The purpose of the master's thesis was to determine, whether there is an important relation between experiencing gratitude in the individual, reciprocity and cooperatation with partner and his or her determination to stay in a partnership. We also wanted to ascertain whether the primary family has an important impact on the perception of gratitude in the individual. To conduct our empirical research, we have combined 6 different questionnaires or scales, namely: The Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation questionnaire (GRAT), Kansas marital satisfaction scale, Determination to remain in relationship scale, Reciprocity and cooperation between partners scale (which is one part of the Emotional competencies questionnaire), as well as the translated and adapted version of the Parental assessment of the child's gratitude questionnaire. Our study involved 153 participants, who all were in a partnership relationship during the research period. We have found that those individuals, who experience higher level of gratitude, are not necessarily more satisfied in their partnership, which might be a consequence of the sample itself, which included mostly individuals, who are satisfied with their relationship. On the other hand, we obtained an important connection between individuals who experience higher level of gratitude that are more determined to stay in a partnership, are more reciprocal and cooperate more with their partner. We have witnessed a statistically non-significant correlation between experiencing gratitude among individuals and their fathers, whereas a correlation between experiencing gratitude among individuals and their mothers has turned out to be statistically significant according to the GRAT questionnaire. The correlation between experiencing gratitude among individuals and their mother and the sub-dimension of absence of the feeling of being deprived has turned out to be statistically significant.
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