Note on Cultural Universals and Variations of Gratitude from an East Asian Point of View

Naito, Takashi; Washizu, Naoko

doi:10.14456/ijbs.2015.38

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“…Lastly, the convenience sample was a specific cross‐section of a general population limited to university seniors and graduate students in the United States. Findings in gratitude interventions might not generalize to other cultures (Mendonça et al, 2018 ; Mercon‐Vargas et al, 2018 ; Naito & Washizu, 2015 ).…”

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The impact of a gratitude intervention on mental well‐being during COVID‐19: A quasi‐experimental study of university students

Geier

Morris

2022

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Previous research suggest that gratitude interventions are effective in improving mental well‐being, which might be beneficial to university students during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This quasi‐experimental study sought to investigate if a gratitude intervention will lead to higher mental well‐being of university students during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Participants ( N = 47) mental well‐being was assessed before and after 10 weekly gratitude reflection journals and statistically compared with a control group ( N = 40). An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the data. The treatment group showed significantly higher well‐being after the gratitude intervention compared with the control group (Cohen's d = 0.74). The treatment group significantly increased (Cohen's d = 0.35) and the control group significantly decreased (Cohen's d = −0.41). Gratitude interventions may be effective in improving the mental well‐being of university students even during a crisis such as the COVID‐19 pandemic. Gratitude interventions seem suitable for improving mental well‐being for temporary mental challenges of university students such as a pandemic or other forms of crisis.

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The impact of a gratitude intervention on mental well‐being during COVID‐19: A quasi‐experimental study of university students

Geier

Morris

2022

Applied Psych Health & Well

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“…These findings confirmed good psychometric qualities of the Turkish S-GRAT for use with Turkish college students. More significantly, there remains a lack of understanding of the cultural differences in the concept of gratitude (Naito & Washizu, 2015). Future research, therefore, should continue adapting these instruments for use in adolescent populations across cultures.…”

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“…In the studies by Froh et al (2011), Zeng et al (2017), and Rey et al (2018, evidence for the predictive validity of the GQ-5 was also provided through the relationship between the GQ-5, S-GRAT, and life satisfaction in adolescents. However, empirical data available for the relationship between gratitude and well-being-related concepts in the adolescent population are still scant and need to be extended (Naito & Washizu, 2015).…”

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The Vietnamese Version of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ) and the Revised Short Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (S‐GRAT): Psychometric Properties Among Adolescents

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There is a lack of validated instruments to measure gratitude in Vietnamese adolescents; this issue is regarded as a significant impediment to progress in implementing empirical research on the gratitude of Vietnamese adolescents. The aim of this study, therefore, was to validate the Vietnamese translation of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ) and the Revised Short Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (S-GRAT), using two independent samples of Vietnamese adolescents in two studies. In Study 1, Sample 1 (N = 365, female n = 173) completed the Vietnamese GQ (GQ-VN) and S-GRAT (S-GRAT-VN). Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the 5-item version of the GQ-VN and the 15-item version of the S-GRAT-VN fitted the data adequately. Both instruments showed satisfactory internal consistency. In Study 2, Sample 2 (N = 202, female n = 93) completed the GQ-VN and S-GRAT-VN, along with the Satisfaction With Life Scale. The GQ-VN and S-GRAT-VN were found to be positively correlated with each other and with the construct of life satisfaction, confirming the convergent and predictive validity of the two questionnaires. All the findings support the validity and reliability of the Vietnamese GQ and S-GRAT in a sample of Vietnamese adolescents. These two instruments, therefore, may facilitate the evaluation of factors associated with adolescent dispositional gratitude in Vietnamese settings.

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“…Unfortunately, much of the work to date has compared different manifestations of gratitude among young people from few countries (e.g., typically two at a time; Morgan et al, 2014). Other efforts to characterize cross-cultural and contextual variation in gratitude also tend to rely on relatively homogeneous samples from a single country (Bernabe-Valero et al, 2020;Merçon-Vargas et al, 2018;Naito & Washizu, 2015).…”

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Grateful expectations: Cultural differences in the curvilinear association between age and gratitude

Chopik

Weidmann

et al. 2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Recent research suggests that the association between age and gratitude might be curvilinear—despite gratitude ostensibly being higher in middle-age, it might be lower in older adulthood. It is unclear if this curvilinear pattern of age differences in gratitude is found in other samples and whether its manifestation depends on contextual (i.e., national/cultural) characteristics. The current study examined cultural variation in the curvilinear effect of age on gratitude in a sample of over 4.5 million participants from 88 countries. Participants from countries with lower levels of human development, a shorter-term orientation, and higher levels of indulgence reported higher levels of gratitude. Cultural moderation effects were very small, suggesting that curvilinear effects of age on gratitude may be relatively comparable across cultures.

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Note on Cultural Universals and Variations of Gratitude from an East Asian Point of View

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

The impact of a gratitude intervention on mental well‐being during COVID‐19: A quasi‐experimental study of university students

The impact of a gratitude intervention on mental well‐being during COVID‐19: A quasi‐experimental study of university students

The Vietnamese Version of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ) and the Revised Short Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (S‐GRAT): Psychometric Properties Among Adolescents

Grateful expectations: Cultural differences in the curvilinear association between age and gratitude

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