The structure of gratitude

Kuranaga, Hitomi; Higuchi, Masataka

doi:10.4092/jsre.18.111

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“…The aforementioned beneficial effects of gratitude have been confirmed in Asian countries. Among the few non-Western studies of gratitude, some research has confirmed positive relations of gratitude with prosocial behavior and well-being in Taiwan (Chen & Kee, 2008), Hong Kong (Zhao, 2010), Japan (Kuranaga & Higuchi, 2011; Naito & Sakata, 2010), and Thailand (Naito, Wangwan, & Tani, 2005). Additionally, Chan (2010) showed an effect of gratitude training on well-being in Hong Kong.…”

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The Emotions Sumanai, Gratitude, and Indebtedness, and Their Relations to Interpersonal Orientation and Psychological Well-Being Among Japanese University Students

Washizu

Naito

2015

International Perspectives in Psychology

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Sumanai is a Japanese word that refers to a feeling in response to a favor; it includes gratitude, along with sorrow and sometimes guilt for having put the benefactor to so much trouble. The purpose of the current research was to explore sumanai, gratitude, and indebtedness, and their relations to interpersonal orientation and psychological well-being. Results from Study 1 with 115 female Japanese university students confirmed the distinct meanings of gratitude, sumanai, and indebtedness in terms of their dissimilar correlations with other feelings. The results also revealed that when the benefactor’s expectation for repayment was manipulated, gratitude and sumanai, but not indebtedness, decreased with increasing benefactor expectations. In Study 2 with a sample of 179 female Japanese university students, sumanai had a significant positive correlation with interpersonal orientation but did not have a significant positive correlation with psychological well-being. Interpersonal orientation mediated the relation between indebtedness and psychological well-being, but did not mediate the relation between gratitude and psychological well-being. Gratitude had significant direct paths to psychological well-being and interpersonal orientation. An alternative model was also supported; gratitude mediated the relation between interpersonal orientation and psychological well-being. The contribution of gratitude to well-being and interpersonal orientation are consistent with the extant literature, pointing to gratitude’s ability to build and maintain social relationships.

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The Emotions Sumanai, Gratitude, and Indebtedness, and Their Relations to Interpersonal Orientation and Psychological Well-Being Among Japanese University Students

Washizu

Naito

2015

International Perspectives in Psychology

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“…Because, considering the research findings from the collectivistic eastern culture, a positive relationship could have been expected between indebtedness and gratitude in Turkish culture. It was previously reported that gratitude more probably caused by or co-occurred with indebtedness in the case of members of an interdependent society, more than in the case of members of an independent one (Kuranaga & Higuchi, 2011;Naito et al, 2005), since most social relationships are dominated by mutual obligation in interdependent cultures, whereas they are dominated by mutual liking in independent ones (Oishi et al, 2019). As a result, it is thought that the findings of this study could be explained by the complex nature of Turkish culture, which shows both individualistic and collectivist cultural characteristics.…”

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“…Based on the results of previous studies (Kuranaga & Higuchi, 2011;Naito et al, 2005), gratitude seems more probably to be caused by or co-occurr with indebtedness in the case of members of an interdependent society, more than in the case of members of an independent one, since most social relationships are dominated by mutual obligation in interdependent cultures, whereas they are dominated by mutual liking in independent ones (Oishi et al, 2019). Furthermore, even members of independent cultures may experience gratitude and indebtedness connectedly in the context of close relationships, since these types of relationships include mutual interdependence (Algoe et al, 2010).…”

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Turkish Version of the Revised and Short Indebtedness Scale (ISR-S): Translation, Validity, Measurement Invariance and Reliability Studies for Turkish University Students

Duran¹

2020

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The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to translate the Revised and Short version of the Indebtedness Scale (ISR-S) into the Turkish language and to assess its psychometric properties, and 2) to use this scale to explore the relationship of indebtedness with gratitude, happiness, and life satisfaction in Turkish culture. Four data sets covering a total of 883 Turkish university students were used. Construct validity of the Turkish ISR-S was assessed by using confirmatory factor and multigroup invariance analyses, and Pearson correlation test between the measure of negative affect and the ISR-S. To examine the reliability of the scale, Cronbach's coefficient alpha was used as an indicator of internal consistency, and also test-retest reliability computed over a period of four weeks. The results indicated that there is psychometric evidence for the unidimensional 9-item structure of the ISR-S in Turkish undergraduate students. Indebtedness was not found to be significantly correlated with gratitude, happiness and life satisfaction.

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“…Gratitude to advisers was assessed using six items from the Japanese version of the Affection of Gratitude scale (Kuranaga & Higuchi, 2011; α = .65). Responses used a 5-point Likert scale (1 = not at all; 5 = very much).…”

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Does interpersonal regulatory fit affect intergenerational communication? Elder advice and younger gratitude

Tabuchi

Kamiariya

Miura

2016

Lett Evol Behav Sci

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Old people have considerable experience and wisdom to share with young people; however, young people do not always listen to old people with gratitude. We conducted two studies to examine the effect of regulatory fit on young people’s gratitude toward old advisers. As predicted, young people felt more grateful to old advisers whose advice did not “fit” the advisees’ self-regulatory orientation, whereas young people felt more grateful to young advisers whose advice fit the advisees’ self-regulatory orientation (lab experiment in Study 1, Web survey in Study 2). Using these results, we propose an idea that may promote smoother intergenerational interaction in transmitting experience and wisdom from older to younger generations.

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The structure of gratitude

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

The Emotions Sumanai, Gratitude, and Indebtedness, and Their Relations to Interpersonal Orientation and Psychological Well-Being Among Japanese University Students

The Emotions Sumanai, Gratitude, and Indebtedness, and Their Relations to Interpersonal Orientation and Psychological Well-Being Among Japanese University Students

Turkish Version of the Revised and Short Indebtedness Scale (ISR-S): Translation, Validity, Measurement Invariance and Reliability Studies for Turkish University Students

Does interpersonal regulatory fit affect intergenerational communication? Elder advice and younger gratitude

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