Abstract

ALARCON, Reynaldo  and  MORALES DE ISASI, Carmen. Relationship between Gratitude and Personality Variables. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2012, vol.2, n.2, pp.699-712. ISSN 2007-4719.

The probability of a relationship between gratitude and personality is approached in this paper. Gratitude has been measured by the Scale of Gratitude, developed by the first author, and personality variables has been measured with the Inventory of Personality NEO PI-R, from P.T. Costa & R.R. McCrae. We find a high positive correlation between gratitude and the factor A. Agreeableness (r =293; p<.01), five facets contribute to this association: Trust, Straightforwardness, Tender mindedness, Altruism and Compliance with correlations statistically significant strong and moderate. Gratitude has a narrow and positive correlation with factor C. Conscientiousness (r = .221; p<.01); three facets of this factor: Dutifulness, Order and Competence, they contribute decisively to the associative nexus. The relationship between Gratitude and Neuroticism are negative (r = -.149; p<.05). The second problem was identified the personality variables that maximize the prediction of the gratitude. The Multiple Regression Analysis "stepwise", it identified two facets: "trust" and "sense of duty". All together, these explain 11.70% of total gratitude variance. These are the variables of personality that, with more vigor, can predict the gratitude.

Keywords : Gratitude; Personality; Variables; Correlations; Prediction.

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