Research on the Connections Between Emotions and Gratitude

Yishu Ma

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/11/20230709

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Ma,Y. (2023). Research on the Connections Between Emotions and Gratitude. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,11,36-41.

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Research on the Connections Between Emotions and Gratitude

Yishu Ma *^,1,

¹ RDFZ Chaoyang Branch School

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/11/20230709

Abstract

This paper mainly studies relationship between emotions and gratitude. This paper analyzes the relevant data through questionnaires. The three main groups of data are the comparison between females and males, positive emotions and gratitude, and negative emotions with gratitude. It was concluded that the p-value between negative emotions and gratitudes is 0.5071, and between females and males is 0.8548. They are both bigger than 0.05 which means both of them are not significant. As for positive emotions and gratitude, the p-value is 0.0237, which is less than 0.05, so this is significant. The conclusion drawn is there is a relationship between positive emotions and gratitude.

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positive emotions, negative emotions, gratitudes, high school students

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Ma,Y. (2023). Research on the Connections Between Emotions and Gratitude. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,11,36-41.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries

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ISBN：978-1-83558-047-9(Print) / 978-1-83558-048-6(Online)

Conference date: 7 August 2023

Editor：Enrique Mallen, Javier Cifuentes-Faura

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Volume number: Vol.11

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