Gratitude predicts psychological well-being above the Big Five facets

Alex M. Wood; Stephen Joseph; John Maltby

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.012

Gratitude predicts psychological well-being above the Big Five facets

Alex M. Wood, Stephen Joseph, John Maltby

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Abstract

This study tests whether gratitude predicts psychological well-being above both the domains and facets of the five factor model. Participants (N = 201) completed the NEO PI-R measure of the 30 facets of the Big Five, the GQ-6 measure of trait gratitude, and the scales of psychological well-being. Gratitude had small correlations with autonomy (r = .17), and medium to large correlations with environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relationships, purpose in life, and self-acceptance (rs ranged from .28 to .61). After controlling for the 30 facets of the Big Five, gratitude explained a substantial amount of a unique variance in most aspects of psychological well-being (r_equivalent = .14 to .25). Gratitude is concluded to be uniquely important to psychological well-being, beyond the effect of the Big Five facets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	443-447
Number of pages	5
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	46
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.012
Publication status	Published - Mar 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Big Five
Eudaimonia
Facets
Five factor model
Gratitude
Positive psychology
Psychological well-being
Satisfaction with life

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