Gratitude: A promising resource for well-being beyond personality traits in university students

In literature, an interest has emerged regarding research on the relationships between gratitude and well-being. In this framework, this study aimed to examine the associations between gratitude and both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, controlling for personality traits, in 143 Italian university students. Gratitude explained additional variance over personality traits for both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Gratitude represents a promising resource for well-being in strength-based prevention perspectives and thus could also open future perspectives in order to face the challenges of sustainability and sustainable development, particularly in relation to the third goal «good health and well-being» of the 2030 Agenda.