Gratitude, depression and PTSD: Assessment of structural relationships

Dusen, John P. Van; Tiamiyu, Mojisola F.; Kashdan, Todd B.; Elhai, Jon D.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.11.036

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“…For example, gratitude and affective empathy that resembles abovementioned positive emotions, promote actions that benefit others even at a cost to the self (Lishner, Steinert, & Stocks, 2016). In addition, gratitude is often described as a protective factor that fosters positive functioning (e.g., proactive coping, life satisfaction, well-being, positive beliefs, creativity and altruistic behaviors), and minimizes the risk of psychopathology (e.g., reactive and proactive aggression, suicidal ideation and behaviors, depression and anxiety, traumatic symptoms) (Vernon, Dillon, & Steiner, 2009;Israel-Cohen, Florina, Kashy-Rosenbaum, & Kaplan, 2015;Van Dusen, Tiamiyu, Kashdan, & Elhai, 2015;Arnout & Almoied, 2020;García-Vázquez, Valdés-Cuervo, & Parra-Pérez, 2020).…”

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How to become more grateful? The mediating role of resilience between empathy and gratitude

2020

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The current study examined the relationship between empathy, resilience, and gratitude. Specifically, the study investigated the potential mediating role of resilience between empathy and gratitude. The study involved 214 participants who completed the Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test-Revised (GRAT-R), the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE), and the Resilience Measurement Scale (SPP-25). The results showed significant positive correlations among resilience, empathy, and gratitude. Multiple regression analysis confirmed that resilience, gender, and affective empathy were direct predictors of the level of gratitude. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis supported the hypothesis that resilience played a mediating role between empathy and gratitude. Implications for research and the promotion of positive psychology programs for adults are discussed.

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How to become more grateful? The mediating role of resilience between empathy and gratitude

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“…Interventions that focus on gratitude increase positive affect and decrease negative affect ( Emmons and McCullough, 2003 ; Sheldon and Lyubomirsky, 2006 ; Froh et al, 2008 ). Gratitude contributes to well-being ( Wood et al, 2010 ), and there are positive impacts on both mental health ( Lambert et al, 2012 ; Ng and Wong, 2013 ; Cheng et al, 2015 ; Mills et al, 2015 ; Van Dusen et al, 2015 ; Otto et al, 2016 ; Shao et al, 2016 ; Wong et al, 2016 ) and physical health ( Jackowska et al, 2015 ; Redwine et al, 2016 ; but see Huffman et al, 2016 ). A recent review speculates that μ-opioids could be a potential mediator of these health effects ( Henning et al, 2017 ).…”

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The Cultivation of Pure Altruism via Gratitude: A Functional MRI Study of Change with Gratitude Practice

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Moore

Mayr

2017

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Gratitude is an emotion and a trait linked to well-being and better health, and welcoming benefits to oneself is instrumentally valuable. However, theoretical and empirical work highlights that gratitude is more fully understood as an intrinsically valuable moral emotion. To understand the role of neural reward systems in the association between gratitude and altruistic motivations we tested two hypotheses: First, whether self-reported propensity toward gratitude relates to fMRI-derived indicators of “pure altruism,” operationalized as the neural valuation of passive, private transfers to a charity versus to oneself. In young adult female participants, self-reported gratitude and altruism were associated with “neural pure altruism” in ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) and nucleus accumbens. Second, whether neural pure altruism can be increased through practicing gratitude. In a double-blind study, we randomly assigned participants to either a gratitude-journal or active-neutral control journal group for 3 weeks. Relative to pre-test levels, gratitude journaling increased the neural pure altruism response in the VMPFC. We posit that as a context-dependent value-sensitive cortical region, the VMPFC supports change with gratitude practice, a change that is larger for benefits to others versus oneself.

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“…Previous research suggests that mental illness, including addictive behavior, is associated with lower levels of gratitude and absence of mental illness with higher levels of gratitude. For example, negative relationships have been reported between gratitude and depression (Kendler et al, 2003; Van Dusen, Tiamiyu, Kashdan, & Elhai, 2015) and gratitude and post-traumatic stress disorder (Kashdan, Uswatte, & Julian, 2006; Van Dusen et al, 2015). In addition, Kendler and colleagues (2003) found that higher scores on a thankfulness variable were associated with significantly decreased odds of lifetime generalized anxiety disorder, phobia, bulimia nervosa, and most relevant to the current study, nicotine, alcohol, or drug dependence.…”

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Gratitude, abstinence, and alcohol use disorders: Report of a preliminary finding

Krentzman

2017

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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Gratitude is a central component of addiction recovery for many, yet it has received scant attention in addiction research. In a sample of 67 individuals entering abstinence-based alcohol-use-disorder treatment, this study employed gratitude and abstinence variables from sequential assessments (baseline, 6 months, 12 months) to model theorized causal relationships: gratitude would increase pre-post treatment and gratitude after treatment would predict greater percent days abstinent 6 months later. Neither hypothesis was supported. This unexpected result led to the theory that gratitude for sobriety was the construct of interest; therefore, the association between gratitude and future abstinence would be positive among those already abstinent. Thus, post treatment abstinence was tested as a moderator of the effect of gratitude on future abstinence: this effect was statistically significant. For those who were abstinent after treatment, the relationship between gratitude and future abstinence was positive; for those drinking most frequently after treatment, the relationship between gratitude and future abstinence was negative. In this preliminary study, dispositional tendency to affirm that there is much to be thankful for appeared to perpetuate the status quo—frequent drinkers with high gratitude were drinking frequently 6 months later; abstinent individuals with high gratitude were abstinent 6 months later. Gratitude exercises might be contraindicated for clients who are drinking frequently and have abstinence as their treatment goal.

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Gratitude, depression and PTSD: Assessment of structural relationships

Cited by 36 publications

References 38 publications

How to become more grateful? The mediating role of resilience between empathy and gratitude

How to become more grateful? The mediating role of resilience between empathy and gratitude

The Cultivation of Pure Altruism via Gratitude: A Functional MRI Study of Change with Gratitude Practice

Gratitude, abstinence, and alcohol use disorders: Report of a preliminary finding

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