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- Title
A Prototype Analysis of Gratitude: Varieties of Gratitude Experiences.
- Authors
Lambert, Nathaniel M.; Graham, Steven M.; Fincham, Frank D.
- Abstract
The present research tested the hypothesis that concepts of gratitude are prototypically organized and explored whether lay concepts of gratitude are broader than researchers' concepts of gratitude. In five studies, evidence was found that concepts of gratitude are indeed prototypically organized. In Study 1, participants listed features of gratitude. In Study 2, participants reliably rated the centrality of these features. In Studies 3a and 3b, participants perceived that a hypothetical other was experiencing more gratitude when they read a narrative containing central as opposed to peripheral features. In Study 4, participants remembered more central than peripheral features in gratitude narratives. In Study 5a, participants generated more central than peripheral features when they wrote narratives about a gratitude incident, and in Studies 5a and 5b, participants generated both more specific and more generalized types of gratitude in similar narratives. Throughout, evidence showed that lay conceptions of gratitude are broader than current research definitions.
- Subjects
GRATITUDE; VIRTUES; EMOTIONS; HYPOTHESIS; SOCIAL action; PARTICIPATION; EXPERIENCE; THEORY of knowledge; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 9, p1193
- ISSN
0146-1672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0146167209338071