Inspired by awe: Awe promotes inspiration via self-transcendence

Y Dai, T Jiang - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Whether and how awe impacts inspiration lacks sufficient empirical research. We conducted
five studies (N= 941) to examine the awe–inspiration link and the mediating effect of self …

A balanced mind: Awe fosters equanimity via temporal distancing.

X Pan, T Jiang, W Yuan, C Hao, Y Bai… - Journal of Personality …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Awe has been shown to promote well-being through various mechanisms (see Monroy &
Keltner, 2023). In this research, we propose a novel perspective for the well-being benefits …

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 …

Online social pain reliever: online awe-intervening approach promotes recovery via the global sense of connectedness

W Yuan, T Guo, T Jiang, F Wang - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Social pain is ubiquitous and has deleterious effects on people's health. Thus, identifying
how to promote social pain recovery is important. Across three studies (N= 989), we …

Awe fosters positive attitudes toward solitude

Y Yin, W Yuan, C Hao, Y Du, Z Xu, JA Hicks… - Nature Mental …, 2024 - nature.com
Research in psychological science has predominantly focused on the importance of social
interaction to health and well-being, neglecting how solitude relates to optimal functioning …

A tale of self-transcendence: awe fosters optimism

X Pan, T Jiang - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Optimism, a positive mindset towards the future, serves various adaptive functions. While its
significance has been acknowledged in the literature, the role of self-transcendence in …

Awe Influences Prosocial Behavior and Subjective Well-Being Through the Quiet Ego

J Zhang, B Chang, J Fang - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2025 - Springer
Awe has been proposed to promote prosocial behavior (PSB) through the quiet ego.
However, this view lacks empirical research support. The present study verified and …

Complex effects of awe on meaning in life and true self-knowledge

RM Cavallaro, MH Church, BJ Giddens… - Self and …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
In two studies, we experimentally induced awe to 1) replicate the statistically-opposing
indirect effects of awe via self-diminishment and happiness on meaning in life, and 2) …

Does dispositional awe promote customer citizenship behaviours? The multiple mediating effects of construal level and social connectedness

Z Zhang, X Li - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024 - nature.com
In the digital economy, the relationship between customers and companies is a win-win
cooperation, and value co-creation has become the mainstream business development …

[PDF][PDF] Thought Mining: Constructing Transformative Insights by Noticing and Contemplating Resonant Manifestations of the Mind

N Anderson, D Olson - Journal of Transformative Learning, 2024 - jotl.uco.edu
In this essay, we introduce thought mining as a strategy for making transformative shifts to
the way a person thinks by constructing meaningful insights from vast arrays of thoughts …