Based on the relation between gratitude and general subjective well-being (SWB), and Basic Psychological Needs Theory (Ryan and Deci, 2000), the present study's aim was to use structural equation modeling to test the multiple mediational roles of the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs at school in accounting for the association between gratitude and SWB in school (school satisfacti...

Objective This study was conducted to identify factors related loneliness during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and focused on how fear of COVID-19 infection affects conditional effect gratitude as a moderator in relationship among COVID-19, anxiety, loneliness.Methods For analysis this study, survey 1,500 individuals aged 19 69 years living three metropolitan areas South Kore...

In four studies, the authors examined the correlates of the disposition toward gratitude. Study I revealed that self-ratings and observer ratings of the grateful disposition are associated with positive affect and well-being, prosocial behaviors and traits, and religiousness/spirituality. Study 2 replicated these findings in a large nonstudent sample. Study 3 yielded similar results to Studies ...

The human mind tends to excessively discount the value of delayed rewards relative to immediate ones, and it is thought that "hot" affective processes drive desires for short-term gratification. Supporting this view, recent findings demonstrate that sadness exacerbates financial impatience even when the sadness is unrelated to the economic decision at hand. Such findings might reinforce the vie...

If someone is nice to you, you feel good and may be inclined to be nice to somebody else. This every day experience is borne out by experimental games: the recipients of an act of kindness are more likely to help in turn, even if the person who benefits from their generosity is somebody else. This behaviour, which has been called 'upstream reciprocity', appears to be a misdirected act of gratit...

This study set out to explore the relationship between materialistic values (MVS), ontological security threat (OST), gratitude, and learning burnout (LB) among pre-service teachers enrolled in Free Teacher Education program China. MVS, adolescent student burnout, OST questionnaires were administered 801 teachers. Data processing was conducted using IBM SPSS 26.0 AMOS 24.0. The macro Model 4 us...

In two pre-registered studies we investigated the cognitive context of gratitude to God (GTG) and fading positive affect grateful memories. Although has been shown causally impact happiness, few have how nature benefactor might experienced gratitude. Participants first recalled a event, human-caused benefit, or God-caused benefit. After recall they reported their current momentary emotions, pas...