Enhance

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Heintzelman, S., Kushlev, K., Diener, E., Lutes, L., Wirtz, D., Kanipayor, J., Leitner, D., & Diener, C. (2016). Enhance: Enduring happiness and continued self-enhancement. Diener Education Fund, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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About Enhance

Enhance is a course designed to raise well-being by teaching people social skills, coping skills, examining strengths and values, and so forth. The initial randomized controlled experiments produced very promising outcomes. The goal of Enhance is to teach social skills, ways of thinking, and understanding one’s own values and strengths as means of increasing life satisfaction, meaning, and enjoyment of life, and as well as reducing stress and depression. 

Supporting Documents

• Overview of Enhance program
• Enhance papers, presentations, and posters
• Kushlev et al. (2017): ENHANCE: Design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial for promoting enduring happiness & well-being

Important papers on Enhance

Ciszewski, S., Lutes, L., Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., Kanippayoor, J. M., Leitner, D., Wirtz, D., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (April, 2017). ENHANCE: A preliminary examination of physiological outcome data following a 12-week well-being intervention. Poster presentation at the 5th Canadian Obesity Summit. Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Heintzelman, S. J., Kushlev, K., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Kanippayoor, J. M., Leitner, D., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2019). ENHANCE: Evidence for the efficacy of a comprehensive intervention program to promote durable changes in subjective well-being. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. In press pending minor revisions.

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, Kanippayoor J. M., Leitner, D. S. J., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D. Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2018). Delivering happiness online: A randomized controlled trial of a web platform for increasing happiness. American Psychological Association’s conference on Technology, Mind & Society, April 5-7, 2018, Washington, DC.  

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Kanippayoor, J. M., Leitner, D., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2017). The effects of long-term subjective well-being changes on physical and psychological health: A randomized controlled trial of weekly data. Paper submitted for publication.   

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, S. J., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2017). ENHANCE: Design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial for promoting enduring happiness and well-being. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 52, 62-74.

Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., Chrusch, C., Kanippayoor, J. M., Leitner, D., Heintzelman, S. J., Kushlev, K., Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (May, 2016). ENHANCE: Enduring Happiness and Continued Self-Enhancement: Design and rationale of a randomized clinical trial. Poster presentation at the International Behavioral Trials Network Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D., White, C., Ciszeski, S., Leitner, D., Kanippayoor, M., DeClerk, M. A., & Diener, E. (2018). Increased well-being following a group-based happiness intervention (ENHANCE): 6-month outcomes from a randomized controlled trial. Paper in preparation, University of British Columbia.

Lutes, L., Wirtz, D., White, C., Ciszewski, S., Leitner, D., Kanippayoo, M., DeClerk, D., & Diener, E.  (2019) Is it time for behavioral medicine to start focusing on subjective well-being and happiness? 6-month outcomes from ENHANCE. Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D. C. (March 6-9).