| Awe activates religious and spiritual feelings and behavioral intentions. P Van Cappellen, V Saroglou Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 4 (3), 223, 2012 | 464 | 2012 |
| Religion and well-being: The mediating role of positive emotions P Van Cappellen, M Toth-Gauthier, V Saroglou, BL Fredrickson Journal of Happiness studies 17, 485-505, 2016 | 422 | 2016 |
| Positive affective processes underlie positive health behaviour change P Van Cappellen, EL Rice, LI Catalino, BL Fredrickson Psychology & health 33 (1), 77-97, 2018 | 367 | 2018 |
| Self-transcendent positive emotions increase spirituality through basic world assumptions P Van Cappellen, V Saroglou, C Iweins, M Piovesana, BL Fredrickson Cognition & emotion 27 (8), 1378-1394, 2013 | 267 | 2013 |
| “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening”: Religious priming activates submissive thoughts and behaviors V Saroglou, O Corneille, P Van Cappellen The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 19 (3), 143-154, 2009 | 225 | 2009 |
| Positive emotion correlates of meditation practice: A comparison of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation BL Fredrickson, AJ Boulton, AM Firestine, P Van Cappellen, SB Algoe, ... Mindfulness 8, 1623-1633, 2017 | 213 | 2017 |
| Positive emotions and self-transcendence P Van Cappellen, B Rimé Religion, personality, and social behavior, 123-145, 2013 | 114 | 2013 |
| Beyond mere compliance to authoritative figures: Religious priming increases conformity to informational influence among submissive people P Van Cappellen, O Corneille, S Cols, V Saroglou The international journal for the psychology of religion 21 (2), 97-105, 2011 | 112 | 2011 |
| A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being S Hoogeveen, A Sarafoglou, B Aczel, Y Aditya, AJ Alayan, PJ Allen, ... Religion, Brain & Behavior 13 (3), 237-283, 2023 | 97 | 2023 |
| Religiosity and prosocial behavior among churchgoers: Exploring underlying mechanisms P Van Cappellen, V Saroglou, M Toth-Gauthier The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 26 (1), 19-30, 2016 | 90 | 2016 |
| Effects of oxytocin administration on spirituality and emotional responses to meditation P Van Cappellen, BM Way, SF Isgett, BL Fredrickson Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 11 (10), 1579-1587, 2016 | 89 | 2016 |
| Awe activates religious and spiritual feelings and behavioral intentions. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 4 (3), 223–236 P Van Cappellen, V Saroglou | 88 | 2012 |
| Upward spirals of positive emotions and religious behaviors P Van Cappellen, ME Edwards, BL Fredrickson Current Opinion in Psychology 40, 92-98, 2021 | 71 | 2021 |
| Rethinking self-transcendent positive emotions and religion: Insights from psychological and biblical research. P Van Cappellen Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 9 (3), 254, 2017 | 68 | 2017 |
| Do contemplative moments matter? Effects of informal meditation on emotions and perceived social integration BL Fredrickson, C Arizmendi, P Van Cappellen, AM Firestine, ... Mindfulness 10, 1915-1925, 2019 | 55 | 2019 |
| Religiosity and the motivation for social affiliation (in press) P Van Cappellen, BL Fredrickson, V Saroglou, O Corneille Personality and Individual Differences, 2017 | 55 | 2017 |
| Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours BL Fredrickson, C Arizmendi, P Van Cappellen Psychology & Health 36 (4), 444-460, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| A new micro-intervention to increase the enjoyment and continued practice of meditation. P Van Cappellen, LI Catalino, BL Fredrickson Emotion 20 (8), 1332, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| The emotion of joy: Commentary on Johnson P Van Cappellen The Journal of Positive Psychology 15 (1), 40-43, 2020 | 31 | 2020 |
| Religion as an embodied practice: Documenting the various forms, meanings, and associated experience of Christian prayer postures. P Van Cappellen, S Cassidy, R Zhang Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 15 (2), 251, 2023 | 26 | 2023 |
Barbara L. FredricksonProfessor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillVerified email at unc.edu