Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier

By Robert A Emmons. 2007

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Death and gratitude: Death reflection enhances gratitude (2011, background): “…people who have been confronted with life-threatening diseases report that their appreciation for life itself has increased (e.g., Taylor, 1983), and others have noted that very grateful people have often gone through very difficult – if not life threatening – circumstances (e.g., Emmons, 2007).”
Humility: Review of measurement strategies and conceptualization as personality judgment (2010, background): “Humility has also be said to involve gratitude (Emmons, 2007); sharing the spotlight, and acknowledging mistakes (Exline & Geyer, 2004; Tangney, 2000; Vera & Rodriguez-Lopez, 2004); openness to ideas of other people and cultures (Gantt, 1976; Harrell & Bond, 2006; Morris, Brotheridge, & Urbanski,…”
Predicting Job Satisfaction: Contributions of Individual Gratitude and Institutionalized Gratitude (2012, background): “Gratitude is a universal human virtue (Emmons, 2003, 2007) that has been defined by Howell (2007) as “the active and conscious practice of giving thanks” (p. 12).”
Gratitude and the Reduced Costs of Materialism in Adolescents (2011, background): “On the other hand, because gratitude is a positive response to receiving a benefit (Emmons 2007), it tends to promote valuing connections to people, personal growth, and social capital (i.e., intrinsic aspirations) (Bono and Froh 2009).”
Hedonic Adaptation to Positive and Negative Experiences (2010, background): “Th e concomitants and consequences of grateful thinking appear to include bolstered resources for coping with adversity, enhanced self-worth, reduced materialism, fortifi ed social bonds, and the countervailing of negative feelings like envy, bitterness, avarice, and irritation (Emmons, 2007 ).”
Using Gratitude to Promote Positive Change: A Series of Meta-Analyses Investigating the Effectiveness of Gratitude Interventions (2017, background): “Some are written by psychology researchers and built on empirical research (e.g., Emmons, 2007, 2013; Lyubomirsky, 2007; Seligman, 2011); others are less research based.”
Functions of Positive Emotions: Gratitude as a Motivator of Self-Improvement and Positive Change (2017, background): “Little research has directly investigated the role of gratitude as a motivator of general self-improvement, but several investigators have theorized that gratitude should bolster resources for coping with challenge (Emmons, 2007), as well as beneficial behaviors towards oneself (McCullough, Kilpatri”
Preliminary Development of the Positive Experiences at School Scale for Elementary School Children (2013, background): “The modern psychological construct of gratitude, however, has expanded beyond the boundaries of interpersonal exchanges, accounting for a sense of thankfulness that arises in response to receiving any kind of personal benefit (be it material or nonmaterial) as a result of any transactional means (be”
PROSPER: A New Framework for Positive Education (2015, background): “When people are grateful, they notice and appreciate the good things that happen to them and express thanks to those who are responsible (Emmons 2007).”
Are positive psychology exercises helpful for people with depressive personality styles? (2011, background): “Essentially, gratitude refers to a conscious awareness of the good things in one’s life coupled with a recognition of the role that others have played in causing these good things to happen (Emmons, 2007).”
Gratitude and well-being: a review and theoretical integration. (2010, methodology): “12 Emmons and McCullough (2003) 65/157 Connection with others and emotional support to others”