TY  - EJOU
AU  - Yang, Liying Zhang, Lijun 

TI  - Longitudinal Relationship between Gratitude and Benign/Malicious Envy: Evidence from a Cross-Lagged Analysis
T2  - International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

PY  - 2022
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
SN  - 2049-8543

AB  - Though prior research has identified that gratitude is associated with benign/malicious envy (BeMaS). The purpose of this study was to explore the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among Chinese adolescents. The two-wave study, in which 906 adolescents participated, includes measurements of gratitude and
BeMaS. We employed the structural equation models to test the cross-lagged effect between trait gratitude and
BeMaS. The results showed that gratitude could positively predict benign envy and could negatively predict malicious envy. Besides, there was no evidence for the reverse or reciprocal relationships between gratitude and
BeMaS. The findings provide further evidence about the causal relationship between gratitude and BeMaS among
adolescents. Moreover, these results have implications for gratitude interventions that promote the constructive
meaning of envy and reduce the negative influence of envy.
KW  - Cross-lagged analysis; gratitude; benign envy; malicious envy

DO  - 10.32604/ijmhp.2022.018640