Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Putanga: Kua whakaatuhia hoki te mauruuru ki te whakapai ake i nga ahuatanga o te tangata. Ko tētahi rangahau i whakahaerehia e David DeSteno rāua ko Monica Bartlett (2010) i kitea he pātahi te mauruuru ki te atawhai ohaoha. I roto i tēnei rangahau, mā te whakamahi i tētahi kēmu ohaoha, i whakaaturia he nui ake te whakawhetai ki te whakawhitiwhiti tika i te nui ake o te tuku moni. Mai i enei hua, ko tenei rangahau e whakaatu ana ko nga tangata mauruuru ka nui ake te tuku i nga hua takitahi mo te painga o te hapori (DeSteno & Bartlett, 2010). He rangahau i whakahaerehia e McCullough, Emmons, & Tsang, (2002) i kitea nga hononga rite i waenga i te mauruuru me te aroha, te atawhai, me te awhina.  Pātai: He aha te take o te pikinga o te hoatu moni?
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