Gratitude-based group intervention manual for college student-athletes

Abstract

The current manual is designed to offer a guide in facilitating a group intervention based on the conceptual and theoretical premises of gratitude. Before the implementation of the proposed group intervention, prospective members will be evaluated through administering Gratitude Six-Item Form (GQ6) and an interview with the group counselor. There are five sessions which will be executed on a weekly basis. Activities are made to increase the members' positive realization of themselves, others, and events in their lives. Each session will be tracked through group intervention case notes to ensure that important events and processes are noted. At the end of group intervention, members will be assessed using group feedback, accumulated case notes and Gratitude Six-Item Form to look at the impact of the gratitude-based intervention in leading college student athletes towards a more positive and appreciative worldview.

The predictor role of gratitude and psychological vulnerability on forgiveness

“…Even though the concept of gratitude is a driving feeling that forces the individual to repay with a sense of indebtedness related to someone who contributes the individual, it is a kind of reaction concerned with positive feelings which create positive sensation (Datu, 2013;Goei & Boster, 2005;McCullough, Kilpatric, Emmons, & Larson, 2001). It is a personal tendency and a reaction given by individual's sense of appreciation towards benefit or contribution availed from someone else.…”