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Gratitude, a virtue, develops during childhood and adolescence. This book shows how adults can encourage its development, fostering consideration for others and strengthening connections.
List of contents
1. Developing gratitude: an introduction Jonathan R. H. Tudge and Lia B. L. Freitas; 2. Towards a psychological study of the virtues Yves de La Taille; 3. Gratitude in special relationships Terrance McConnell; 4. Assessing influences on gratitude experience: age-related differences in how gratitude is understood and experienced Blaire Morgan and Liz Gulliford; 5. Gratitude and moral obligation Sara E. Mendonça and Fernanda Palhares; 6. Cross-cultural variations in the development of gratitude Ayse Payir, Sara E. Mendonça, Yue Liang, Irina L. Mokrova, Fernanda Palhares and Selin Zeytinoglu; 7. Gratitude in adolescence Samantha Bausert and Jeffrey J. Froh; 8. The development of gratitude and its relation to spending preferences and materialism Lisa Kiang, Elisa A. Merçon-Vargas, Sara E. Mendonça, Ayse Payir and Lia O'Brien; 9. Relations between parents' and children's gratitude Lia O'Brien, Yue Liang, Elisa A. Merçon-Vargas, Uzama S. Price and Ebony D. Leon; 10. Parent socialization of children's gratitude Andrea M. Hussong, Hillary A. Langley, Jennifer L. Coffman, Amy G. Halberstadt and Philip R. Costanzo; 11. Children's and parents' understanding of gratitude Meagan A. Ramsey, Amy L. Gentzler and Boglarka Vizy; 12. Developing gratitude as a practice for teachers Kerry Howells; 13. Teaching gratitude through literature David Carr and Tom Harrison.
About the author
Jonathan R. H. Tudge is a Professor in the Department of Human Development of Family Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He has long been interested in the relations among culture, everyday activities and interactions, and development. His books include The Everyday Lives of Young Children: Culture, Class, and Child Rearing in Diverse Countries (Cambridge, 2008), and he has co-edited two other books related to culture and youth development. With Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas, he has been studying the development of gratitude in children and adolescents for the past decade, with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation.Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas is a Professor of Psychology at the Institute of Psychology at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She gained her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of São Paulo. Her main interests are in moral development, specifically moral virtues and the construction of values. She has authored The Theory of Morality in Jean Piaget's Work: An Unfinished Project (2003) and co-edited Reflections on Moral Education (2017), both published in Portuguese. She is a Co-Principle Investigator on a multi-year cross-cultural project on the development of gratitude in children and adolescents, funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
Summary
Gratitude is a 'hot topic', but unlike the vast majority of publications on gratitude, this book provides the conceptual framework for the study of its development, with a comprehensive and international coverage moving from philosophy to psychology and educational applications. It will be valuable for teachers, academics, and graduate students.
