Awe: a putative mechanism underlying the effects of classic psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

PS Hendricks - International Review of Psychiatry, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A psychological model of classic psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy informed by
contemporary scientific data is presented in this paper. It is suggested that classic …

The unique nature and psychosocial implications of awe

T Jiang, JA Hicks, W Yuan, Y Yin, L Needy… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Psychological research has explored awe's intricate nature and far-reaching consequences.
Awe profoundly influences the sense of self (which has considerable psychosocial …

The development of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S): A multifactorial measure for a complex emotion

DB Yaden, SB Kaufman, E Hyde, A Chirico… - The journal of positive …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Awe is a complex emotion composed of an appraisal of vastness and a need for
accommodation. The purpose of this study was to develop a robust state measure of awe …

Designing awe in virtual reality: An experimental study

A Chirico, F Ferrise, L Cordella, A Gaggioli - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Awe is a little-studied emotion with a great transformative potential. Therefore, the interest
toward the study of awe's underlying mechanisms has been increased. Specifically …

Awe: a self-transcendent and sometimes transformative emotion

A Chirico, DB Yaden - The function of emotions: When and why emotions …, 2018 - Springer
Awe is a complex emotion arising from the perception of literal or figurative vastness.
Several subjective components of awe have been identified, including feelings of …

Awe and prosocial tendency

F Guan, J Chen, O Chen, L Liu, Y Zha - Current Psychology, 2019 - Springer
Feelings of positive awe have been hypothesized to promote prosocial behaviors in Western
contexts. However, the emergent scientific study of awe rarely emphasizes the downstream …

From awe to ecological behavior: The mediating role of connectedness to nature

Y Yang, J Hu, F **g, B Nguyen - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Awe is a self-transcendent emotion that can diminish one's focus on the self and serves as
an important motivator of commitment to social collectives. However, the influence of awe on …

The antecedents and consequences of awe in dark tourism

E Wang, C Shen, J Zheng, D Wu… - Current Issues in Tourism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Research on the emotional experience offered by dark tourism has usually categorized
tourists' emotional experience into general dimensions, and few studies have investigated a …

Relation between awe and environmentalism: The role of social dominance orientation

H Zhao, H Zhang, Y Xu, J Lu, W He - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The present study attempts to explore the effect of awe on environmentalism and the
mediating role of social dominance orientation in generating this effect. In Study 1, a series …

No one is an island: Awe encourages global citizenship identification.

M Seo, S Yang, SM Laurent - Emotion, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent theorizing has suggested that awe is a collective emotion, as research has
demonstrated a clear link between experiencing awe and behaving prosocially. The present …