American Power linked to an article in the Wall Street Journal on the importance of having an attitude of gratitude. It seems that the "social scientists" are now getting interested in the subject. Several studies have been conducted, and the results are what you would expect.
One study found that
A 2013 study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin that tracked materialism in 355,000 high school seniors from 1976 to 2007 found that desire for lots of money has increased markedly since the mid-1970s, while willingness to work hard to earn it has decreased.Further, teens who strongly connected buying and owning things with success and happiness reported having lower GPAs, more depression and a more negative outlook. "Materialism had just the opposite effect as gratitude—almost like a mirror," says study co-author Jeffrey Froh, associate professor of psychology at Hofstra University.
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