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Previous studies have found contrastive relationships between individual status and gratitude.
While some suggest a positive relationship, others claim it to be negative. The current study examined
two types of individual status, dominance and prestige, and investigated their relationships with trait
gratitude. A total of 502 crowdsourcing workers responded to the questionnaire. As a result, prestige
status had a positive relation with trait gratitude, while dominant status correlated negatively when
the effect of prestige status was controlled, supporting our hypothesis. Finally, these relations were
significant even after controlling for other personality traits (Big-five). Interpretation of the contrastive
relationships of the two status and gratitude were discussed.