• DOI:10.1177/1069397117736517
Corpus ID: 148737652

The Development of the Virtue of Gratitude: Theoretical Foundations and Cross-Cultural Issues

@article{MeronVargas2018TheDO,
  title={The Development of the Virtue of Gratitude: Theoretical Foundations and Cross-Cultural Issues},
  author={E. A. Merçon-Vargas and Katelyn E. Poelker and J. Tudge},
  journal={Cross-Cultural Research},
  year={2018},
  volume={52},
  pages={18 - 3}
}

• E. A. Merçon-Vargas, Katelyn E. Poelker, J. Tudge
• Published 2018
• Psychology
• Cross-Cultural Research

The expression of gratitude by children and young adolescents in different societies is the topic of this special issue. We introduce the concept of gratitude as a virtue, explaining its differences from gratitude viewed as a positive emotion. Although most research on gratitude uses samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies (primarily from the United States), we discuss the importance of studying the development of gratitude across different… Expand

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