Gratitude for help among adult friends and siblings.

Although gratitude is a key prosocial emotion reinforcing reciprocal altruism, it has been largely ignored in the empirical literature. We examined feelings of gratitude and the importance of reciprocity in same-sex peer relations. Participants were 772 individuals (189 men; mean age = 28.80) who co...

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Main Authors: Rotkirch, A, Lyons, M, David-Barrett, T, Jokela, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Evolutionary Psychology 2014