Youth Athletes Gratitude Study, 2019

Participants: 504 youth athletes from 17 high schools across Taiwan initially participated in the multi-wave study. The number of participants at each wave of assessment varied across timepoints due to attrition. At Wave 1, the mean age of participants was 15.29 years (SD = 0.48), and the athletes engaged in 28 different sports. Procedure: Participants filled out questionnaires on their general gratitude and gratitude towards sports throughout their high school life (i.e., six semesters across four years). The Gratitude Questionnaire-Taiwan version (GQ-T; Chen et al., 2009) was used to assess dispositional gratitude, whereas the Gratitude Questionnaire-Sport (GQ-S; Chen and Kee, 2008) was used to assess gratitude within the context of sports. Both scales were derived from the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ; McCullough et al., 2002) and have shown consistent reliability and validity in previous studies. Additional information about the participants, procedure, and scales used can be found in the related publications listed below. This study was approved by the National Taiwan University review board (201712ES027).