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Can gratitude and indebtedness be studied together?
What is the difference between gratitude and indebtedness?
Are gratitude and indebtedness associated with different behavioural consequences?
Does gratitude elicit indebtedness?
The current answer to this question varies depending on the researcher’s field of study. Disciplines such as psychology and sociology have recognized the operational, concep-tual, and practical differences between gratitude and indebtedness (Mathews & Green 2010; Tsang 2006; Watkins et al. 2006).
- Brent L. Baker, Chase J. Edwards
- 2018
gratitude and indebtedness occurs in sequential order (gratitude occurs first, then indebtedness). In other words, indebtedness does not occur at the moment the benefactor gives help.
Gratitude and indebtedness are not only different from each other, but they lead to very different behaviors. When you feel gratitude, you want to seek out your benefactor and improve your relationship with them; you experience positive feelings, such as happiness, thankfulness, and contentment.
Though both gratitude and indebtedness are emotions generated from helping others, the beneficiary’s gratitude feelings can be easily produced when the benefactor has no purposes, has low expectations of returns, is selfless, sincere, and voluntary. Conversely, indebtedness may be produced.
Jul 18, 2017 · Specifically, gratitude was associated with factors related to the concern for relational value (that is by the intentionality and the perceived benefits of the favour), while indebtedness was associated with factors related to the concern for equity (i.e. the perceived costs of the favour).
- Cong Peng, Rob M. A. Nelissen, Marcel Zeelenberg
- 2018
Feb 1, 2006 · We investigated the relationship between the emotional states of gratitude and indebtedness in two studies. Although many have suggested that these affects are essentially equivalent, we...
Mar 1, 2023 · While gratitude is a positive emotion generated after receiving a benefit, indebtedness is a negative feeling in which an individual feels uncomfortable and desires to repay the person from whom the benefit was received.
