Gratitude Questionnaire – 6

What it measures

Measures the disposition to experience gratitude — the tendency to recognise and appreciate the positive in life, to feel grateful for benefits received from others, and to respond to such benefits with gratitude. Captures gratitude intensity, frequency, span, and density. Brief and freely available.

Representative items

• I have so much in life to be thankful for.
• If I had to list everything that I felt grateful for, it would be a very long list.
• When I look at the world, I don't see much to be grateful for. (R)
• I am grateful to a wide variety of people.
• As I get older I find myself more able to appreciate the people, events, and situations that have been part of my life.

Citation

McCullough, M.E., Emmons, R.A., & Tsang, J.A. (2002). The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(1), 112–127.