The Psychology of Gratitude

by Robert A. Emmons (Editor), Michael E. McCullough (Editor)

Overview

For the professional psychologist or the psychology student, Emmons (psychology, U. of California- Davis) and McCullough (psychology, U. of Miami-Coral Gables) have compiled essays on the until-recently poorly studied topic of the nature of gratitude. Perspectives philosophical and historical, anthropological and biological, and psychological and sociological are all covered, in prose that is somewhat less formal than that found often in journals, but just as rich in references. Conveniently, an annotated bibliography of psychological research on gratitude is included. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195348729
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/26/2004
Series:	Series in Affective Science
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)
File size:	922 KB

About the Author

University of California, Davis

University of Miami

Table of Contents

Preface, Robert C. Solomon
1. The Psychology of Gratitude, Robert A. Emmons
Part I: Philosophical and Theological Foundations
2. Gratitude in the History of Ideas, Edward Harpham
3. Gratitude in Judaism, Solomon Schimmel
4. The Blessings of Gratitude: A Conceptual Analysis, Robert C. Roberts
Part II: Social, Personality and Developmental Approaches to Gratitude
5. Gratitude in Modern Life: Its Manifestations and Development, Dan P. McAdams and Jack Bauer
6. The Gratitude of Exchange and the Gratitude of Caring: A Developmental-Interactionist Perspective of Moral Emotions, Ross Buck
7. Parent of the Virtues? The Prosocial Contours of Gratitude, Michael E. McCullough and Jo-Ann Tsang
Part III: Perspectives from Emotion Theory
8. Gratitude (Like Other Positive Emotions) Broadens and Builds, Barbara L. Fredrickson
9. Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being, Philip Watkins
Part IV: Perspectives from Anthropology and Biology
10. Gratitude and Gift Exchange, Aafke Komter
11. Primate Social Reciprocity and the Origin of Gratitude, Kristin Bonnie and Frans de Waal
12. Gratitude and the Heart: The Psychophysiology of Appreciation, Rollin McCraty and Doc Childre
Part V: Discussion and Conclusions
13. Gratitude: Considerations From a Moral Perspective, Charles Shelton
14. Gratitude as Thankfulness and as Gratefulness, Brother David Steindl-Rast
Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Research on Gratitude, Jo-Ann Tsang & Michael E. McCullough
Index