a Department of Psychology , National University of Ireland Maynooth , Maynooth , Ireland.
b Department of Psychology , University of Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
Psychol Health Med. 2018 Oct;23(9):1145-1150. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2018.1469782. Epub 2018 Apr 29.
There is now a growing body of research demonstrating the physical health benefits of being grateful. However, research has only just began to explore the mechanisms accounting for this gratitude-health relationship. This study examines the relationship between dispositional gratitude and self-reported physical health symptoms, and explores whether this relationship is explained through reduced levels of perceived loneliness and stress. This study employed a cross-sectional design with a sample of 607 healthy adults. Serial mediation analysis revealed that the positive effect of gratitude on physical health was significantly mediated by lower reported levels of perceived loneliness and stress. These findings are important given evidence that gratitude can be cultivated, and may serve to buffer against stress and loneliness and improve somatic health symptoms in the general population.
现在有越来越多的研究表明感恩对身体健康有益。然而，研究才刚刚开始探索解释这种感恩与健康关系的机制。本研究考察了性格感恩与自我报告的身体健康症状之间的关系，并探讨了这种关系是否可以通过降低感知孤独感和压力水平来解释。本研究采用横断面设计，样本为 607 名健康成年人。序列中介分析显示，感恩对身体健康的积极影响主要通过降低报告的感知孤独感和压力感来介导。鉴于感恩可以培养的证据，这些发现很重要，并且可能有助于缓冲压力和孤独感，改善普通人群的躯体健康症状。
