Varieties of Gratitude: Identifying Patterns of Emotional Responses to Positive Experiences Attributed to God, Karma, and Human Benefactors.

Good fortune can be attributed to many sources, including other people, personal efforts, and various theistic and nontheistic supernatural forces (e.g., God, karma). Four studies (total N = 4,579) of religiously diverse samples from the United States and the United Kingdom investigated the distinct...

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Publicado en:Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Vol. 127; no. 3; pp. 497 - 518
Autores principales: White, Cindel J. M., Johnson, Kathryn A., Mirbozorgi, Behnam, Farias Martelli, Graziela
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Publicado: American Psychological Association Sep2024
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          Department of Psychology, York University
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