The Psychology of Gratitude: An Introduction.

By Robert A Emmons. 2004

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Subfields: Social Psychology

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In Social Psychology

1. Robert A Emmons
2. Jo-Ann Tsang
3. Jeffrey J. Froh
4. Sonja Lyubomirsky
5. P. Watkins
6. M. McCullough
7. D. Chan
8. Russell Kolts

Citations in the corpus

• Gratitude and Well‐Being: Who Benefits the Most from a Gratitude Intervention? (2011, background): “For the recipient, experiences of gratitude may lead to a readiness to respond to acts of kindness by acknowledging the benefit (Roberts, 2004), and expressing appreciation and thankfulness for it (Emmons, 2004).”
• Gratitude for small and large favors: A behavioral test (2007, background): “Gratitude is an integral component to positive psychology, as it has long been considered an important virtue and a component of ‘‘the good life’’ (Emmons, 2004; Peterson & Seligman, 2004).”
• BRIEF REPORT Gratitude and prosocial behaviour: An experimental test of gratitude (2006, background): “Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the empirical study of gratitude (Emmons, 2004), especially the consequences of gratitude.”
• The debt of gratitude: Dissociating gratitude and indebtedness (2006, background): “Although gratitude appears to be one of the most understudied emotions in psychological science (Emmons, 2004), it is an emotion evident in all cultures and is a virtue encouraged by all of the major religions (Emmons & Crumpler, 2000).”
• Functions of Positive Emotions: Gratitude as a Motivator of Self-Improvement and Positive Change (2017, background): “An important aspect of gratitude is the recognition that one has received a positive outcome that one did not necessarily earn (i.e., Emmons, 2004).”
• Is gratitude an alternative to materialism? (2006, background): “In their second study, Emmons and McCullough (2003) had participants complete diary entries each day for 2 weeks rather than once a week. In this study, keeping track of things for which one was grateful on a daily basis led to higher levels of positive affect as well as a higher likelihood of havin”
• Charities Can Increase the Effectiveness of Donation Appeals by Using a Morally Congruent Positive Emotion (2019, background): “Equality/Justice Charities and Gratitude Gratitude is defined as the feeling that arises when one recognizes that one has received some unearned benefit from an external agent (Emmons 2004).”
• Counting blessings in early adolescents: an experimental study of gratitude and subjective well-being. (2008, methodology): “Before the study commenced, several school psychologists and school psychology interns reviewed all the measures used by Emmons and McCullough (2003) for age appropriate language.”
• Gratitude in relationship marketing: : Theoretical development and directions for future research (2014, background): “(qtd. in Emmons, 2004, p. 7).”