@article{oai:glim-re.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004832,
 author = {Belinda, T. Conde and Gabriel  Archemedez Y. Flores},
 issue = {6},
 journal = {The Gakushuin Journal of International Studies},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The present study intended to disclose the concepts included in pasasalamat or gratitude as it is associated with two other elements of Filipino ethics, namely, the concepts of loob or holistic and relational will, and kapwa or shared self, shared identity, or self-in-the-other （Reyes, 2015）. The study used the principles of quantitative and qualitative research. It blended results of a 4- stage study analysis to understand and describe gratitude. The qualitative data was analyzed using Moustakas’ modification of Van Kaam’s phenomenological analysis. The study is participated by 507 Filipino college students coming from the National Capital region （NCR）. Results of the study showed that gratitude, as relationship-building cycle that recognizes the recipient and donor, discloses the dignity, honor and identity of the human person. It highlighted the connection of pasasalamat （gratitude） with positive inner-debt-of-gratitude （utang na loob）. Gratitude as choice is the expression of kapwa, pagkatao （personhood）, pagpupugay （honor）, dangal （dignity）, kalooban （inner self） and kagandahang loob （inner goodness）. These are values that make positive reading of utang （debt） and hiya （shame） - important elements of pasasalamat. As a personal response to a kagandahang loob, the practice of gratitude defines and determines the manner by which the co-participants live and express their personal values. Gratitude modified and changed the respondents’ perspectives. Gratitude is their source of pride. It identifies and diversifies a person in his or her specific sector or specialization. The novelty of study is in the use of the dynamics of virtue ethics, adopted from the work of same Reyes （2015）, in describing gratitude. Ethics, taken in this sense, is not just interested with standards and criteria morality. Virtue ethics considers values as associated with the growth and maturity of individuals – inalienable subjects of morality. The nature of gratitude or pasasalamat is then seen within the existential web of associated virtue-expressions.},
 pages = {39--76},
 title = {Gratitude among Filipino College Students},
 year = {2020}
}