Seeing your life story as a Hero's Journey increases meaning in life.

BA Rogers, H Chicas, JM Kelly, E Kubin… - Journal of Personality …, 2023‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Meaning in life is tied to the stories people tell about their lives. We explore whether one
timeless story—the Hero's Journey—might make people's lives feel more meaningful. This …

Radical embodied cognitive science

A Chemero - Review of General Psychology, 2013‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This paper briefly introduces radical embodied cognitive science (RECS) and places it in
historical perspective. Radical embodied cognitive science is an interdisciplinary approach …

Zeroing in on heroes: a prototype analysis of hero features.

EL Kinsella, TD Ritchie, ER Igou - Journal of personality and social …, 2015‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Heroes are ubiquitous in literature and popular discourse, yet little is known about cognitive
representations of heroes. We examined lay conceptions of heroes using a prototype …

What makes a hero? Theorising the social structuring of heroism

K Frisk - Sociology, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The article discusses four dominant perspectives in the sociology of heroism: the study of
great men; hero stories; heroic actions; and hero institutions. The discussion ties together …

Heroism and nursing: A thematic review of the literature

K MacDonald, J De Zylva, M McAllister, DL Brien - Nurse education today, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Objectives Nursing history is replete with examples of heroic individuals acting
courageously to meet the needs of vulnerable patients and communities. Heroism …

From warmth to warrior: Impacts of non-profit brand activism on brand bravery, brand hypocrisy and brand equity

Z Lee, A Spry, Y Ekinci, J Vredenburg - Journal of Brand Management, 2024‏ - Springer
Empirical evidence concerning the effects of brand activism on brand equity is growing but
remains mixed at best. Although non-profit brands increasingly implement activism …

The making of a hero: Cultivating empathy, altruism, and heroic imagination

A Kohen, M Langdon… - Journal of Humanistic …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Heroes are not born; they're made. This article examines the commonalities in the
backgrounds of people who take heroic action on behalf of others to theorize the ways in …

Heroization and ironic funneling effects.

ML Stanley, S Shepherd, AC Kay - Journal of Personality and …, 2023‏ - psycnet.apa.org
In recent years, much of the American public has venerated military veterans as heroes.
Despite overwhelmingly positive public attitudes toward veterans, veterans have …

On the bravery and courage of heroes: Considering gender

EL Kinsella, TD Ritchie, ER Igou - Heroism Science, 2017‏ - scholarship.richmond.edu
Heroes are frequently described as both brave and courageous. Each adjective is often
used interchangeably in public and academic discourse, despite historical and …

From ordinary to extraordinary: A roadmap for studying the psychology of moral exceptionality

ECR Lawn, LD Smillie, LB Pacheco… - Current Opinion in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Some moral actions—including prosocial actions—are more exceptional than others. Within
psychology, interest in such moral exceptionality is mounting, but a definition of the concept …