Gratitude to God - Cross-Sectional, 2021

Participants and Procedure: There are 493 participants from the United States collected through Prolific Academic. Average age was 34.63. Gender included 43.0% men, 54.8% women, 1.8% nonbinary, and .4% preferred not to say. For ethnicity, 64.9 were White, 12.8% were Asian, 11.2% were Black, 7.7% were Hispanic, .8% were Middle Eastern, .4% were Native American, and 2.2% reported another ethnicity. For religious affiliation, 28.2% were Catholic, 19.3% were Protestant, 14.4% were Evangelical Christian, 13% were an "Other" religion that was typical of a more specific denomination of Christianity, 9.1% reported no formal religious affiliation, 4.7% were Agnostic, 3.4% were Jewish, 3.4% were Buddhist, 2.8% were Atheist, 2.6% were Islamic, and 2.2% were Hindu. Measures: Participants were asked questions about gratitude to God, a romantic partner, a friend, parent, and mentor. They were also asked follow up questions about their motivation to pay gratitude to these targets back or forward, and their relationship with each target. Other measures include political orientation, religious devotion, religious behavior, prayer motivation, prosocial behavior and motivation, motivation to develop character, Big 5 personality, self esteem, depression, anxiety, meaning in life, life satisfaction, awe, and other emotions (DES). The study was approved by the University of Toronto undergraduate ethics board.