Gratitude as a moral virtue: a psychometric evaluation of the Gratitude Assessment Questionnaire in Chinese children

IF 1.7 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Applied Developmental Science Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI:10.1080/10888691.2021.1941964

Yue Liang, J. Tudge, Hongjian Cao, L. Freitas, Yu Chen, Nan Zhou

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Abstract

Abstract Gratitude has been previously defined as a tendency to appreciate positives in life, thus conflating gratitude and components of well-being. Accordingly, current measures assessing “gratitude” are primarily based on this conflated conceptualization, and do not adequately assess gratitude as a moral virtue. The Gratitude Assessment Questionnaire (GAQ-C) was developed to assess child virtuous gratitude (VG). This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the GAQ-C in 641 Chinese children (Mage = 10.70, SD = 4.48), showing it to be a reliable and valid measure to assess Chinese child VG. Specifically, results of confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that virtuous gratitude consists of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components. Furthermore, child VG measured by the GAQ-C was associated positively with parental appreciation socialization, unlike child appreciation assessed by the 6-item Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6). Additionally, child VG was related to child depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, daily gratitude behaviors, and prosocial behaviors. Such results provide evidence of conceptual differences between gratitude and appreciation.

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感恩作为一种道德美德:中国儿童感恩评估问卷的心理测量学评价

感恩以前被定义为一种欣赏生活中积极因素的倾向，因此将感恩和幸福的组成部分混为一谈。因此，目前评估“感恩”的措施主要是基于这种合并的概念，并没有充分评估感恩作为一种道德美德。本研究采用感恩评估问卷(GAQ-C)对儿童良性感恩进行评估。本研究对641名中国儿童的GAQ-C心理测量特性进行了评估(Mage = 10.70, SD = 4.48)，结果表明GAQ-C是评估中国儿童VG的一种可靠有效的测量方法。具体而言，验证性因素分析的结果表明，良性感恩由认知、情感和行为组成。此外，GAQ-C测量的儿童VG与父母感激社会化呈正相关，不像6项感恩问卷(GQ-6)评估的儿童感激。此外，儿童VG与儿童抑郁症状、生活满意度、日常感恩行为和亲社会行为相关。这些结果为感恩和欣赏之间的概念差异提供了证据。

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Applied Developmental Science PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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