The psychology of gratitude / edited by Robert A. Emmons & Michael E. McCullough.
"The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theological foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. The volume also includes a comprehensi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2004]
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| Series: | Series in affective science.
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| Summary: | "The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theological foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. The volume also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of scientific research on gratitude. This work contributes a great deal to the growing positive psychology initiative and to the scientific investigation of positive human emotions. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in social, personality, developmental, clinical, and health psychology, as well as to sociologists and cultural anthropologists."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 368 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195150104 9780195150100 |