Sociodemographic Variation in Gratitude Using a Cross-National Analysis with 22 Countries.

ABSTRACT: We used nationally representative data from the first wave of the Global Flourishing Study (N = 202,898) to (1) explore the distribution of gratitude in 22 geographically and culturally diverse countries and (2) identify potential differences in mean gratitude across nine sociodemographic characteristics, including age, gender, marital status, employment status, years of education, immigrant status, frequency of religious service attendance, religious affiliation, and racial/ethnic identity. Our descriptive analysis supported substantial variation in gratitude across countries. The highest mean gratitude was in Indonesia (M = 8.93, SD = 1.76), whereas the lowest was in Japan (M = 5.81, SD = 2.25). We estimated country-level descriptive statistics for gratitude in each sociodemograph

SUBMITTER: Okuzono SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12518394 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature