-y2ORLBI|archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/01/18/the_myths_of_happiness_what_should_make_you_happy_but_doesnt_what_shouldnt_make_you_happy_but_does_by_sonja_lyubomirsky_review.html|title=The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't; What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does by Sonja Lyubomirsky: Review {{!}} Toronto Star|website=thestar.com|date=18 January 2013|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref>
''The Myths of Happiness'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-always-be-happy-2015-7|title=2 ways to achieve a lifetime of happiness|website=Business Insider|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref> published by Penguin Press, claims why major life events that should make a person happy don't, and that what shouldn't make us happy often does.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/50330563/ns/today-today_books/t/myths-happiness-do-you-know-where-find-it/#.V0G-y2ORLBI|title='The Myths of Happiness': Do you know where to find it?|date=2013-01-02|website=TODAY.com|access-date=2016-05-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602020759/http://www.today.com/id/50330563/ns/today-today_books/t/myths-happiness-do-you-know-where-find-it/#.V0G-y2ORLBI|archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/01/18/the_myths_of_happiness_what_should_make_you_happy_but_doesnt_what_shouldnt_make_you_happy_but_does_by_sonja_lyubomirsky_review.html|title=The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't; What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does by Sonja Lyubomirsky: Review {{!}} Toronto Star|website=thestar.com|date=18 January 2013|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 08:02, 1 November 2024

Sonja Lyubomirsky
Born (1966-12-14) December 14, 1966 (age 58)
Russia
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisThe hedonic consequences of social comparison: implications for enduring happiness and transient mood (1994)
Academic advisorsLee Ross
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Websitesonjalyubomirsky.com

Sonja Lyubomirsky (Russian: Соня Любомирская, born December 14, 1966)[1] is a Russian-born American professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside[2] and author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want.[3]

Education

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Lyubomirsky received her B.A. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from Stanford University.[4]

Awards

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Lyubomirsky has received a John Templeton Foundation grant, a Science of Generosity grant, a Templeton Positive Psychology Prize, and a million-dollar grant (with Ken Sheldon) from the National Institute of Mental Health.[4] In 2021, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel.[5]

The How of Happiness

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Breakdown of sources of happiness, according to The How of Happiness

  Genetic (50%)
  Intentional activity (40%)
  Circumstance (10%)

The How of Happiness was published in 2008 by Penguin Press.[6] The book has been translated into 22 languages.[4]

The premise of The How of Happiness is that 50 percent of a given human's long-term happiness level is genetically determined,[7] 10 percent is affected by life circumstances and situation, and a remaining 40 percent of happiness is subject to self control.[8][9][10][11]

The How of Happiness led to an iPhone application called Live Happy, produced by Signal Patterns. Lyubomirsky is on the company's scientific advisory board.[12]

The How of Happiness has also led to a song, The How of Happiness Book tune, a mnemonic to remember the content within the book.[13]

The Myths of Happiness

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The Myths of Happiness,[14] published by Penguin Press, claims why major life events that should make a person happy don't, and that what shouldn't make us happy often does.[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ Who's Who of American Women (2006) Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey.
  2. ^ "13 Things That Will Make You Much Happier". The Huffington Post. April 24, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky". Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Sonja Lyubomirsky Ph.D. | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "Dies Academicus 2021: University of Basel presents seven female honorary doctors". University of Basel. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "Penguin Press - Penguin Books USA". www.penguin.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). April 14, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  8. ^ Halpern, Sue. "Are You Happy?". nybooks.com. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "The How of Happiness - Sonja Lyubomirsky - Penguin Group (USA)". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.
  10. ^ "UCR professor takes scientific approach to happiness | Riverside | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California". Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  11. ^ "Happiness: A Choice We Make". The Huffington Post. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  12. ^ "Signal Patterns | Scientific Advisory Board". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  13. ^ "Sonja Lyubomirsky". Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  14. ^ "2 ways to achieve a lifetime of happiness". Business Insider. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  15. ^ "'The Myths of Happiness': Do you know where to find it?". TODAY.com. January 2, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  16. ^ "The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't; What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does by Sonja Lyubomirsky: Review | Toronto Star". thestar.com. January 18, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
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