Gratitude and prosocial behaviour: An experimental test of gratitude

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-148

  Tsang, Jo Ann ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 31844453305     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930500172341     Document Type: Article

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