GRATITUDE PRACTICES AND RESILIENCE BUILDING: A SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP
Abstract
Gratitude is an important life skill that adds value and meaning to people’s life. Over the years gratitude interventions have become very common. Gratitude practices are encouraged in schools, colleges, universities and in offices. Literature is full of evidences that how helpful gratitude is in one’s own life and for others. Yet, researchers have less focused on how gratitude interventions help individuals during adversity. The study intents to understand the relationship between practicing gratitude on the development of resilience. The current research is a systematic review of six intervention based studies that explains the influence of gratitude interventions on resilience. The data was selected by following PRISMA guidelines and the inclusion criteria of the study. The analysis proved the two of the study hypothesis to be true.
Keywords: Gratitude, Intervention, Resilience, Systematic Analysis