The Taos and Trait Meta-mood on Transpersonal Gratitude: Tracing Their Influences

Title

The Taos and Trait Meta-mood on Transpersonal Gratitude: Tracing Their Influences

Creator

Shainy M.R.; Tamarana R.

Description

The mainstream empirical research has always viewed gratitude in its triadic form involving a typical human giver, gift, and receiver. But it is not the same in the case of transpersonal gratitude. Instead, it is directed towards abstract entities beyond self like God, their own state of being, or the cosmos. The previous literature had affirmed that a selfless attitude and better mood could determine overall gratitude. But this relation is not mainly known in the context of this newer form of gratitude. Indian young adults (N = 456) completed scales on transpersonal gratitude, trait meta-mood, and ego-grasping orientationa Taoist concept. The preliminary analysis revealed that the selfless nature was unrelated to transpersonal gratitude. Subsequently, the predictive effect of trait meta-mood on transpersonal gratitude is quantified. The findings explain the distinguishable features of the young adults' populace and positive transpersonal experiences. The need to identify groups, cultural differences, and the utility of interventions on transpersonal gratitude in the future gratitude research is emphasised. 2023, The Author(s) under exclusive licence to National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) India.

Source

Psychological Studies, Vol-68, No. 2, pp. 247-255.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Springer

Subject

And positive emotions; Selfless ego; Trait meta-mood; Transpersonal gratitude; Young adults

Coverage

Shainy M.R., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, 560076, India; Tamarana R., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, 560076, India

Rights

All Open Access; Bronze Open Access; Green Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 332968

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-023-00716-8

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