Appreciating Gratitude: Is Gratitude an Amplifier of Well-Being?

• Authors: Eufrozyna Gruszecka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between gratitude and certain components of well-being which are conducive to affirming life. Additionally, we also compared how experiencing joy impacts those components of well-being. A randomly chosen 1/3 of the participants was asked to recall an event from their past when they felt grateful. Another 1/3 was asked to recall an event from their past when they felt joy. The final 1/3 of the participants was the control group. Next, all participants filled in the Satisfaction With Life Scale. Then (taking turns) they completed the Social Ties Scale and the Social Trust Scale. Finally, all participants estimated the amount of beneficiary experiences and gratitude they had received in life. The results of the study indicate that both gratitude and joy enhance happiness, and that gratitude and joy play an important, although different in some respects, role as contributing factors to happiness. The results indicate a positive relationship between the balance in gratitude experiences and the examined aspects of well-being.

Keywords

EN

gratitude; joy; well-being; social relationships; social trust

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 186-196

Dates

published

2015-06-01

online

2015-05-22

Contributors

author

Eufrozyna Gruszecka

• Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sopot Campus Polna 16/20, 81-745 Sopot, Polan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0025