Simply saying "thank you" may benefit both the recipient and the person who express gratitude, according to the results of studies conducted by researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
美國(guó)塔拉哈西佛羅里達(dá)州立大學(xué)的研究人員開展的一系列研究表明,簡(jiǎn)單的一聲“謝謝”對(duì)致謝人和被感謝的人都有好處。
The studies, published in the latest issue of Psychological Science, found that saying "thank you" strengthens relationships by causing the person expressing thanks to feel more responsible for the recipient's welfare.
這些在最新一期《心理科學(xué)》上發(fā)表的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),說“謝謝”能讓表達(dá)感謝的人覺得自己考慮到了對(duì)方的感受,進(jìn)而能夠增進(jìn)人際關(guān)系。
To understand how expressing gratitude helps strengthen relationships, the researchers conducted three different studies.
為了弄清表達(dá)感謝究竟是如何促進(jìn)人際關(guān)系的問題,研究人員開展了三項(xiàng)不同的研究。