Regan, A., Walsh, L. C., Horton, C., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2025). Contextualizing marital dissatisfaction: Examining profiles of discordant spouses across life domains. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1458129[PDF]
Walsh, L. C., Regan, A., Okabe-Miyamoto, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2024). Does putting down your smartphone make you happier? The effects of restricting digital media on well-being. PLOS ONE, 19(10), e0306910. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306910[PDF]
Walsh, L. C., Horton, C., Kaufman, R., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2024). Heterogeneity in happiness: A latent profile analysis of single emerging adults. PLOS ONE, 19(10), e0310196. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310196[PDF] Horton C. J., Walsh, L. C., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2024). The diversity of well-being indicators: A latent profile analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1304074. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1304074[PDF]
Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Walsh, L. C., Ozer, D., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2024). Measuring the experience of social connection within specific social interactions: The Connection During Conversations Scale (CDCS). PLOS ONE, 19(1): e0286408. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286408[PDF]
Hunter, J. F., Walsh, L. C., Chan, C.-K., & Schueller, S. M. (2023). Editorial: The good side of technology: How we can harness the positive potential of digital technology to maximize well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1304592. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1304592 [PDF] Walsh, L. C., Horton, C., & Rodriguez, & A., Kaufman, V. A. (2023). Happily ever after for coupled and single adults: A comparative study using latent profile analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(12), 3955-3982. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231197728[PDF]
Walsh, L. C., Montemayor-Dominguez, M., Horton, C., Boz, S. G., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). Worker well-being: A continuous improvement framework. Applied Research in Quality of Life,18, 2993-3017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10217-5[PDF]
Walsh, L. C., Regan, A., Twenge, J. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). What is the optimal way to give thanks? Comparing the effects of gratitude expressed privately, one-to-one via text, or publicly on social media. Affective Science, 4, 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00150-5[PDF]
Regan, A., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Are some ways of expressing gratitude more beneficial than others? Results from a randomized controlled experiment. Affective Science, 4, 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00160-3[PDF] Walsh, L. C., Gonzales, A., Shen, L., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2022). Expanding relationship science to unpartnered singles: What predicts life satisfaction? Frontiers in Psychology, 13: 904848. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.904848[PDF]
Kaufman, V. A., Horton, C. J., Walsh, L. C., & Rodriguez, A. (2022). The unity of well-being: An inquiry into the factor structure of subjective well-being using the bifactor model. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 461-486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-022-00077-z [PDF]
Regan, A., Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., Lyubomirsky, S., & Cole, S. (2022). The genomic impact of kindness to self vs. others: A randomized controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 106, 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2022.07.159[PDF]
Walsh, L. C., Armenta, C. N., Itzchakov, G., Fritz, M. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). More than merely positive: The immediate affective and motivational consequences of gratitude. Sustainability, 14(14), 8679. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148679[PDF]
Haydon, M. D., Walsh, L. C., Fritz, M. M., Rahal, D., Lyubomirsky, S., & Bower, J. E. (2022). Kindness interventions for early-stage breast cancer survivors: An online pilot randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 18(5), 743-754. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2093786[PDF]
Kaufman, V. A., Rodriguez, A., Walsh, L. C., Shafranske, E., & Harrell, S. P. (2022). Unique ways in which the quality of friendships matter for life satisfaction. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 2563-2580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00502-9[PDF] Walsh, L. C., Regan, A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). The role of actors, targets, and witnesses: Gratitude exchanges within a social context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(2), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2021.1991449 [PDF]
Armenta, C. N., Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2022). Satisfied yet striving: Gratitude promotes life satisfaction and improvement motivation in youth. Emotion, 22(5), 1004-1016. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000896[PDF]
Shin, L. J., Margolis, S. M., Walsh, L. C., Kwok, Y. C., Yue, X., Chan, A., Siu, N., Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Cultural differences in the hedonic rewards of recalling kindness: Priming cultural identity with language. Affective Science, 2, 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-020-00029-3[PDF] Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., Cole, S. W., Epel, E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2020). Kindness and cellular aging: A pre-registered experiment testing the effects of prosocial behavior on telomere length and well-being. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 11, 100187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100187[PDF]
Fritz, M. M., Armenta, C. N., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Gratitude facilitates healthy eating behavior in adolescents and young adults. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 81, 4-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.08.011[PDF]
Rankin, K., Walsh, L. C., & Sweeny, K. (2019). A better distraction: Exploring the benefits of flow during uncertain waiting periods. Emotion. 19(5), 818-828.https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000479 [PDF] Walsh, L. C., Boehm, J. K. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Does happiness promote career success? Revisiting the evidence. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(2), 199–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072717751441 [PDF]
Book Chapters:
Walsh, L. C., Boz, S. G., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2023). Well-being and career success. In B. Walsh, L. Flores, P. Hartung, & F. Leong (Eds.), Career psychology: Models, concepts, and counseling for meaningful employment (1st ed., pp. 235-256). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000339-012[PDF]
Revord, J., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Positive activity interventions to enhance well-being: Looking through a social psychological lens. In J. E. Maddux (Ed.), Subjective well-being and life satisfaction (pp.451-471). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351231879 [PDF] Fritz, M. M., Walsh, L. C., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2017). Staying happier. In M. D. Robinson & M. Eid (Eds.), The happy mind: Cognitive contributions to well-being (pp. 95–114). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58763-9_6[PDF]
Under Review:
Knapp-Loker, S., Walsh, L. C., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2025). Anxiety, depression, and friendship: Friends don’t run from trouble [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Horton, C. J., Walsh, L. C., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2025). Who does singlehood best? A latent profile analysis [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Horton, C. J., Walsh, L. C., Rodriguez, A., & Kaufman, V. A. (2024). Ways to be single: Studying the heterogeneity of single populations and their well-being [Chapter manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Girme, Y. U., Dupuis, H. E., Walsh, L. C., Fisher, A. N., & Kaufman, V. A. (2024). Couples everywhere! Social network composition is associated with single peoples’ pressure to partner and downstream singlehood and dating outcomes [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University. Walsh, L. C., Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Regan, A., Twenge, J. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2024). Are some apps better for well-being? A correlational study of iPhone users [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zcwmv