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Gratitude is a generalized tendency to recognize and respond with grateful emotions to the benefits which a person receives from others or god. People who have high levels of gratitude disposition are good at recognizing the roles of other people’s benevolence, feeling thankfulness, and expressing appreciation to others. According to previous studies, gender and religion have important effects on the level of gratitude disposition. So the purpose of this research was to identify the effects of gender and religion on adolescent's gratitude. The subjects were 981 students who enrolled in 5 high schools located in Busan. The results showed that female students, compared with male, have greater gratitude disposition and religious students have higher levels of gratitude disposition than non-religious students. However, there was no interaction effect of gender and religion.