Gratitude provides many advantages throughout development. This study provides a comprehensive review of research on gratitude, with a focus on understanding how it is adaptive in human development. Mounting evidence shows that gratitude is advantageous because it helps reduce antisocial behavior and pathology, protects from stress, promotes physical and mental health, improves social functioning and interpersonal relationships, and supports resilience across the lifespan. We argue that gratitude is foundational for human development and that its advantages motivate self-improvement in people and enable them to work more effectively in social environments to achieve important goals. The review closes with a focus on current issues in assessment, methods, and interventions, as research in these areas will help advance empirical understanding of gratitude’s role in human development and help inform better interventions. Overall, gratitude helps individuals find meaning and coherence in life so that they can improve themselves and elevate others.

在整个开发过程中，感恩提供了许多优势。这项研究提供了有关感恩研究的全面综述，重点是了解感恩是如何适应人类发展的。越来越多的证据表明，感激之情是有利的，因为它有助于减少反社会行为和病态，保护自己免受压力，促进身心健康，改善社会功能和人际关系并在整个生命周期中保持韧性。我们认为，感恩是人类发展的基础，而感恩的优势可以激励人们自我完善，并使他们能够在社会环境中更有效地工作，以实现重要目标。审查结束时重点关注评估，方法和干预措施中的当前问题，这些领域的研究将有助于增进对感恩在人类发展中作用的实证研究，并有助于更好地进行干预。总体而言，感恩可以帮助个人找到生活中的意义和连贯性，从而使自己得以改善并提升他人。