A Scenarios-based Experiment about the Influence of Gratitude on Helping Behavior

HE Anming; HUI Qiuping; LIU Huashan

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Oct. 2014

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HE Anming, HUI Qiuping, LIU Huashan. A Scenarios-based Experiment about the Influence of Gratitude on Helping Behavior[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(2): 74-80.

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HE Anming, HUI Qiuping, LIU Huashan. A Scenarios-based Experiment about the Influence of Gratitude on Helping Behavior[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(2): 74-80.

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A Scenarios-based Experiment about the Influence of Gratitude on Helping Behavior

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School of Education Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000
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School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079

Publish Date: 2014-06-20

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To test the prediction of gratitude on people's helping behaviors, and make a more thorough research on the relationship between gratitude, indebtedness and happiness, 296 undergraduates were selected to fill in the situational experiment, adopting the methods of descriptive statistics and covariance analysis. Results indicated that gratitude is different from indebtedness and happiness. It is a positive emotional characteristic with value of social morality, rather than indebtedness and happiness; gratitude can positively predict pro-social behavior such as helping behavior.
- undergraduates,
- gratitude,
- helping behavior,
- scenarios experiment

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