Dispositional Gratitude as an Underlying Psychological Process Between Materialism and the Satisfaction and Frustration of Basic Psychological Needs: A Longitudinal Mediational Analysis

Reyes, Valentina; Unanue, Wenceslao; Gómez, Marcos; Bravo, Diego; Unanue, Jesús; Araya, Claudio Espinoza; Cortez, Diego

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“…Future studies might examine other variables that could explain the relation between trait gratitude and employees’ outcomes. For instance, trait gratitude was shown to be a predictor of basic psychological need satisfaction (Reyes et al, 2022 ). In turn, research suggests that basic psychological need satisfaction influences a plethora of work-relevant variables, such as employees’ work engagement, organizational citizenship behaviors, or turnover intentions (Trépanier et al, 2015 ; Wörtler et al, 2020 ).…”

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How trait gratitude relates to teachers’ burnout and work engagement: job demands and resources as mediators

2022

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The benefits of gratitude in the workplace, in general, and for teachers, in particular, are still understudied. In the present study, we investigated whether teachers’ trait gratitude is linked to their work engagement and burnout. Moreover, we explored whether perceived job demands and job resources mediate the relation between employees’ gratitude and these two outcomes. A sample of 312 Romanian teachers participated in the study. Participants filled out questionnaires assessing trait gratitude, perceived job characteristics, as well as burnout and work engagement. Results indicated that teachers’ trait gratitude was positively associated with their work engagement and negatively with burnout. The relation between trait gratitude and work engagement was mediated by perceived job resources, whereas the link between trait gratitude and burnout was mediated by both job demands and job resources. Our findings suggest that educational institutions could cultivate teachers’ gratitude in order to create a healthier and more motivated workforce.

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How trait gratitude relates to teachers’ burnout and work engagement: job demands and resources as mediators

2022

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“…Conversely, gratitude is a positive reaction to receiving a benefit that promotes intrinsic aspirations (Bono and Froh, 2009). Materialistic adults seem less content with their living standards, family lives and the enjoyment they feel (Gornik-Durose and Pyszkowska, 2020) and therefore exhibit low levels of gratitude (Kashdan and Breen, 2007; McCullough et al , 2002; Unanue et al , 2021:Reyes et al , 2022). Hence, as materialism has a deteriorating impact on the youth, gratitude, on the other side, is a positive emotion and helps them to flourish.…”

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Assessing the role of materialism and gratitude in life satisfaction through IPMA: the mediating role of meaningfulness in life

Saini

Yadav

2023

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Purpose This study aims to create a more humane and responsible workplace, individuals’ gratitude and meaningfulness seem of utmost importance. This study is an effort to understand the role of gratitude intent of potential managers. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the psychological characteristic of business students in India. The researchers surveyed 333 Indian students as future managers. The collected data has been analysed with the Smart PLS 3 version to assess the formative-reflective scale by comparing model fit, measurement model and structural modelling. Findings The results establish that gratitude significantly affects the life satisfaction of future managers. Findings also show that materialism is negatively related to life satisfaction and meaningfulness. The importance–performance map analysis finding suggests that meaningfulness in life is a potential indicator of life satisfaction for the population studied. Originality/value Due to the limited research available on the psychological underpinnings in the Indian context, there is a massive value in examining how materialism and gratitude concurrently and distinctively predict meaning in life and the life satisfaction of future managers. This paper gives a formative explanation of the model consisted gratitude, materialism and meaningfulness in life on the life satisfaction of future managers. This study establishes the importance of meaningfulness of life in attaining life satisfaction for young managers.

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“…On the other hand, university students' gratitude may predict their knowledge sharing behavior. A longitudinal study found that gratitude prospectively predicts the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness (Reyes et al, 2022). Therefore, according to self‐determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2012), grateful university students are more likely to generate autonomous motivation and thus engage in knowledge sharing behaviors.…”

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The association between purpose in life and knowledge sharing behavior among Chinese university students: The mediating effects of gratitude

Guo

Luo

Tan

2023

Psychology in the Schools

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In the era of knowledge economy, how to promote knowledge sharing behavior of university students deserves close attention from academic and practical circles. As a character strength, purpose in life can predict individuals' thriving and positive development, but its predictive effect on knowledge sharing behavior has not been explored. This study investigated the association between purpose in life (meaningfulness, goal orientation, and beyond‐the‐self) and knowledge sharing behavior, and the potential mediating effect of gratitude. Data were collected from 493 students (mean age = 20.86, standard deviation= 1.69) from two universities in the Hunan province of China. They completed the scales of purpose in life, gratitude, and knowledge sharing behavior in June 2022. This study conducted structural equation model analysis to test the hypothetical model. The results showed that goal orientation and beyond‐the‐self positively predicted knowledge sharing behavior, and gratitude partially mediated the association between goal orientation and knowledge sharing behavior, and beyond‐the‐self and knowledge sharing behavior. The findings highlight the importance of purpose in life and gratitude in promoting knowledge sharing behavior among university students.

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Dispositional Gratitude as an Underlying Psychological Process Between Materialism and the Satisfaction and Frustration of Basic Psychological Needs: A Longitudinal Mediational Analysis

Cited by 12 publications

References 82 publications

How trait gratitude relates to teachers’ burnout and work engagement: job demands and resources as mediators

How trait gratitude relates to teachers’ burnout and work engagement: job demands and resources as mediators

Assessing the role of materialism and gratitude in life satisfaction through IPMA: the mediating role of meaningfulness in life

The association between purpose in life and knowledge sharing behavior among Chinese university students: The mediating effects of gratitude

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