Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 3-3-2024

Abstract

Research demonstrates benefits of gratitude, ranging from health to behavior. Interventions can increase it, but gratitude also has trait-like properties. Although investigations of gratitude control for personality, the relationship of gratitude and other personality traits can provide insight into the nature of gratitude. We systematically searched PsycINFO, PsycArticles, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science according for empirical articles published in English prior to February 8, 2024. Out of 43 included studies, we examined thirty published studies that included correlations between gratitude and the dimension of the Big Five. Confidence intervals computed across studies suggest that gratitude is related with each dimension of the Big Five, with personality accounting for between 1.8% (neuroticism) and 8.6% (agreeableness) of the variance in gratitude. Additional analyses that examined how gratitude was measured suggest that measurement of gratitude moderates the association between gratitude and openness but not between gratitude and other personality traits. Results are discussed in terms of implications for the nature of gratitude. It is hoped that this collaborative project between librarian and faculty will serve as a model, encouraging more librarians to participate in systematic reviews and meta-analysis projects.

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