Gratitude and Its Conceptualization: An Islamic Perspective

Ali, Syed Ahmad; Ahmed, Muhammad; Bhatti, Omar Khalid; Farooq, Waqas

doi:10.1007/s10943-019-00850-6

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“…However, even if the homeless participants adhered to a faith other than Christianity, it can still be assumed that their belonging to any other faith may strengthen their gratitude. This is in line with previous research showing that adherence to both Abrahamic faiths [137][138][139] and Eastern religions can be related to gratitude [51,140,141]. Another aspect worth mentioning is testing for specific addictions or ascertaining the level of mental health.…”

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confidence: 88%

Moderating Effect of Help-Seeking in the Relationship between Religiosity and Dispositional Gratitude among Polish Homeless Adults: A Brief Report

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Szmuc

Tytonik

et al. 2022

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Although empirical reports draw attention to the pathological aspects of the functioning of the homeless, recent studies show the benefits related to the elevating roles of different positive phenomena in coping with difficulties for this group of people. The main goal was to verify whether there is a direct relationship between religiosity and gratitude among the homeless, and whether this association is moderated by the reported help-seeking since both religiosity and gratitude seem to play an important role in homeless people’s lives. In total, 189 homeless persons participated in the study. Their mean age was M = 56.55 (SD = 12.39; range = 27–86). Most respondents were men (n = 119; 63%). The Scale of Religious Attitude Intensity and the Gratitude Questionnaire were used. The outcomes presented a statistically significant positive correlation between religious attitude and gratitude (r = 0.326***, p = 0.001). Help-seeking played a moderatory role in this relationship. Therefore, it can be assumed that the relationship between religiosity attitude intensity and dispositional gratitude is stronger when homeless persons seek specific help from other people or institutions compared to when they do not look for assistance. Homeless people, overcoming their limitations by actively asking for help, can strengthen their bonds with God (faith, religiosity) and with others (dispositional gratitude).

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confidence: 88%

Moderating Effect of Help-Seeking in the Relationship between Religiosity and Dispositional Gratitude among Polish Homeless Adults: A Brief Report

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Tytonik

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“…The extrinsic aspect shows the dominant explained variance. That is, extrinsic gratitude (worship and piety) is the hallmark of gratitude for the Islamic concept (Ali et al, 2020;Kurniawan et al, 2012), in contrast to the Western concept which emphasizes anthropocentric appreciation (ME McCullough et al, 2002). Extrinsic gratitude is not only expressing gratitude to others but performing acts of worship both ritually and socially as an expression of gratitude.…”

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“…Therefore, an Islamic perspective of gratitude measurement will be more appropriate to use than a secular gratitude (Kurniawan et al, 2012). The measurement of gratitude in the Islamic perspective emphasizes connectedness with Allah (Bonab & Koohsar, 2011) manifested through acceptance, feeling blessed, respecting others, and using the blessings that Allah has given for good (Ali et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Gratitude with the heart, mouth, and deeds are common concepts presented by classical scholars (al-Ghazālī, 2005;Ali et al, 2020;Ibn Qayyim, 1989) and this theory is often become the basis for developing an Islamic gratitude scale (Halimatussa' Diah et al, 2020;Kurniawan et al, 2012;Rusdi, 2016). However, these three aspects can be reduced to two, because gratitude with the heart is an inner feeling, while being grateful with words and deeds is an expression of kindness (Ali et al, 2020). Therefore, gratitude can be divided into two dimensions, namely intrinsic (aldākhiliyah) and extrinsic (al-khārijiyah) (Rusdi, 2016).…”

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“…There were several scales used to show criterion-related validity. The Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) was chosen because gratitude is a predictor of happiness (Sativa & Helmi, 2013) and is often used as a criterion for validation of the gratitude scale (Ali et al, 2020;Michael E. McCullough et al, 2002;Watkins et al, 2003).…”

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The Development and Validation Of The Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10)

Rusdi

Sakinah

Bachry

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Psikis

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There were not many adequate instruments to measure gratitude for the Indonesian people, especially the Muslim community. The purpose of this study is to develop the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10) by conducted an adequate set of tests. A total of 1218 respondents from students and workers participated on this study. This study found that the Islamic Gratitude Scale (IGS-10) has a good reliability (α= 0.863), good content validity and good factorial validity. The exploratory factor analysis found that IGS-10 has two factors, extrinsic gratitude (α= 0.845) and intrinsic gratitude (α= 0.761). Several sets of correlation tests found that IGS-10 has a good convergent validity, IGS-10 correlates with the Gratitude Questionerre (GQ-6), Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Scale - Short Form (GRAT-SF), and gratitude toward God. Furthermore, IGS-10 correlated with Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire - Appearance Scale (MBSRQ - US), and subjective well-being. This finding indicated that IGS-10 has a good cirterion-related validity. But unfortunately, IGS-10 did not correlate with Adolescents’ Self-concept Short Scale (ASCSS), optimism scale (LOT-R) and The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). IGS-10 was associated with Social Desirability Scale (SDS) with low correlation. To develop this scale the next process that can be done is norming, so that the IGS-10 will become a scale that can be used widely and more convincingly.

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