Giving thanks: the relational context of gratitude in postgraduate supervision

Unsworth, Kerrie; Turner, Nick; Williams, Helen Maria; Piccin‐Houle, Sarah

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“…The relationship between the benefactor and the beneficiary has influence over gratitude. Unsworth, Turner, Williams, and Piccin-Houle (2010) found that in a relationship with high levels of trust, gratitude is less likely to be elicited because in such a relationship, both parties take the help for granted. Therefore, it is within the beneficiary's anticipation and less likely to surpass expectations when a benefit is conferred, so the beneficiary feels less grateful.…”

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Gratitude is Related to the Identity of the Benefactor

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In the past, there has been a dearth of research exploring related factors regarding the benefactor in the research of gratitude. The focus of this study is to investigate whether different benefactors elicit different levels of gratitude in beneficiaries after conferring a favor. Using college students as the research subjects, questionnaires were conducted after subjects read the experimental text to explore whether college students’ gratitude is different when two types of benefactors (friends and parents) give the same help. This study found that when the benefactor makes a big effort to confer a favor and the favor is very important to the beneficiary, there is no significant difference in the gratitude toward their parents and friends among college students and the level of gratitude for both is very high. However, when the favor only is conferred through an ordinary amount of effort and the favor is of ordinary importance to the beneficiary, college students have a higher level of gratitude to their friends, but a lower level of gratitude to their parents. Therefore, college students do not necessarily have higher gratitude to their friends than to their parents; the amount of effort exerted by the benefactor and the importance of the favor to the beneficiary are two key factors.

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Gratitude is Related to the Identity of the Benefactor

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“…Thus, gratitude is not easily elicited; Forster, Pedersen, Smith, McCullough, and Lieberman [10] had a similar discussion. In addition, one study indicated that the higher the level of trust in the relationship, the more the help is taken for granted, so that gratitude is less likely to be elicited [11]. This is the case for the relationship between children and their parents.…”

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The Effect of Help from Parents and Friends on Upstream Reciprocity: Sampling University Students

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Mutual help between people is worth advocating. Previous studies have shown that beneficiaries return the favor due to gratitude after the benefactor gives help to the beneficiary, but the scope of the discussion is limited to the beneficiary’s reciprocity to the benefactor, which is what academic studies call direct reciprocity. The present study extends the object of this reciprocity to a third party, i.e., upstream reciprocity. In addition, studies on reciprocity lack comparison of the effect of different benefactors. Therefore, the present study explores the effect of parents and friends’ help on university students’ upstream reciprocity. We designed separate texts for the experiment with either parents or friends who provided help to the university students. Participants filled out the upstream reciprocity questionnaires after reading the experiment’s text. The present study found that friends’ help is able to elicit more upstream reciprocity than their parents’ help in university students.

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“…Seguidamente, os estudantes são gratos ao orientador por este ajudá-los a conseguir o título desejado e por meio do amparo nas disciplinas, na dissertação ou na tese e em outras pesquisas. Os pós--graduandos ainda apresentam sentimento de gratidão em relação ao orientador devido ao apoio e ao cuidado oferecido pelos professores e pelo empréstimo de materiais úteis para a execução das pesquisas (Unswortha et al, 2010). Unswortha et al (2010) identificaram que a gratidão expressa pelos estudantes faz com que orientadores se sintam satisfeitos e contentes consigo mesmo, reconhecidos e realizados com o seu trabalho.…”

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“…Os pós--graduandos ainda apresentam sentimento de gratidão em relação ao orientador devido ao apoio e ao cuidado oferecido pelos professores e pelo empréstimo de materiais úteis para a execução das pesquisas (Unswortha et al, 2010). Unswortha et al (2010) identificaram que a gratidão expressa pelos estudantes faz com que orientadores se sintam satisfeitos e contentes consigo mesmo, reconhecidos e realizados com o seu trabalho. Ademais, expressar gratidão melhora a relação de trabalho entre orientadores e orientandos, pois comunica respeito pelo orientador por parte do aluno.…”

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Adaptação à pós-graduação stricto sensu: uma revisão sistemática de literatura

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ResumoEsta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar exploratoriamente os fatores pessoais, relacionais e institucionais que são descritos na literatura como influências no processo de adaptação de estudantes de pós-graduação stricto sensu aos seus cursos. Realizou-se uma busca sistemática de estudos nacionais e internacionais sobre adaptação à pós-graduação publicados nos últimos 10 anos, por meio da combinação de diversos descritores. Optou-se por pesquisar artigos revisados por pares em periódicos científicos indexados no Portal de Periódicos da CAPES. Foram encontradas 177 publicações internacionais. Após a submissão dos artigos aos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, restaram 15 estudos, os quais constituíram a amostra final desta pesquisa. Constatou-se que a integração com a vida de pós-graduando depende, principalmente, do estabelecimento de uma relação gratificante entre orientador e orientando, ambientação com as normas e demandas do programa de pós-graduação e segurança financeira. Contudo, a temática carece de uma investigação mais aprofundada, principalmente em relação ao cenário da pós-graduação brasileira. Palavras-chave: ajustamento acadêmico; estudantes de pós-graduação; pós-graduação. Adjustment to graduation: a systematic review of literature AbstractThe aim of this research is to investigate in an exploratory way personal, relational and institutional factors that are described in literature as influences in the graduate students' adjustment to their courses. A systematic search of national and international studies about adjustment to graduate degree from the last 10 years through a combination of several descriptors was realized. We have chosen to search peer-reviewed articles in scientific indexed journals at Portal de Periódicos of CAPES. 177 international publications were found. After the submission of the articles to the inclusion criterions, remaining 15 studies, which constituted the final sample of this research. It was concluded that graduate life's integration depends mainly on establishing a rewarding relationship between advisor and advisee, setting the rules and demands of graduate and financial security. However, the issue needs further investigation, especially in the scenario for Brazilian graduate students. Adaptación al postgrado: una revisión sistemática de literatura ResumenEsta investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar los factores personales, relacionales e institucionales que son descriptos en la literatura como influyentes en el proceso de adaptación de estudiantes de postgrado stricto sensu a sus carreras. Por medio de la combinación de diversos descriptores se realizó una búsqueda sistemática de estudios nacionales e internacionales, publicados en los últimos 10 años. Se investigaron artículos en periódicos científicos indizados al Portal de Periódicos de CAPES. Fueron encontradas 177 publicaciones internacionales. Una vez los artículos sometidos a los criterios de inclusión y exclusión, restaron 15 estudios, constituyendo la muestra final de esta investigación. Se consta...

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Giving thanks: the relational context of gratitude in postgraduate supervision

Cited by 18 publications

References 45 publications

Gratitude is Related to the Identity of the Benefactor

Gratitude is Related to the Identity of the Benefactor

The Effect of Help from Parents and Friends on Upstream Reciprocity: Sampling University Students

Adaptação à pós-graduação stricto sensu: uma revisão sistemática de literatura

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