Gratitude: Prompting behaviours that build relationships

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-13

  Bartlett, Monica Y ^a   Condon, Paul ^b   Cruz, Jourdan ^a   Baumann, Jolie ^b   Desteno, David ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratitude; Relationships; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRATITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84858188071     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.561297     Document Type: Article

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