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Gratitude (Understanding Gratitude (Comparison: Gratitude VS. Humor VS.…
Gratitude
Understanding Gratitude
Defintion (Emmons & McCullough, 2003; Emmons, 2005)
Latin root: “gratia”
• i.e., grace, graciousness, gratefulness
Emotional nature:
• E.g., warmth, joy, hope, trust, etc.
• i.e., “an emotionalresponse to a gift”
Two‐step cognitive processes:
recognizing the positive outcomes :arrow_right: recognizing the external sources (incl. people,
nature, objects, God, etc.) behind
Classic Experiment (Emmons & McCullough, 2003)
Group A
» Write a daily list of things they feel grateful for
– Group B
» Write a daily list of things annoying them
– Group C
» Write a daily list of whatever things pop into mind
Benefits on Well‐being
higher life satisfaction (Emmons & Mishra, 2011)
higher tendency in helping others（Algoe & Haidt, 2009)
better friendships and romantic involvements(Algoe, 2010)
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Comparison: Gratitude VS. Humor VS. Savoring
(Maiolino & Kuiper, 2016)
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Expressing Gratitude
Pay it forward(Grant & Gino, 2010)
• To the helper / blessor / benefactor
Receiving gratitude :arrow_right:Feeling of being socially valued:arrow_right: Providing more helps to others