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Attachment security as a basis for gratitude: an empirical investigation
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dinh, Tram Thi Huyen |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | There is a lack of research examining how individual differences in trait gratitude develop and the field lacks an adequate theoretical understanding of the gratitude construct. We propose that attachment processes influence gratitude development and explore the relationship between individual differences in attachment functioning and state and trait gratitude. It was expected that both attachment avoidance and anxiety would be negatively related to state and trait gratitude and attachment security would be positively related to gratitude. Undergraduate students (N = 608) were recruited over three data collection phases and completed a battery of online questionnaires for course credit. Results supported the main hypothesis although the relationships were small. Attachment security was the strongest predictor of gratitude and uniquely accounted for variability in gratitude after demographic variables, state affect, and attachment avoidance and anxiety were controlled. Attachment avoidance also uniquely predicted gratitude whereas attachment anxiety had a complex relationship with gratitude which is discussed in detail within the paper. The findings demonstrate the value of attachment theory as a framework for exploring in more depth the gratitude construct and is evidence to encourage further research using this |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.25911/5d66621c738cd |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/101199/1/Dinh%20Thesis%202016.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.25911/5d66621c738cd |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
