Gratitude Strengthens Relationships

Jeffrey J. Froh, Psy.D. Assistant Professor Hofstra University ___________________________________ Email: Jeffrey.Froh@hofstra.edu Phone: 516-463-4027 Office: 210 Hauser Hall Department: Psychology The Good Life Curriculum Vitae Publications Lab Personnel Student Presentations About Student Lab Positions Teaching In the Media Gratitude Curriculum

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Research Interests

My research is at the interface of personality psychology, social psychology, and the psychology of emotion. My primary interest is in the psychology of gratitude. I am mainly interested in the well-springs, assessment, outcomes, and enhancement of gratitude in children and adolescents and am particularly excited about studying the relation between gratitude and well-being. I am a former Associate Editor for The Journal of Positive Psychology. My research has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other media outlets.

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Favorite Book Quote

G.K. Chesterton (1908): Orthodoxy

“Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?” (p. 60)