OVERVIEW
The volume
begins with the historical, philosophical, and theological foundations
of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social,
personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology,
anthropology, and biology.
The volume
also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of scientific
research on gratitude. This work contributes a great deal to the growing
positive psychology initiative and to the scientific investigation of
positive human emotions. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers
and students in social, personality, developmental, clinical, and health
psychology, as well as to sociologists and cultural anthropologists.
AUTHOR
INFORMATION
Robert A. Emmons is Professor of Psychology at the
University of California, Davis, where he has taught since 1988. He
received his Ph.D. degree in Personality and Social Ecology from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is author of over 80
original publications in peer-reviewed journals or chapters in edited
volumes, including the acclaimed book The Psychology of Ultimate
Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality on Personality.
Michael E. McCullough is an associate professor in
the Department of Psychology and the Department of Religious Studies
at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. His research focuses
on religion, spirituality, and the virtues, with a particluar interest
in their links to health and well-being. He has published more than
60 scientific papers and book chapters, and has edited or co-authored
three previous books, including the Handbook of Religion and Health
(Oxford, 2001).
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