Though prior research has identified that gratitude is associated with benign/malicious envy(BeMaS).The pur-pose of this study was to explore the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among Chinese adoles-cen...Though prior research has identified that gratitude is associated with benign/malicious envy(BeMaS).The pur-pose of this study was to explore the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among Chinese adoles-cents.The two-wave study,in which 906 adolescents participated,includes measurements of gratitude and BeMaS.We employed the structural equation models to test the cross-lagged effect between trait gratitude and BeMaS.The results showed that gratitude could positively predict benign envy and could negatively predict mal-icious envy.Besides,there was no evidence for the reverse or reciprocal relationships between gratitude and BeMaS.Thefindings provide further evidence about the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among adolescents.Moreover,these results have implications for gratitude interventions that promote the constructive meaning of envy and reduce the negative influence of envy.展开更多
基金supported by Department of Education Project of Hunan Province of China(Grant No.2019291174).
文摘Though prior research has identified that gratitude is associated with benign/malicious envy(BeMaS).The pur-pose of this study was to explore the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among Chinese adoles-cents.The two-wave study,in which 906 adolescents participated,includes measurements of gratitude and BeMaS.We employed the structural equation models to test the cross-lagged effect between trait gratitude and BeMaS.The results showed that gratitude could positively predict benign envy and could negatively predict mal-icious envy.Besides,there was no evidence for the reverse or reciprocal relationships between gratitude and BeMaS.Thefindings provide further evidence about the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among adolescents.Moreover,these results have implications for gratitude interventions that promote the constructive meaning of envy and reduce the negative influence of envy.
