Grateful expectations: Cultural differences in the curvilinear association between age and gratitude

Recent research suggests that the association between age and gratitude might be curvilinear—despite ostensibly being higher in middle-age, it lower older adulthood. It is unclear if this curvilinear pattern of differences found other samples whether its manifestation depends on contextual (i.e., national/cultural) characteristics. The current study examined cultural variation effect a sample over 4.5 million participants from 88 countries. Participants countries with levels human development, shorter-term orientation, indulgence reported gratitude. Cultural moderation effects were very small, suggesting may relatively comparable across cultures.