Gratitude Moderates the Relation between Daily Hassles and Satisfaction with Life in University Students

Guillaume Tachon, Rebecca Shankland, Fanny Marteau-Chasserieau, Blaire Morgan, Christophe Leys and Ilios Kotsou
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Guillaume Tachon: Laboratory DIPHE (Développement, Individu, Processus, Handicap, Education), Institut de Psychologie, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 5 Avenue Pierre Mendès-France, 69676 Bron, France
Rebecca Shankland: Laboratory DIPHE (Développement, Individu, Processus, Handicap, Education), Institut de Psychologie, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 5 Avenue Pierre Mendès-France, 69676 Bron, France
Fanny Marteau-Chasserieau: Laboratory VCR (Vulnérabilité, Capabilité, Rétablissement), Ecole de Psychologues Praticiens, 23 rue Montparnasse, 75006 Paris, France
Blaire Morgan: School of Psychology, University of Worcester, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK
Christophe Leys: Centre de Recherche en Psychologie Sociale et Interculturelle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Ilios Kotsou: Centre de Recherche en Psychologie Sociale et Interculturelle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: Satisfaction with life as a judgmental cognitive process can be negatively influenced by appraisals of daily events such as hassles. Trait-gratitude—a tendency to appraise, recognize and respond to life events through being grateful—is a determinant of mental health and well-being, and has been shown to be related to the positive appraisal of life. The aim of the current study was to investigate the moderating role of trait-gratitude in the relationship between daily hassles and satisfaction with life. In the process of carrying out this study, the French version of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) was validated. A total of 328 French undergraduates completed questionnaires measuring gratitude, satisfaction with life, and daily hassles to test the main hypothesis. They also completed optimism, coping strategies, depression, and anxiety questionnaires in order to assess the convergent validity of the French version of the GQ-6. First, the results showed satisfactory psychometric properties of the Gratitude Questionnaire. Second, the results indicated the moderating role of trait-gratitude in the relationship between daily hassles disturbance and satisfaction with life. This study further documents the role of gratitude as a determinant of well-being and provides French-speaking clinicians and researchers with a useful tool to measure grateful disposition.

Keywords: gratitude; satisfaction with life; daily hassles; gratitude questionnaire; students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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