Bhullar, Navjot

Surman, Glenn

Schutte, Nicola

2015

Both past-positive temporal frame, which involves dwelling on positive memories of the past, and dispositional gratitude are associated with positive life outcomes, including greater life satisfaction. A past-positive temporal frame may provide a foundation for the development of dispositional gratitude. The present study examined a model positing that gratitude mediates the relationship between past-positive temporal frame and well-being. Two hundred and thirty-three participants (mean age = 34.10 years; SD = 14.21) completed measures of characteristic past-positive temporal frame, dispositional gratitude, and several indices of well-being. Higher levels of a past positive temporal frame were associated with greater gratitude and indices of well-being. Higher levels of gratitude were associated with indices of well-being. Gratitude mediated the relationship between past-positive temporal frame and well-being. These results provide information regarding a possible process through which past-positive temporal frames have beneficial effects.

Personality and Individual Differences, v.76, p. 52-55

1873-3549

0191-8869

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16523

en

Elsevier Ltd

Dispositional gratitude mediates the relationship between a past-positive temporal frame and well-being

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