Category
Poster - Applied
Description
Grace and gratitude to God have recently emerged as prevalent topics within positive psychology for their benefits such as mental, physical, and relational well-being. However, the relationship between these two concepts has been neglected in empirical research. The current study aims to address this gap in the literature and investigate how Christian and non-Christian lay populations perceive divine grace and gratitude to God. This study attempts to address an additional gap in the literature by comparing both Christian and non-Christian perceptions of grace and gratitude to God, since most current research is heavily limited to Christian populations. Modified consensual qualitative analysis (CQR-M) was used to analyze 100 random written narratives each from a Christian and non-Christian sample (N = 200). These written narratives were gathered through Qualtrics online surveys that asked six open-ended questions assessing participants’ ideas, definitions, and personal experiences of divine grace and their potential method, purpose, and benefits of expressing gratitude to God. For each of the two samples, a team of three coders met to analyze and coded the participants’ responses. Using consensual qualitative research methods allowed the researchers to extract a holistic analysis of participants’ perceptions and interpretations of the topics. Findings would provide a greater understanding of how both Christian and non-Christian populations perceive divine grace and express gratitude to God.
The Perceptions and Experiences of Divine Grace and Gratitude to God among Christian and Non-Christian Populations: A Consensual Qualitative Research-Modified Approach
Poster - Applied
Grace and gratitude to God have recently emerged as prevalent topics within positive psychology for their benefits such as mental, physical, and relational well-being. However, the relationship between these two concepts has been neglected in empirical research. The current study aims to address this gap in the literature and investigate how Christian and non-Christian lay populations perceive divine grace and gratitude to God. This study attempts to address an additional gap in the literature by comparing both Christian and non-Christian perceptions of grace and gratitude to God, since most current research is heavily limited to Christian populations. Modified consensual qualitative analysis (CQR-M) was used to analyze 100 random written narratives each from a Christian and non-Christian sample (N = 200). These written narratives were gathered through Qualtrics online surveys that asked six open-ended questions assessing participants’ ideas, definitions, and personal experiences of divine grace and their potential method, purpose, and benefits of expressing gratitude to God. For each of the two samples, a team of three coders met to analyze and coded the participants’ responses. Using consensual qualitative research methods allowed the researchers to extract a holistic analysis of participants’ perceptions and interpretations of the topics. Findings would provide a greater understanding of how both Christian and non-Christian populations perceive divine grace and express gratitude to God.
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Undergraduate