Changing Gratification Orientations

Some Findings From the Out Island Bahamas

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ID2498063
AuthorsW Rodgers (0000-0003-4349-5667), Wendy M Rodgers (0000-0002-7463-2030, corresponding author)
Year1967
Volume26
Issue4
Pages200-205
Publication date1967-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/humo.26.4.07802115t1023n2v
OpenAlexW2054899647
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

Various studies have been focused on the relative abilities of individuals or groups to delay gratification. Cultural factors have often been found to influence the frequency of the administration of self-rewards. Other factors have been explored as well: Mischel found that Trinidadian delinquents were less likely to delay rewards than nondelinquents. Holmberg attributes the Siriono inability to delay gratification to a chronic shortage of food; Mischel and D'Andrade found that children who came from father-absent households were likely to choose smaller, more immediate rewards rather than to postpone gratification in order to obtain larger rewards. The present study attempts to extend these findings by examining the effect of such factors as changing environments, loss of prediction, and relative age on the tendencies of groups to delay gratification

Economic geography · Geography · Gratification · Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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