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acts of kindness: a standalone construct

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Positive psychology

doing kind things for others, which has a small to medium positive effect on the well-being of the person performing them.

In positive psychology, acts of kindness refers to doing kind things for others, which has a small to medium positive effect on the well-being of the person performing them. This meaning comes from Curry (2018) in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Curry, O. S., Rowland, L. A., Van Lissa, C. J., Zlotowitz, S., McAlaney, J., & Whitehouse, H. (2018). Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the actor. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.02.014

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