{"id":11888,"date":"2024-12-10T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=11888"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:30:20","slug":"late-gifts-are-not-as-harmful-to-relationships-as-believed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/late-gifts-are-not-as-harmful-to-relationships-as-believed\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Gifts Are Not As Harmful to Relationships As Believed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A recent study finds that late gifts are not as damaging to relationships as people might think. Researchers at Ohio State University reveal that recipients are more forgiving than givers anticipate.<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dfbf163 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-size:16px;\" class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">The University Network<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal uagb-block-ee584a31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-ec619ce7\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"facebook\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.8 90.69 226.4 209.3 245V327.7h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.3 482.4 504 379.8 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-32d99934\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"twitter\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share-child uagb-ss-repeater uagb-ss__wrapper uagb-block-1d136f14\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"linkedin\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Feeling guilty about sending a belated gift? A new study, <a href=\"https:\/\/myscp.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jcpy.1446\" title=\"\">published<\/a> in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, offers some comforting news: recipients aren\u2019t nearly as upset about late gifts as givers assume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at The Ohio State University\u2019s Fisher College of Business discovered that the anxiety surrounding late gifts is largely unnecessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGo ahead and send that late gift, because it doesn\u2019t seem to bother most people as much as givers fear,\u201d lead author Cory Haltman, a doctoral student in marketing at the Fisher College, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.osu.edu\/giving-a-gift-better-late-than-never-study-finds\/\" title=\"\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through six comprehensive studies, Haltman and his team unraveled the difference between the perceived and actual importance of gift punctuality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A survey highlighted that 65% of Americans believe that holiday or birthday gifts should arrive on time. However, the study reveals a more nuanced reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA majority of U.S. consumers seem to think that gifts should be given on time \u2013 but our study shows that there\u2019s more to the story,\u201d co-author Rebecca Reczek, a professor of marketing at the Fisher College, said in the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one of the studies, undergraduate students envisioned both giving and receiving a late birthday gift \u2014 a pint of ice cream arriving either promptly or two weeks late. The results were telling: those who imagined giving the late gift feared it would damage their relationship more than those who imagined receiving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another notable insight was that gift givers worried that a late present could signal a lack of care for the recipient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the key social functions of gift giving is to communicate care for the gift recipient, so it is not surprising that people fear a negative impact on their relationship if they are late with their present,\u201d Reczek added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to these fears, most recipients didn\u2019t interpret a late gift as a sign of negligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey didn\u2019t see a late gift as signaling a lack of care. They were more forgiving than those giving late gifts thought they would be,\u201d Haltman added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The perception of lateness even affected the type of gifts given. When the participants imagined their gift being late, they preferred to assemble a personalized gift basket rather than opting for a pre-made one, believing that extra effort could compensate for tardiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople felt that if they put extra effort into the gift, made it more personalized, that can make up for it being late,\u201d Reczek added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But how late is too late? When the participants considered gifts given two days, two weeks or two months late, both givers and receivers agreed that greater delays could harm relationships. Interestingly, recipients consistently perceived the harm to be less severe than givers did. However, both groups concurred that not giving a gift at all would be the most damaging to a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLate is definitely better than never when it comes to giving a gift,\u201d added Haltman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, while timely gifts are ideal, the study suggests that the anxiety over late gifts is often misplaced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re late giving a gift, put yourself in the role of receiving a late gift. Based on our results, we believe that should reduce your worry that the lateness is going to be harmful to your relationship,\u201d Reczek added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The take-home message? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust make sure you give the gift,\u201d Haltman concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling guilty about sending a belated gift? A new study, published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, offers some comforting news: recipients aren\u2019t nearly as upset about late gifts as givers assume. Researchers at The Ohio State University\u2019s Fisher College of Business discovered that the anxiety surrounding late gifts is largely unnecessary. \u201cGo ahead and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-no-separators","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-culture"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"The University Network","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/author\/funky_junkie\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Feeling guilty about sending a belated gift? 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