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: Anna Rotkirch, Minna Lyons, Tamas David-Barrett, Markus Jokela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-10-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200401