Gratitude and health: An updated review

Jans-Beken, Lilian; Jacobs, Nele; Janssens, Mayke; Peeters, Sanne; Reijnders, Jennifer; Lechner, Lilian; Lataster, Johan

doi:10.1080/17439760.2019.1651888

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“…Methodological limitations, which have also been discussed in gratitude scholarship more widely (see, for example, Gulliford et al, 2013 ; Jans-Beken et al, 2018 , 2019 ; Lambert et al, 2009 ), were evident in the research we reviewed here. Empirical studies tended to report low to modest effect sizes and gave limitations like small sample sizes, narrow sampling bands, high attrition rates in long-term studies, and difficulty in setting up meaningful control groups.…”

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Gratitude in Health Care: A Meta-narrative Review

2020

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Research into gratitude as a significant sociological and psychological phenomenon has proliferated in the past two decades. However, there is little consensus on how it should be conceptualized or investigated empirically. We present a meta-narrative review that focuses on gratitude in health care, with an emphasis on research exploring interpersonal experiences in the context of care provision. Six meta-narratives from literatures across the humanities, sciences, and medicine are identified, contextualized, and discussed: gratitude as social capital; gifts; care ethics; benefits of gratitude; gratitude and staff well-being; and gratitude as an indicator of quality of care. Meta-narrative review was a valuable framework for making sense of theoretical antecedents and findings in this developing area of research. We conclude that greater attention needs to be given to what constitutes “evidence” in gratitude research and call for qualitative studies to better understand and shape the role and implications of gratitude in health care.

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Gratitude in Health Care: A Meta-narrative Review

2020

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“…From a practice implication perspective, although future time perspectives are relatively stable over time, various methods have been employed to enable individuals to avoid the negative consequences of an imbalance in their time perspectives [ 30 ]. Moreover, if part of the influence of future time perspectives on perceived social support can be attributed to gratitude, supporting our hypotheses, we could intervene to modify this mediator, which has indeed proven to be modifiable with specific training [ 31 ].…”

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“…Although changing one’s time perspective is not easy, a balanced time perspective can be fostered with appropriate training [ 30 , 58 ], with potential benefits for the individuals’ tendency to feel gratitude [ 28 ]. A number of positive psychology interventions also exist that are effective in promoting a grateful mood or disposition [ 31 , 59 ]. Further longitudinal studies are needed to verify whether training people in developing a more positive future perspective and a higher level of gratitude can improve their perception of receiving and giving social support with a consequent, positive impact on their psychological health.…”

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Future Time Perspective and Perceived Social Support: The Mediating Role of Gratitude

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Gremigni

2020

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Future time perspective, perceived social support, and dispositional gratitude are topics of interest that positively influence people’s psychological health. Although gratitude has been positively associated with future time perspective and social support, this is the first study to investigate its mediating role in the relationships of future time perspective with perceived social support. A convenience sample of 1256 adults (55.1% women), mean age 34.55 years (SD = 13.92), completed self-reported measures of future time perspective (conceptualized as remaining time and opportunities), dispositional gratitude, and received and given social support. Results indicated that higher dispositional gratitude mediated the relationship between the perception of more remaining time and opportunities and greater perception of received and given social support. These findings highlight the importance of considering dispositional characteristics to better understand the impact of perceived future on the individuals’ subjective experience of social exchanges. Interventions addressing future time perspective and dispositional gratitude might have beneficial effects on individuals’ social well-being.

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“…At the conclusion of the interventions, participants in the gratitude cohort reported significantly better mental health (Wong et al 2018). Current studies suggest the benefits of gratitude extend to physical health as well (Jans-Beken et al 2019). While expressing gratitude will not solve every pandemic challenge, we at Thanksgiving Point found tapping into the origins of our name to be a refreshing response to coping with difficulties and to positively affect staff satisfaction, visitor loyalties, and fundraising.…”

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Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving Point

Nelson

2020

Mus. Soc.

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of self-care was trending in the museum field. In the thick of the pandemic, webinars from multiple museum-related professional associations featured discussion around the topic. Meditation, simplification, time outdoors, physical activity and 'unplugging' were commonly discussed practices. Seldom discussed, however, was the practice of gratitude. Current studies provide evidence of the benefits of gratitude to both emotional and physical health. While gratitude will not solve the challenges of a pandemic, at Thanksgiving Point we found tapping into the origins of our name to be a refreshing response to coping with them.

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Gratitude and health: An updated review

Cited by 128 publications

References 112 publications

Gratitude in Health Care: A Meta-narrative Review

Gratitude in Health Care: A Meta-narrative Review

Future Time Perspective and Perceived Social Support: The Mediating Role of Gratitude

Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving Point

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