Beyond reciprocity: Gratitude and relationships in everyday life
Beyond reciprocity: Gratitude and relationships in everyday life
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DOI：
10.1037/1528-3542.8.3.425
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Gable, Shelly L.
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作者：
Algoe, Sara B.;Haidt, Jonathan;Gable, Shelly L.
感激之情被认为具有社会影响，但对这种影响的实证研究主要集中在善意的回报上。目前的研究重点是感恩的关系前因及其对关系形成的影响。作者研究了大学联谊会在老成员向新成员赠送礼物的一周中自然产生的感激之情的作用。新会员记录了对本周收到的福利的反应。在一周结束和一个月后，新老成员对他们的互动和关系进行了评分。对捐助者反应的看法预示着对好处的感激之情，而本周的感激之情则预示着未来的关系结果。感恩可以促进关系的形成和维持。
The emotion of gratitude is thought to have social effects, but empirical studies of such effects have focused largely on the repaying of kind gestures. The current research focused on the relational antecedents of gratitude and its implications for relationship formation. The authors examined the role of naturally occurring gratitude in college sororities during a week of gift-giving from older members to new members. New members recorded reactions to benefits received during the week. At the end of the week and 1 month later, the new and old members rated their interactions and their relationships. Perceptions of benefactor responsiveness predicted gratitude for benefits, and gratitude during the week predicted future relationship outcomes. Gratitude may function to promote relationship formation and maintenance.