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