On Gratitude |
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Authors: | Adam B Cohen |
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Institution: | (1) School of Science and Health, Philadelphia University, School House Lane and Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144-5497, USA |
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Abstract: | In this review, I use Emmons and McCullough's excellent volume on gratitude as a platform for discussing several issues in emotion,
cultural, and moral psychology. First I summarize this exceptionally rich edited book, which provides accessible reviews of the philosophy,
theology, anthropology, sociology, evolutionary biology, and psychology of gratitude. I next take up four questions inspired by the book. First, I consider whether gratitude is an emotion, and how to operationally define emotions. Second, I discuss the cognitive
components of gratitude, including the appraisal structure of gratitude and whether gratitude can occur without an attribution. Third, I take
up the question of whether gratitude is indeed a positive emotion, and propose some complications in the nature of positive emotions. Last, I
consider potential sources of individual, cultural, and religious differences in gratitude, such as whether gratitude is mostly about
internal feelings or the fulfillment of social obligations.
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Keywords: | Gratitude emotion morality culture prosocial religion spirituality |
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