Metaphors subtly influence feelings of gratitude to God

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Positive Psychology Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI:10.1080/17439760.2023.2254888

Lucas A. Keefer, Faith L. Brown, Catherine J. Dowell

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Abstract

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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隐喻微妙地影响着对上帝的感激之情

摘要以往的研究表明，语言中的隐喻可以潜移默化地影响人们对一系列话题的思考方式。这些轻推能使个人更加感激上帝吗?这种体验对个人幸福有既定的好处。我们提出了两个实验研究，测试情境暴露隐喻是否影响个体对上帝仁慈的评价和对上帝的感激程度。通过研究，我们发现对上帝的隐喻确实增加了这两种效果，但这些效果在很大程度上取决于受众的特征。这些研究促进了我们对上帝感恩背后的认知过程的理解，并为谁可能从旨在增加对上帝感恩的干预中受益提供了新的见解。关键词:对上帝的感激概念隐喻感激人格披露声明作者未发现潜在的利益冲突。数据可得性数据可通过联系相应作者获得开放奖学金本文通过开放实践披露获得了开放数据和开放材料的开放科学中心徽章。数据和材料可以在https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2254888.Additional上公开获取。这项工作得到了约翰邓普顿基金会[感谢上帝计划]的支持。

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Journal of Positive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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9.90

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7.00%

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期刊介绍： Positive psychology is about scientifically informed perspectives on what makes life worth living. It focuses on aspects of the human condition that lead to happiness, fulfillment, and flourishing. The Journal of Positive Psychology provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for the science and application of positive psychology. The Journal is devoted to basic research and professional application on states of optimal human functioning and fulfillment, and the facilitation and promotion of well-being. The Journal brings together leading work in positive psychology undertaken by researchers across different subdisciplines within psychology (e.g., social, personality, clinical, developmental, health, organizational), as well as across other social and behavioral disciplines.