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It was predicted that feelings of gratitude are a function of the recipient's perceptions of the intention of the benefactor, the cost to the benefactor in providing the benefit, and the value of the benefit. 126 male undergraduates read variants of each of 3 story themes and indicated their perceptions of the above 3 independent variables and also how grateful they felt toward the benefactor. Each of the three predicted factors was found to be significantly related to felt gratitude. No interactions were found. Multiple regression was performed for each theme. Validation on a hold-out group resulted in Rs of .73, .82, and .71 for the 3 themes.

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