Gratitude Beyond Expectations: Novel Extensions and Counterintuitive Results

Gratitude has many well-documented positive intrapersonal and interpersonal effects; this gratitude research extends gratitude’s range. Through diverse theoretical, methodological, and contextual approaches this symposium offers novel and counterintuitive results. Gratitude increases self-control and delay of gratification, elicits selfish responses in competitive contexts, and, surprisingly for evolutionary approaches, promotes helping strangers.