The ability of the emotion gratitude to shape costly prosocial behavior was examined in three studies employing interpersonal emotion inductions and requests for assistance. Study 1 demonstrated that gratitude increases efforts to assist a benefactor even when such efforts are costly (i.e., hedonically negative), and that this increase differs from the effects of a general positive affective st...

Four studies tested the hypothesis that a weaker belief in free will would be related to feeling less gratitude. In Studies 1a and 1b, a trait measure of free will belief was positively correlated with a measure of dispositional gratitude. In Study 2, participants whose free will belief was weakened (vs. unchanged or bolstered) reported feeling less grateful for events in their past. Study 3 us...

This study aims to adapt the Existential Gratitude Scale (Jens-Beken & Wong, 2019) Turkish culture and examine scale’s psychometric properties in this respect. The uses convenience sampling method, sample consists of 286 participants between ages 18 53, whom 212 (74.1%) are female 74 (25.9%) male. structural validity scale has been examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). CFA results ...

This article explores the value of integrating thought self-leadership (TSL) and gratitude as a resource for employees to create positive productive personal work environments. We propose conceptual model showing relationships between TSL, emotional state gratitude, patterns about performance. Given benefits practice in people’s everyday lives within organizations, TSL can be an important mecha...

Gratitude is conceptualized as a moral affect that is analogous to other moral emotions such as empathy and guilt. Gratitude has 3 functions that can be conceptualized as morally relevant: (a) a moral barometer function (i.e., it is a response to the perception that one has been the beneficiary of another person's moral actions); (b) a moral motive function (i.e., it motivates the grateful pers...

The holiday season is upon us. Many of our patients and their families are juggling their cancer and its treatment while much of the world around them is in a festive mood. It brings great clarity when we see this juxtaposition in play. And yet, the holidays also are a good time to take stock of the gifts experienced by those who have cancer and for those of us working with them.