Giving a Simple “Thank You” Note May Boost Someone’s Emotional Well Being

Simple ‘Thank You’ Notes can boost someone’s emotional wellbeing, finds a new study.

Just by penning a “thank you” for someone, you can boost your their Emotional well being, finds a new study.

The study found that anxiety about what to say or fear of their gesture being misinterpreted caused many people to shy away from //expressing genuine gratitude.

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‘When the Recipients were asked how they felt when they received the thank you note, they said they felt surprised and positive ’

"What we saw is that it only takes a couple of minutes to compose letters like these, thoughtful ones and sincere ones," said Amit Kumar, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas (UT) in Austin.

"It comes at little cost, but the benefits are larger than people expect," he added.

For the study, published in the journal Psychological Science, the team asked the participants -- in three different experiments -- to write a letter of gratitude to someone who's done something nice for them and then anticipate the recipient's reaction.

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In each experiment, the underestimated how surprised and positive recipients would feel.

Writers overestimated how awkward recipients would feel about the gesture and "What we found is that predictions or expectations of that awkwardness, that anticipation of how a recipient would feel -- those are the things that matter when people are deciding whether to express gratitude or not," Kumar said.

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Kumar noted that what is significant about the research and its results is that thank you notes and letters of gratitude should be written and sent more often.

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