The Development of the Gratitude Process Model
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chu, Yi-Ping
Abstract
In most culture and human history, gratitude is viewed as an essential part of personality and social life. The experience and expression of gratitude is beneficial for both individual and society. In spite of this, gratitude is one of the most under-researched emotions. In recent years, studies have pointed out that not only is gratitude beneficial for psychological health and interpersonal relationships, but also physiological health and functioning (Emmons, 2004). As a result, assessment and intervention for gratitude have been gradually developed. However, the definition of gratitude varies across different studies; researchers emphasize on different parts of gratitude and the definitions of gratitude have not yet reached a consensus. Through reviewing definitions of gratitude, this study infers that gratitude is a continuous process, and further proposed the gratitude process model. Semi-structured focusing interview method was adopted to deeply explore gratitude experience of four elderlies living in community. Interviews were processed by content analysis method and the gratitude process coding method proposed in this study. Results revealed that gratitude experience usually arise from being helped. Nonetheless, its threshold, duration and subsequent influence differed, which may due to different personalities, environments and values. The degree of difficulty and the amount of description also differed in each element of gratitude process, probably resulting from the differences in degree of concreteness, thinking and speaking habits. By virtue of the feedback from results, parts of the process definitions in the original gratitude process model require further modifications to depict the gratitude experience more accurately. This study also found that central beliefs influence how easily one feels gratitude; retrospect to one''s gratitude experience also affects the retrieval of related experiences. These should all be included in the gratitude process model to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of gratitude, and facilitate the development of gratitude assessments and interventions.
Subjects
感恩
感恩歷程模式
內容分析
半結構式訪談
焦點詢問法
SDGs
Type
thesis
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