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Gratitude is conceptualized as a moral affect that is analogous to other moral emotions such as empathy and guilt. Gratitude has 3 functions that can be conceptualized as morally relevant: (a) a moral barometer function (i.e., it is a response to the perception that one has been the beneficiary of another person's moral actions); (b) a moral motive function (i.e., it motivates the grateful person to behave prosocially toward the benefactor and other people); and (c) a moral reinforcer function (i.e., when expressed, it encourages benefactors to behave morally in the future). The personality and social factors that are associated with gratitude are also consistent with a conceptualization of gratitude as an affect that is relevant to people's cognitions and behaviors in the moral domain.
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Michael E. McCullough
Shelley Dean Kilpatrick
Robert A. Emmons
Psychological Bulletin
University of California, Davis
Southern Methodist University
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69dab3d9e6ab964fb0836825 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.127.2.249
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