The psychology of gratitude / edited by Robert A. Emmons & Michael E. McCullough.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Emmons, Robert A.

McCullough, Michael E.

Series:

Series in affective science.

Series in affective science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gratitude.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research. In an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brings together prominent scientists from various disciplines to examine what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. The vo

Contents:

The psychology of gratitude / Robert A. Emmons

Part I: Philosophical and theological foundations

Gratitude in the history of ideas / Edward Harpham

Gratitude in Judaism / Solomon Schimmel

The blessings of gratitude : a conceptual analysis / Robert C. Roberts

Part II: Social, personality and developmental approaches to gratitude

Gratitude in modern life : its manifestations and development / Dan P. McAdams and Jack Bauer

The gratitude of exchange and the gratitude of caring : a developmental interactionist perspective of moral emotions / Ross Buck

Parent of the virtues? the prosocial contours of gratitude / Michael E. McCullough and Jo-Ann Tsang

Part III: Perspectives from emotion theory

Gratitude (like other positive emotions) broadens and builds / Barbara L. Fredrickson

Gratitude and subjective well-being / Philip Watkins

Part IV: Perspectives from anthropology and biology

Gratitude and gift exchange / Aafke Komter

Primate social reciprocity and the origin of gratitude / Kristin Bonnie and Frans de Waal

Gratitude and the heart : the psychophysiology of appreciation / Rollin McCraty and Doc Childre

Part V: Discussion and conclusions

Gratitude : considerations from a moral perspective / Charles Shelton

Gratitude as thankfulness and as gratefulness / Brother David Steindl-Rast.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-028771-3

0-19-530314-8

1-60256-469-8

0-19-534872-9

1-280-48210-9

OCLC:

59006996