• DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01705.x
Corpus ID: 6491264

Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior

@article{Bartlett2006GratitudeAP,
  title={Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior},
  author={Monica Y Bartlett and D. DeSteno},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={17},
  pages={319 - 325}
}

• Monica Y Bartlett, D. DeSteno
• Published 2006
• Psychology, Medicine
• Psychological Science

The ability of the emotion gratitude to shape costly prosocial behavior was examined in three studies employing interpersonal emotion inductions and requests for assistance. Study 1 demonstrated that gratitude increases efforts to assist a benefactor even when such efforts are costly (i.e., hedonically negative), and that this increase differs from the effects of a general positive affective state. Additionally, mediational analyses revealed that gratitude, as opposed to simple awareness of… Expand