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'''Sonja Lyubomirsky''' (born December 14, 1966)<ref>''Who's Who of American Women'' (2006) Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey.</ref> is an American professor in the Department of Psychology at the [[University of California, Riverside]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://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 bestseller ''The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want'', a book of strategies backed by scientific research that can be used to increase happiness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_book.html |title=Archived copy |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 |df= }}</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>

She is often quoted in news articles about positive psychology and happiness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/key-to-happiness-be-kind-exercise-20090911-fjy2.html|title=Key to happiness? Be kind, exercise|date=9 September 2009|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=4115033&pid=26</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179167,00.html|title=Happiness Brings Success, Not the Other Way Around|date=20 December 2005|website=foxnews.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref> In the book ''The Only Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need'', a criticism of self-help books, Lyubomirsky's ''The How of Happiness'' is praised as a self-help book that has claims backed by empirical data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/regarding-self-regard/200907/sorry-oprah-responses-positive-self-statement-research|title=Sorry, Oprah? Responses to Positive Self-Statement Research|website=Psychology Today|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>

Lyubomirsky is also an associate editor of the ''Journal of Positive Psychology''.


== Education ==
== Education ==
Originally from [[Russia]], Lyubomirsky received her B.A. from [[Harvard University]] and her Ph.D. in [[Social psychology|Social]]/[[Personality psychology|Personality Psychology]] from [[Stanford University]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/sonja-lyubomirsky-phd|title=Sonja Lyubomirsky Ph.D. {{!}} Psychology Today|website=www.psychologytoday.com|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref>
Lyubomirsky received her B.A. from [[Harvard University]] and her Ph.D. in [[Social psychology|Social]]/[[Personality psychology|Personality Psychology]] from [[Stanford University]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/sonja-lyubomirsky-phd|title=Sonja Lyubomirsky Ph.D. {{!}} Psychology Today|website=www.psychologytoday.com|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Lyubomirsky has been honored with 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]].<ref name="auto"/>
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]].<ref name="auto"/> In 2021, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dies Academicus 2021: University of Basel presents seven female honorary doctors |url=https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Info/Dies-academicus-2021-of-the-University-of-Basel.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=University of Basel |language=en}}</ref>


== ''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"/>
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[[File:LyubomirskyHappiness.jpg|right|thumb|Breakdown of sources of happiness, according to ''The How of Happiness'']]


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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>
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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|df=}}</ref> the book has been translated into 22 languages.<ref name="auto"/>


''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>
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The premise of ''The How of Happiness'' is '''(1)''' that happiness is worth striving for, and '''(2)''' that 50 percent of a given human's long-term happiness level is genetically determined (based on twin studies),<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]] that can make a difference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21197|title=Are You Happy?|first=Sue|last=Halpern|website=nybooks.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref><ref>http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594201486,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_D_happy19.3d48c86.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://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 strategies offered in the book are designed to target the 40 percent of happiness that is subject to manipulation.


The ''How of Happiness'' has spawned 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=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130202090806/http://www.signalpatterns.com/corporate_board.html |archive-date=2013-02-02 |df= }}</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 spawned a song called ''The How of Happiness'' Book Tune, which acts as a mnemonic aid to help readers remember the content within the book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~sonja/song.html |title=Archived copy |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 |df= }}</ref>

The book was mentioned in various magazines and newspaper articles, and also led to Lyubomirsky's appearing in multiple TV and radio shows, and feature documentaries in North America, South America, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.<ref name="auto"/>


== ''The Myths of Happiness'' ==
== ''The Myths of Happiness'' ==
In her second book, ''“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, Sonja Lyubomirsky, drawing from research studies of hers and from all around the world, examines why the 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|df=}}</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|access-date=2016-05-22}}</ref> What she reveals is that these misconceptions about the impact of such events are one of the main threats to a person's long-term well-being.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themythsofhappiness.org/about-the-book/|title=About the Book {{!}} The Myths of Happiness|last=Lyubomirsky|first=Sonja|website=themythsofhappiness.org|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>

==Happiness set point==

Lyubomirsky has proposed that people's happiness level is 50% due to genetic inheritance, which means people can only move their happiness up and down from a 'happiness set point'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/fashion/happiness-inc.html|title=Happiness Inc.|first=Elizabeth|last=Weil|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref> [[Hedonic adaptation]] supports this view.

== See also ==

* [[Philosophy of happiness]]
* [[Positive psychology]]
* [[Hedonic treadmill]]


== References ==
== References ==

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* Video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOROplhgL0 Good Morning America interview] with Lyubomirsky about ''The How of Happiness''
* Video of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwOROplhgL0 Good Morning America interview] with Lyubomirsky about ''The How of Happiness''
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/opinion/27lyubomirsky.html Op-ed piece] by Lyubomirsky in the ''[[New York Times]]'', about the 2008 economic downturn and how it did not affect happiness levels, published on December 26, 2008
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903114118/http://www.visualreads.com/book/33001/the-how-of-happiness-a-new-approach-to-getting-the-life-you-want-sonja-lyubomirsky.cfm?posttype=popular Top concepts] from ''The How of Happiness''


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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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