Grateful and kind: The prosocial function of gratitude in young children’s relationships.

2020/04/02 by Anat Shoshani, Keren De-Leon Lendner, Amir Nissensohn +2 · 2 citations
Psychology · #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Cultural Differences and Values

paper · doi:10.1037/dev0000922

Abstract

= 133, 3- to 6-year-olds) showed that gratitude motivated preschoolers' sharing behavior with the benefactor. Children's theory-of-mind and their understanding of the benefactor's intention mediated the relationship between children's age, gratitude, and prosociality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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