Gratitude and well-being: A review and theoretical integration

Wood, Alex M.; Froh, Jeffrey J.; Geraghty, Adam W A

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2010.03.005

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“…Grateful individuals report lower levels of depression (Frederickson, Tugade, Waugh, & Larkin, 2003;Kendler, Liu, Gardner, McCullough, Larson, & Prescott (2003); Wood, Maltby, Gillet, Linley, & Joseph, (2008). Wood, Froh, and Geraghty (2010) reviewing the gratitude literature, report that while gratitude interventions are frequently hailed as the most successful interventions in positive psychology, many of the studies do not include adequate control groups, so their efficacy is difficult to judge. Two exceptions are studies by Geraghty, Wood and Hyland (2010-a), (2010-b) where gratitude interventions are shown to be more effective in depressed clients than treatment as normal.…”

Section: Gratitudementioning

confidence: 99%

A feasibility study of psychological strengths and well-being assessment in individuals living with recurrent depression

Macaskill

2012

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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Current conceptualizations of mental illness focus on assessing psychopathology. A balanced approach would assess strengths that individuals bring to coping with illness. This study measures psychological strengths in individuals with recurrent depression, their coping strategies, and their perceptions of the usefulness of strengths assessment as a component of psychological assessment. Individuals (N =112) with recurrent depression completed an online questionnaire measuring strengths. A subset (n =10) completed a follow-up telephone interview. Higher levels of gratitude, self-forgiveness, hope, and spirituality and lower levels of optimism were indicative of higher life satisfaction. The predictors of happiness on the depression/ happiness scale were self-forgiveness, spirituality, and gratitude. Higher levels of hope and self-forgiveness predicted positive affect while lower levels of self-forgiveness predicted negative affect. Participants used a range of coping resources and they valued strengths assessment, seeing the two-continua model of mental health assessment as empowering. The researcher discusses implications for clinical practice.Keywords: recurrent depression; psychological strengths; life satisfaction; happiness; coping strategies; positive psychology Depression, coping and character strengths Current conceptualizations of mental health focus predominantly on the absence of psychopathology and the associated reduction in suffering. Although this approach has been fruitful in developing our understanding and treatment of psychological conditions, little attention has focused on fostering positive mental health (Seligman, 2005). Positive psychologists now argue that mental health is not just the absence of psychopathology but includes positive feelings of well-being ((Maddux, 2005;Maddux, Snyder, & Lopez, 2004;Keyes, 2002Keyes, , 2005Wright, 2002). This two continua model of mental health asserts that individuals can experience positive well-being concurrently with psychopathology (Keyes, Shmotkin, & Ryff, 2000;Westerhof & Keyes, 2010). The challenge for psychology is how to develop ways of improving well-being especially for those living with chronic psychological conditions. Researchers suggest that psychological strengths that the person brings to dealing with their condition should be assessed (Maddux, 2002;Maddux, Snyder, & Lopez, 2004;Wright, 2002). This would provide a more balanced approach to mental health assessment than the current pathology models but it could be difficult for patients to accept given their current socialization into the pathology model (Maddux, 2005). Strengthsfinder in an applied occupational or educational context conceptualizes strengths as talents, "as naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that can be productively applied" (Hodges & Clifton, 2004, p. 257). The Gallup researchers used an inductive approach to develop the Strengthsfinder, conducting thousands of semi-structured personal interviews with top performers to identify the ta...

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Section: Gratitudementioning

confidence: 99%

A feasibility study of psychological strengths and well-being assessment in individuals living with recurrent depression

Macaskill

2012

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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“…In this laboratory setting, participants assigned randomly to a condition recalled and described a shopping interaction with a salesperson that made them feel grateful, indebted, or both, or they completed a control condition (Petty et al 1993;Watkins et al 2003Watkins et al , 2006Wood et al 2010). …”

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B2B Channel Partner Programs: Disentangling Indebtedness from Gratitude

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Ruyter

Wetzels

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Journal of Retailing

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Many suppliers invest heavily in channel partner programs that incentivize selling and learning. Permanent repository linkThe authors conduct a multi-wave field study to investigate the roles of indebtedness and gratitude in transforming these investments into returns. The results show that indebtedness has negative effects on commitment to the supplier, as well as the reseller's sales effort. Gratitude however attenuates the effects of indebtedness on sales effort and commitment, and thus offers a buffer against indebtedness' negative effects. Indebtedness and gratitude thus play key roles in channel partner programs. In addition, the results highlight the importance of perceived motives as they differentially predict these two states.Benevolent motives are found to increase gratitude, though ulterior motives do not detract from it.Ulterior motives do however increase indebtedness. Finally, the results also reveal how entitlement negatively impacts channel partner programs: It decreases the positive effect of perceived program value on partner gratitude while increasing the effect of ulterior motives on indebtedness. This study thus assesses the simultaneous yet contrasting role of gratitude and indebtedness, as well as the complexity 2 associated with realizing the full benefits of channel partner programs. The findings have implications for suppliers, marketers, and further research.

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“…Because previous research on gratitude and well-being has focused heavily on the main effects (Wood, Froh, & Geraghty, 2010) and ignored the possibility of a boundary effect of gratitude on well-being, the present study fills a gap by illustrating the importance of mindful awareness by shaping the association between gratitude and athletes' life satisfaction. Additionally, our findings extend the scope of mindfulness in sports form motor behavior (Chong, Kee, & Chaturvedi, 2015;Kee, Chaturvedi, Wang, & Chen, 2013;Kee, Chatzisarantis, Kong, Chow, & Chen, 2012;Kee & Liu, 2011) and attitude research domains (Chatzisarantis & Hagger, 2007;Koole et al, 2009) into the intrapersonal social cognitive realm of well-being studies.…”

Section: The Moderating Role Of Mindfulness On Gratitudementioning

confidence: 91%