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Development and preliminary validation of the Existential Gratitude Scale (EGS).
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Counselling Psychology Quarterly . Mar2021, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p72-86. 15p. 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper reports the development and preliminary validation of a new Existential Gratitude Scale (EGS), designed to measure the tendency to give thanks in difficult times. This study is part of the research agenda of second-wave positive psychology (PP2.0) which emphasizes the positive psychology of suffering. After a pilot study based on a convenient sample, we did a validity study based on 186 participants from Amazon's Mechanical Turk and regular participants. They completed the revised 13-item EGS, the Short Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (SGRAT), the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB) and the Trauma Screening Questionnaire (TSQ). Results supported the factorial validity and our hypothesis that the existential gratitude scale was associated with spiritual well-being while the dispositional gratitude scale is not; this association was shown to be dependent on the presence of symptoms of PTSD. These findings support our proposition that existential gratitude is distinct from the more general dispositional gratitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09515070
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Counselling Psychology Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148981457
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2019.1656054