Writing About Gratitude Toward God Produces Differential Content and Outcomes Compared to Gratitude Toward Other Benefactors Among U.S. Adults

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2023.2192106

Jo-Ann Tsang, Jay M. Medenwaldt, Hilary N. Alwood, Jenae M. Nelson, Sarah A. Schnitker

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Abstract

ABSTRACT We test the effectiveness of 2 different written inductions of gratitude toward God and analyze the content and outcomes of these gratitude expressions. We recruited 1,170 predominantly Christian U.S. participants across 3 CloudResearch datasets. Participants were randomly assigned to write about gratitude to God or another benefactor, including people, parents, country, and unspecified benefactors, or to write about their daily activities. Study 2 further probed nuances related to control group instructions, and Study 3 examined outcome measures related to well-being and prosociality. The participants who wrote about gratitude toward God more frequently mentioned basic needs and self-transcendence and less frequently mentioned material items compared to other benefactors. They also showed high levels of expansive emotions and religious intentions. Our research provides methodological insights relevant to gratitude writing inductions and sheds light on the content and outcomes of gratitude toward God.

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在美国成年人中，写对上帝的感恩与对其他恩惠的感恩相比，会产生不同的内容和结果

摘要我们测试了两种不同的感谢上帝的书面诱导的有效性，并分析了这些感谢表达的内容和结果。我们在3个CloudResearch数据集中招募了1170名主要信奉基督教的美国参与者。参与者被随机分配写下对上帝或另一位恩人的感激之情，包括人、父母、国家和未指明的恩人，或者写下他们的日常活动。研究2进一步探讨了与对照组指令相关的细微差别，研究3研究了与幸福感和亲社会性相关的结果测量。与其他捐助者相比，写感恩上帝的参与者更频繁地提到基本需求和自我超越，而很少提到物质物品。他们还表现出高度的膨胀情绪和宗教意图。我们的研究提供了与感恩写作归纳相关的方法论见解，并揭示了对上帝感恩的内容和结果。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.