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.
美國塔拉哈西佛羅里達州立大學的研究人員開展的一系列研究表明,簡單的一聲“謝謝”對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》上發(fā)表的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),說“謝謝”能讓表達感謝的人覺得自己考慮到了對方的感受,進而能夠增進人際關系。
To understand how expressing gratitude helps strengthen relationships, the researchers conducted three different studies.
為了弄清表達感謝究竟是如何促進人際關系的問題,研究人員開展了三項不同的研究。