T hanksgiving is deeply ingrained in North American culture, often associated with family gatherings, delicious food, and expressions of gratitude. But the history Thanksgiving also intertwined colonialism, oppression, violence against Indigenous peoples. It crucial that children’s librarians take steps to decolonize promote a more accurate inclusive understanding holiday. The lived experiences...

As a character strength, gratitude is linked with positive emotions and can potentially provide many benefits to children adolescents. Yet little known about how why typically experience gratitude, promote its development. We conducted 10 focus groups written exercises 38 Colombian fifth-graders (19 girls 19 boys), from one public school two private schools, explore different components of thei...

Studies showed that gratitude can be used as an approach to prevent adolescent mental health problems. The concept of was generally refered a from Western culture or applied adults. This study aimed explore the in early adolescents using qualitative methods. Respondents consisted 22 boys and 45 girls aged 12 15 years. instrument open-ended questionnaire about meanings, objects, forms expression...

People's ideologies in various Western and Eastern countries influence language use, including acknowledgment writing. This qualitative study attempts to establish the acknowledgments of student's final projects using a critical discourse approach. ideology was examined through 57 student theses from eastern (Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore) written Indonesian English. In compariso...

Although gratitude is important to the good life, little is known about factors that enhance gratitude. Some have suggested that traumatic events such as near-death experiences and life-threatening illnesses might enhance gratitude. If reflecting on death causes one to appreciate life as a limited resource, this might enhance gratitude. This study investigated this theory. Participants were ran...

Li Yang, Kansas State University This study explored the effectiveness of a self-access website as a tool to teach expressions of gratitude to learners of Mandarin Chinese. The web-based instruction included explicit instruction on how to express gratitude appropriately in Mandarin and various consciousness-raising exercises/activities. Two groups of learners who differed in their proficiency i...