Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but little vigorous, empirical research. This volume examines what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. Foreword v Robert C. Solomon Contributors xv The Psychology of Gratitude: An Introduction 3(16) Robert A. Emmons PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Gratitude in the History of Ideas 19(18) Edward J. Harpham Gratitude in Judaism 37(21) Solomon Schimmel The Blessings of Gratitude: A Conceptual Analysis 58(23) Robert C. Roberts PART II: SOCIAL, PERSONALITY, AND DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES TO GRATITUDE Gratitude in Modern Life: Its Manifestations and Development 81(19) Dan P. McAdams Jack J. Bauer The Gratitude of Exchange and the Gratitude of Caring: A Developmental-Interactionist Perspective of Moral Emotion 100(23) Ross Buck Parent of the Virtues? The Prosocial Contours of Gratitude 123(22) Michael E. McCullough Jo-Ann Tsang PART III: PERSPECTIVES FROM EMOTION THEORY Gratitude, Like Other Positive Emotions, Broadens and Builds 145(22) Barbara L. Fredrickson Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being 167(28) Philip C. Watkins PART IV: PERSPECTIVES FROM ANTHROPOLOGY AND BIOLOGY Gratitude and Gift Exchange 195(18) Aafke Elisabeth Komter Primate Social Reciprocity and the Origin of Gratitude 213(17) Kristin E. Bonnie Frans B. M. de Waal The Grateful Heart: The Psychophysiology of Appreciation 230(27) Rollin McCraty Doc Childre PART V: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Gratitude: Considerations from a Moral Perspective 257(25) Charles M. Shelton Gratitude as Thankfulness and as Gratefulness 282(9) David Steindl-Rast Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Psychological Research on Gratitude 291(52) Jo-Ann Tsang Michael E. McCullough Index 343