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Overview

Lara B. Aknin is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and has a research focus within the field of psychology, with a particular emphasis on social psychology, applied psychology, and clinical psychology. Their work also encompasses elements of sociology and political science as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research topics frequently address psychological well-being and life satisfaction, behavioral health and interventions, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other significant themes in their work include the psychology of moral and emotional judgment, cultural differences and values, mental health research topics overall, and health disparities and outcomes.

Recent notable publications include:

  • The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic (2022, The Lancet)
  • Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward (2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science)
  • Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries (2022, The Lancet Public Health)
  • Lancet COVID-19 Commission Statement on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (2020, The Lancet)
  • Does spending money on others promote happiness?: A registered replication report (2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)

They have frequently published in journals including:

  • The Lancet
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Collabra Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their academic work, with frequent co-authors including Gillian M. Sandstrom, Ashley V. Whillans, Jason D. E. Proulx, Tiara A. Cash, and Özge Karadağ Çaman.

Best Publications

  • Spending money on others promotes happiness.

    Elizabeth W. Dunn;Lara B. Aknin;Michael I. Norton

  • Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

    Lara B. Aknin;Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh;Elizabeth W. Dunn;John F. Helliwell

  • Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness

    Lara B. Aknin;Elizabeth W. Dunn;Michael I. Norton

  • Prosocial Spending and Happiness Using Money to Benefit Others Pays Off

    Elizabeth W. Dunn;Lara B. Aknin;Michael Irwin Norton

  • Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children

    Lara B. Aknin;J. Kiley Hamlin;Elizabeth W. Dunn

  • Mental health during the First Year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a review and recommendations for moving forward

    L Aknin;J-E De Neve;E Dunn;D Fancourt

  • Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

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  • Positive feelings reward and promote prosocial behavior.

    Lara B Aknin;Julia W Van de Vondervoort;J Kiley Hamlin

  • Making a Difference Matters: Impact Unlocks the Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending

    Lara B. Aknin;Elizabeth W. Dunn;Ashley V. Whillans;Adam M. Grant

  • From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think

    Lara B. Aknin;Michael I. Norton;Elizabeth W. Dunn

  • Prosocial behavior leads to happiness in a small-scale rural society.

    Lara B. Aknin;Tanya Broesch;J. Kiley Hamlin;Julia W. Van de Vondervoort

  • Unpacking the Relationships Between Pro-environmental Behavior, Life Satisfaction, and Perceived Ecological Threat

    Michael T. Schmitt;Lara B. Aknin;Jonn Axsen;Rachael L. Shwom

  • Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior

    Lalin Anik;Lara B. Aknin;Michael I. Norton;Elizabeth W. Dunn

  • Income Mobility Breeds Tolerance for Income Inequality Cross-National and Experimental Evidence

    Azim F. Shariff;Dylan Wiwad;Lara B. Aknin

  • It's the recipient that counts: spending money on strong social ties leads to greater happiness than spending on weak social ties.

    Lara B. Aknin;Gillian M. Sandstrom;Elizabeth W. Dunn;Michael I. Norton

  • Does social connection turn good deeds into good feelings?: On the value of putting the ‘social’ in prosocial spending

    Lara B. Aknin;Elizabeth W. Dunn;Gillian M. Sandstrom;Michael I. Norton

  • Lancet COVID-19 Commission Statement on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Salim Abdool Karim;Lara Aknin;Joseph Allen

  • Prosocial bonuses increase employee satisfaction and team performance.

    Lalin Anik;Lara B. Aknin;Michael Irwin Norton;Elizabeth W. Dunn

  • Shifting attributions for poverty motivates opposition to inequality and enhances egalitarianism

    Paul K Piff;Dylan Wiwad;Angela R Robinson;Lara B Aknin

  • Does spending money on others promote happiness?: A registered replication report.

    Lara B Aknin;Elizabeth W Dunn;Jason Proulx;Iris Lok

  • A Review and Response to the Early Mental Health and Neurological Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Aknin Lb;De Neve Je;Dunn Ew;Fancourt D

  • Social Capital and Prosocial Behaviour as Sources of Well-Being

    John F Helliwell;Lara B Aknin;Hugh Shiplett;Haifang Huang

  • Consensus at the Heart of Division: Commentary on Norton and Ariely (2011)

    Elizabeth W. Dunn;Emma Ellen Kathrina Buchtel;Lara B. Aknin

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth W. Dunn
Elizabeth W. Dunn University of British Columbia
Michael I. Norton
Michael I. Norton Harvard University
Paul K. Piff
Paul K. Piff University of California, Irvine
J. Kiley Hamlin
J. Kiley Hamlin University of British Columbia
Daisy Fancourt
Daisy Fancourt University College London
Kevin S. Douglas
Kevin S. Douglas Simon Fraser University
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California, Riverside
Leaf Van Boven
Leaf Van Boven University of Colorado Boulder
Jamil Zaki
Jamil Zaki Stanford University
Adam M. Grant
Adam M. Grant University of Pennsylvania

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