Pub Date : 2023-10-03DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2265330
Adam S. Hodge, Heidi M. Ellis, Sabrina Zuniga, Hansong Zhang, Cameron W. Davis, Aaron T. McLaughlin, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis, Daryl R. Van Tongeren
There is a dearth of empirical research distinguishing gratitude to God (GTG) from interhuman gratitude (IHG). This study explored linguistic (quantitative) and thematic (qualitative) differences in letters of GTG and letters of IHG. Participants (N = 326 undergraduate students) were randomly assigned to write (a) a letter of GTG, (b) a letter of IHG, or (c) a description of their daily morning routine. Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2015 was used to examine linguistic differences and conventional content analysis was used to explore thematic differences. Few linguistic differences were observed between the gratitude-writing conditions, but both gratitude conditions reported more affective, cognitive, and past-focused time-oriented language compared to the control condition. Qualitative analyses revealed participants in the GTG condition identified a greater breadth and depth of benefits compared to the IHG condition, and there were unique differences pertaining to non-gratitude expressions. Limitations and areas for future research are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-22DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257654
Victor Counted, David Newheiser
We articulate a holistic understanding of hope, going beyond the common conceptualization of hope in terms of positive affect and cognition by considering what hope means for the underprivileged. In the recognition that hope is always situated in a particular place, we explore the perspective of the privileged and the underprivileged, clarifying how spatial contexts shape their goals for the future and their agency toward attaining these goals. Where some people experience precarity due to their disability, race, gender, sexuality, and social class, others enjoy enhanced agency due to their privilege. In our analysis, this loss of agency does not mean the underprivileged are hopeless; instead, it suggests that hope can incorporate negative affect and cognition. In our view, a spatial understanding acknowledges the power of hope in discouraging situations, and it points to practical measures through which hope can be cultivated by marginalized communities.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2254888
Lucas A. Keefer, Faith L. Brown, Catherine J. Dowell
ABSTRACTPrevious research shows that metaphors in language can subtly influence how individuals think about a wide range of topics. Can these nudges cause individuals to feel more gratitude to God, an experience with established benefits for personal well-being? We present two experimental studies testing whether situational exposure to metaphor influences individuals’ appraisals of God’s benevolence and state levels of gratitude toward God. Across studies, we found that metaphors for God did increase both, but that these effects were highly conditional on audience characteristics. These studies advance our understanding of cognitive processes underlying gratitude to God and provide new insight on who may likely benefit from interventions designed to increase gratitude to God.KEYWORDS: Gratitude to Godconceptual metaphorgratitudePersonality Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).data availabilityThe data will be made available upon request by contacting the corresponding authorOpen scholarshipThis article has earned the Center for Open Science badges for Open Data and Open Materials through Open Practices Disclosure. The data and materials are openly accessible at https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2254888.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the John Templeton Foundation [Gratitude to God Program].
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Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257680
Elizabeth J. Krumrei Mancuso, Janet Trammell, Jennifer Harriger
Three pre-registered experiments (N = 998) examined affective, cognitive, and environmental self-transcendent experiences aimed at eliciting general humility (GH) and intellectual humility (IH). In Study 1, self-transcendent positive emotions elicited IH and gratitude emerged as a noteworthy predictor. Self-transcendent emotions occur in response to stimuli that are difficult to grasp logically, which underscores one’s intellectual limitations. In Study 2, cognitive appraisals of sanctification – involving interpreting something as sacred – were predictive of greater IH. Phenomena that are considered sacred are often experienced as ineffable and unknowable, which likewise increases awareness of one’s intellectual limits. In Study 3, individuals walking in nature experienced higher levels of self-transcendent emotions, sanctification appraisals, and GH than individuals walking in other settings. Although much of the literature discusses GH and IH as traits, this research emphasizes that they also function as dynamic states that can shift in response to emotions, cognitions, and environmental contexts.
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Developing a measurement of grateful climate is an essential step to examining the function of a grateful climate in a team or group context. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable measure of the grateful climate of sports teams. We defined the grateful climate of sports teams as a culturally shaped perception that team members collectively exhibit values, beliefs and expected behaviors that fit with the script of gratitude. Exploratory factor analysis and multilevel confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Sports Team Grateful Climate Questionnaire. In addition, nomological validity and incremental validity were also examined. The results indicated that the 9-item Sports Team Grateful Climate Questionnaire has good convergent validity, nomological validity, and incremental validity. We concluded that it can be a useful tool for future studies aiming to better understand grateful climate in sports teams.
{"title":"Measuring grateful climate at the sports team","authors":"Lung Hung Chen, Che-Chun Kuo, Ying-Lien Ni, Chia-Huei Wu, Shih-Chi Hsu","doi":"10.1080/17439760.2023.2257662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2257662","url":null,"abstract":"Developing a measurement of grateful climate is an essential step to examining the function of a grateful climate in a team or group context. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable measure of the grateful climate of sports teams. We defined the grateful climate of sports teams as a culturally shaped perception that team members collectively exhibit values, beliefs and expected behaviors that fit with the script of gratitude. Exploratory factor analysis and multilevel confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Sports Team Grateful Climate Questionnaire. In addition, nomological validity and incremental validity were also examined. The results indicated that the 9-item Sports Team Grateful Climate Questionnaire has good convergent validity, nomological validity, and incremental validity. We concluded that it can be a useful tool for future studies aiming to better understand grateful climate in sports teams.","PeriodicalId":48231,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Positive Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135437830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-15DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257639
Elise M. Dykhuis, Juliette L. Ratchford, Sarah A. Schnitker
ABSTRACTAppropriately contextualizing measures of virtues while avoiding commons pitfalls of virtues assessment (e.g. socially desirable responding, lack of sensitivity to change) provides researchers immense challenges – especially in adolescent population. This article evaluates classic and, primarily, novel approaches to virtue measurement and provides recommendations for researchers and practitioners, focusing particularly on the methods used by those in this special issue. Such methods and measures include those that are more sensitive to change, context, and developmental period. We provide questions and considerations as to how practitioners and researchers might determine the usefulness of specific approaches.KEYWORDS: Character measurementinterventionsadolescencecontext sensitive Disclosure statementThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial conflicts of interest.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the John Templeton Foundation (#61221) and Templeton Religion Trust under Grant (#0314).
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257642
Abigail P. Blyler, Martin E. P. Seligman
We found previously that ChatGPT-4 could use 50 stream-of-consciousness thoughts to make the latent construct of narrative identity explicit. We now demonstrate this as a tool for interventions by coaches and therapists. Using five narrative identities, ChatGPT-4 recommended actionable strategies and interventions tailored to the narrative identity. Artificial intelligence (AI) can thus support coaches and therapists by crafting personalized approaches drawing on the person’s narrative identity. This new assistive tool may help clients achieve greater insight, growth and well-being.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257666
Abigail P. Blyler, Martin E. P. Seligman
The personal narrative is a construct said to embody personal identity and so influence thought and guide behavior. Therapists and coaches draw on such personal narratives to explain maladaptive thoughts and to foster clients’ insights. We combined artificial intelligence (AI) with stream-of-consciousness to make the latent construct of personal narrative explicit. Adult participants (n = 26) contributed 50 stream-of-consciousness thoughts, which along with demographic details and our prompts, were processed by ChatGPT-4 to create a personal narrative. Participants evaluated these AI-generated narratives for accuracy, surprise, and insightfulness, reporting high accuracy, surprise, and increased self-insight. Twenty-five of the 26 participants rated the narratives as ‘Completely Accurate’ or ‘Mostly Accurate’,19 rated the narratives as ‘Very Surprising’ or ‘Somewhat Surprising’, and 19 indicated that they learned something new about themselves. This suggests that AI can support self-discovery in therapy and coaching.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257679
Zhuo Job Chen, Everett L. Worthington, Ziasma Khan, Guanglin Liu, Richard G. Cowden
ABSTRACTWe examined the degree to which an extended religious experience during Ramadan might promote interpersonal forgiveness. With six waves of data from a sample of N = 215 Pakistani Muslim students, we used random-intercept cross-lagged panel modeling to examine the associations between decisional and emotional forgiveness from before to after Ramadan in 2020. We observed three key findings. First, we demonstrated the strong cross-time measurement invariance of both the Decision to Forgive and the Emotional Forgiveness scales. Second, both decisional and emotional forgiveness remained relatively stable during the holy month of Ramadan. Third, there was evidence supporting positive bidirectional temporal relations between decisional and emotional forgiveness, such that each construct demonstrated at least one positive lagged association with the other. We discuss some implications of the findings, including the potential for positive emotional changes to evoke positive changes in behavioral intentions towards transgressors.KEYWORDS: Longitudinalcross-lagged panel modelemotional forgivenessdecisional forgivenessRamadan Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).data availabilityThe data will be made available upon request by contacting the corresponding authorOpen scholarshipThis article has earned the Center for Open Science badge for Open Data. The data are openly accessible at osf.io/rc7z2/Supplementary materialSupplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2257679
摘要:我们研究了斋月期间延长的宗教体验可能促进人际宽恕的程度。利用来自N = 215名巴基斯坦穆斯林学生样本的六波数据，我们使用随机截取交叉滞后面板模型来检验2020年斋月前后决策宽恕和情感宽恕之间的关系。我们观察到三个关键发现。首先，我们证明了宽恕决策量表和情感宽恕量表具有很强的跨时间测量不变性。第二，在斋月期间，决策宽恕和情感宽恕都保持相对稳定。第三，有证据支持决策宽恕和情感宽恕之间的正向双向时间关系，这样每个构念至少表现出一个正向滞后关联。我们讨论了这些发现的一些含义，包括积极的情绪变化可能引起对违法者行为意图的积极变化。关键词:纵向交叉滞后面板模型情感宽恕决策宽恕斋月披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。数据的可用性数据将通过联系相应作者提供。Open scholarship这篇文章已经获得了Open Science Center for Open data徽章。这些数据可以在osf上公开访问。io/rc7z2/补充材料本文的补充数据可在https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2257679上在线获取
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Pub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2023.2257678
Qinyue Zhu, Qing Wang, Shuo Yang
Character strengths-based interventions (CSBI) take various forms and integrate different ingredients into interventions. This study investigated the role of mindfulness in strengths development, directly comparing the effects of mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP) and a form of CSBI without mindfulness. Ninety-five participants were randomly assigned to MBSP, CSBI, and blank control groups. Participants’ mindfulness, character strengths, strengths knowledge, strengths use, psychological well-being (PWB), and subjective well-being (SWB) were assessed before and after the intervention, and one month later. The results showed that MBSP and CSBI were equally effective in enhancing character strengths, strengths knowledge, and strengths use. MBSP was more effective in promoting mindfulness, PWB, and overall character strengths, while CSBI was more effective in enhancing participants’ SWB. The development of strengths knowledge and strengths use served as serial mediators of the increase in character strengths, and the development of mindfulness served as the mediator of the increase in PWB.
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