Change in Attitude toward Life Related to Gratitude in Adolescence

本研究旨在厘清青少年与感恩相关的生活态度变化，即感觉某人或某事给予了他们有价值的好处。大学生完成了问卷调查，15-69岁的个人完成了在线问卷调查，包括生活满意度量表和给予的乐趣和感激之情项目。对这些回应的分析表明了以下主要结果。青春期的感恩情绪直接改变生活态度的程度不如成年期。在青少年中，对感恩情感的抗拒确实促使他们质疑自己的生活态度，而这种观点的改变反过来又会改变他们对生活的态度。

This study aimed to clarify adolescents’ change in attitude toward life related to gratitude, that is, feeling someone or something had given them a valued benefit. Undergraduate students completed a questionnaire survey and individuals aged 15-69 years completed an online questionnaire survey consisting of the Satisfaction with Life Scale and items on pleasure in giving and feelings of gratitude. Analysis of the responses indicated the following main results. Feelings of gratitude directly changed attitude toward life less in adolescence than in adulthood. Among adolescents, resistance to feelings of gratitude did prompt them to query their attitude toward life, and this change in their viewpoint could in turn change their attitude toward life.