The grateful disposition: a conceptual and empirical topography.
- M. McCullough, Robert A Emmons, Jo-Ann Tsang
- PsychologyJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
- 2002
The development of the Gratitude Questionnaire, a unidimensional measure with good psychometric properties, is described and evidence that gratitude is negatively associated with envy and materialistic attitudes is provided.
Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life.
- Robert A Emmons, M. McCullough
- PsychologyJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
- 1 February 2003
Results suggest that a conscious focus on blessings may have emotional and interpersonal benefits and exhibited heightened well-being across several, though not all, of the outcome measures across the 3 studies.
The Religious Commitment Inventory--10: Development, Refinement, and Validation of a Brief Scale for Research and Counseling.
- E. Worthington, N. Wade, L. O'Connor
- Psychology
- 2003
The authors report the development of the Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (RCI-10), used in 6 studies. Sample sizes were 155, 132, and 150 college students; 240 Christian church-attending married…
Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality: Points of Commonality, Points of Departure
- Peter C. Hill, K. Pargament, B. Zinnbauer
- Philosophy
- 1 March 2000
Psychologists' emerging interest in spirituality and religion as well as the relevance of each phenomenon to issues of psychological importance requires an understanding of the fundamental…
Handbook of Religion and Health
- H. Koenig, M. McCullough, D. Larson
- Psychology
- 2001
This book, the first of its kind, reviews and discusses the full range of research on religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes. Based on this research, the authors build…
Is gratitude a moral affect?
- M. McCullough, S. Kilpatrick, Robert A Emmons, D. Larson
- Psychology, PhilosophyPsychological bulletin
- 1 March 2001
The personality and social factors that are associated with gratitude are consistent with a conceptualization of gratitude as an affect that is relevant to people's cognitions and behaviors in the moral domain.
Religiousness and depression: evidence for a main effect and the moderating influence of stressful life events.
- Timothy B. Smith, M. McCullough, Justin Poll
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 1 July 2003
The association between religiousness and depressive symptoms was examined with meta-analytic methods across 147 independent investigations, indicating that greater religiousness is mildly associated with fewer symptoms.
Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications.
- M. McCullough, B. Willoughby
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 2009
The authors review evidence relevant to 6 propositions and conclude that some of religion's influences on health, well-being, and social behavior may result from religion's influence on self-control and self-regulation.
Forgiveness as Human Strength: Theory, Measurement, and Links to Well-Being
- M. McCullough
- Psychology
- 2000
Forgiving promotes continuity in interpersonal relationships by mending the inevitable injuries and transgressions that occur in social interaction. This article presents a conceptual model positing…
Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct
- M. McCullough
- Psychology
- 11 April 2008
Acknowledgments. Introduction: Three Simple Truths About Revenge and Forgiveness. 1 Putting Vengeance and Forgiveness Back into Human Nature. 2 Revenge Is a Problem: Counting the Costs. 3 Revenge Is…
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