The debt of gratitude: Dissociating gratitude and indebtedness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-241

  Watkins, Philip C ^a   Scheer, Jason ^a   Ovnicek, Melinda ^a   Kolts, Russell ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

APATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THINKING;

EID: 33745727115     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930500172291     Document Type: Article

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