Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation Test.

GRAT / S-GRAT

What it measures

Dispositional gratitude across three facets - Lack of a Sense of Deprivation (low resentment/entitlement), Simple Appreciation (of simple pleasures), and Appreciation of Others (and expressing it).

Length and format

44 (original); 16 (S-GRAT / GRAT short form; revised short GRAT-RS also 16). Likert agreement (original 5-pt; some versions/scoring use up to 9-pt) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Adapted into several languages (e.g. ES, ZH, and others)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Watkins, P. C., Woodward, K., Stone, T., & Kolts, R. L. (2003). Gratitude and happiness: Development of a measure of gratitude, and relationships with subjective well-being. Social Behavior and Personality, 31(5), 431-451.