Gratitude develops over the course of childhood and adolescence. However, the processes involved are largely unknown. We propose that cultural context may play an important role in gratitude development. As a whole, this special issue examines cultural influences on the development of gratitude. In this article, we focus on the development of gratitude in the United States. According to Kağıtçıbaşı, the United States would demonstrate features of autonomy and separateness. We describe the culture of the United States and Greensboro, North Carolina, specifically. To examine gratitude development in the United States, we recruited 426 children between 7 and 14 years of age (M = 10.23 years) in Greensboro, North Carolina. In this sample, we found that older children were more likely to express connective gratitude and also to save their money. It is important to understand the features of culture that encourages the expression of gratitude.

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感恩在美国的发展

感恩是在童年和青春期发展起来的。然而，所涉及的过程在很大程度上是未知的。我们认为文化背景可能在感恩发展中发挥重要作用。总的来说，本期特刊探讨了文化对感恩发展的影响。在这篇文章中，我们关注感恩在美国的发展。根据 Kağıtçıbaşı 的说法，美国将展示自治和独立的特征。我们特别描述了美国和北卡罗来纳州格林斯博罗的文化。为了检查美国的感恩发展，我们在北卡罗来纳州格林斯博罗招募了 426 名 7 至 14 岁（M = 10.23 岁）的儿童。在这个样本中，我们发现年龄较大的孩子更有可能表达对彼此的感激之情，也更有可能存钱。