Correlation between gratitude and the tendency of prosocial behavior in medical students

Objective To explore the correlation between gratitude and the tendency of prosocial behavior in medical students. Methods Scale of college students' gratitude and the prosocial tendencies measure were adopted to investigate 320 medical students. Results (1) The gratitude of medical students had statistically significant difference in sex ((52.55±10.69) vs (59.30±5.69)) and grades ((52.12±9.15), (55.31±8.76), (60.38±6.52), (56.61±9.74), t=-6.700, F=12.134, P 0.05). (2) The prosocial behavior of medical students had statistical significantly difference in sex ((74.42±20.43) vs (80.94±12.00)), grades ((68.72±15.60), (77.58±15.65), (81.88±12.66), (84.26±18.99)) and whether only child ((75.32±20.63) vs (79.98±12.68), t=3.163, F=13.852, t=-2.180, P<0.05). (3) The gratitude and prosocial behavior of medical students was positively correlated (r=0.585, P<0.01). Conclusion The gratitude is positively correlated with prosocial behavior of medical students. Key words: Medical students; Gratitude; Tendency of prosocial behavior