Andrea Hussong is director of the Center for Developmental Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and a researcher involved in the Raising Grateful Children project. Here she explains what scientists know about ...

The Roman philosopher and statesman Cicero insisted that gratitude was “the parent of all the other virtues.” Cicero did not define gratitude as Mafia-like loyalty or mutual back-scratching. He was ...

If the concept of journaling feels daunting, perhaps just call it a gratitude list. Karl Tapales/Moment via Getty Images I am a social psychologist who runs the Positive Emotion and Social Behavior ...

Our world is quickly enveloped in negativity, but that attitude doesn’t help us. We need to be more grateful. Let’s define gratitude as being thankful and warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or ...

Practicing gratitude regularly can help you achieve happiness, but studies have shown that it can also give your relationship a boost. Dr. Sara Algoe, an associate professor of social psychology at ...

Several of the PR disasters I’ve examined most recently could have been solved or prevented with a single principle: gratitude. When companies lose gratitude for their customers, the holy grail of ...

Upon wanting or receiving something, parents of young children often find themselves asking their little ones a common question, “What do you say?” And we all know the answer. Either “please” or ...