Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul K Piff (0000-0002-8719-7824, University of California, Irvine), Pia Dietze (0000-0002-3564-8961, New York University), Matthew Feinberg (0000-0001-8626-1620, University of Toronto), Daniel M Stancato (0000-0002-1167-3337, University of California, Berkeley), Dacher Keltner (0000-0001-9061-5292, University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 883-899 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/pspi0000018 |
| PMID | 25984788 |
| OpenAlex | W2133404106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 316 |
| References cited | 62 |
Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of reference. Guided by conceptual analyses of awe as a collective emotion, across 5 studies (N = 2,078) we tested the hypothesis that awe can result in a diminishment of the individual self and its concerns, and increase prosocial behavior. In a representative national sample (Study 1), dispositional tendencies to experience awe predicted greater generosity in an economic game above and beyond other prosocial emotions (e.g., compassion). In follow-up experiments, inductions of awe (relative to various control states) increased ethical decision-making (Study 2), generosity (Study 3), and prosocial values (Study 4). Finally, a naturalistic induction of awe in which participants stood in a grove of towering trees enhanced prosocial helping behavior and decreased entitlement compared to participants in a control condition (Study 5). Mediational data demonstrate that the effects of awe on prosociality are explained, in part, by feelings of a small self. These findings indicate that awe may help situate individuals within broader social contexts and enhance collective concern
Altruism (biology) · Developmental psychology · Empathic concern · Empathy · Entitlement (fair division) · Feeling · Generosity · Helping behavior · Perspective-taking · Prosocial behavior · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
Exploring the Formation Mechanism and Theoretical Structure of Awe among the Mongolian Ethnic Group
From Hermeneutic Roots to Neurocognitive Reach
Psychedelic Christianity
Awe and Prosocial Behavior
Wondering Awe Is the Mediator of the Link Between Experience of Nature and Psychological Wellbeing—Relevance for Public Health
Nearby Nature ‘Buffers’ the Effect of Low Social Connectedness on Adult Subjective Wellbeing over the Last 7 Days
Awe in nature heals
Going off script
Emotion in the wilds of nature
Awe, ideological conviction, and perceptions of ideological opponents
Cultivating gratitude and giving through experiential consumption
Big smile, small self
Neural representations of awe
Wealth, poverty, and happiness
Awe arises in reaction to exceeded rather than disconfirmed expectancies
Intimations of a Spiritual New Age. IV. Carl Jung’s Archetypal Imagination as Futural Planetary Shamanism
Psychological richness increases behavioral intention to protect the environment
Awe, the diminished self, and collective engagement
Intégration des psychédéliques dans la TCC
Awe‐inspired
Unlocking flourishing
The Relationship Between Dispositional Awe and Reactive Aggression
Awe, Approached
Nuclear Decisions
Effects of Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) and Nature Therapy on Mental Health
Psychedelics and connectedness
How to SHIFT Consumer Behaviors to be More Sustainable
Self-Transcendent Emotions and Their Social Functions
From Awe to Ecological Behavior
Designing Awe in Virtual Reality
Awe’s effects on generosity and helping
Positive feelings reward and promote prosocial behavior
Measuring aesthetic emotions
Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
The development of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S)
Nature Contact and Human Health
Urban Trees and Human Health
How dual-message nature documentaries that portray nature as amazing and threatened affect entertainment experiences and pro-environmental intentions
How Emotions Induce Charitable Giving
An Exploration of the Experiences of Vulnerable Young People Participating in a Stand‐Up Paddle‐Boarding Therapy Course
Impacts of Awe and Wonder on Adults’ Critical Thinking During an Art Museum Visit
Does Time Scarcity Amplify High-Calorie Food Preferences in Adolescents? The Role of Analytical Thinking and Awe
Centering and flourishing
The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience
Life, the Universe, and Connectedness
Dispositional Awe and Self-Worth in Chinese Undergraduates
Openness to Experience, Extraversion, and Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese College Students
The Impact of Awe Induced by Covid-19 Pandemic on Green Consumption Behavior in China
Does Digital Nature Enhance Social Aspirations? An Experimental Study
Nature-Based Therapy in Individuals with Mental Health Disorders, with a Focus on Mental Well-Being and Connectedness to Nature—A Pilot Study
Feeling Connected after Experiencing Digital Nature
From Egoism to Ecoism
Relationships between Green Space Attendance, Perceived Crowdedness, Perceived Beauty and Prosocial Behavior in Time of Health Crisis
The Impact of Mixed Emotions on Consumer Improvisation Behavior in the Environment of Covid-19
Power Distance Belief and Workplace Communication
Awe weakens the Aids-related stigma
The relationship between trait awe and teachers’ well-being for primary and secondary school teachers
The affective, cognitive, and social benefits of interacting with nature
Dispositional Awe Positively Predicts Prosocial Tendencies
Self-Reflection at Work
Awe, innovation, and choice
Panoramic perspectives on transformative trajectories in visualization across Huayan and Pure Land Buddhism
Examining the adventure traveller behaviour - Personality, motives and socio-demographic factors as determinants for German adventure travel
Eudaimonic Responses to Wide-Gamut Color Footage
Differentiating the visual aesthetics of the sublime and the beautiful
Vigilance and social chills with music
Facing the sublime
Beyond the Darkness
Individual voices, collective health
Virtual Reality (VR) InducE Well-being (View)
Does dispositional awe promote customer citizenship behaviours? The multiple mediating effects of construal level and social connectedness
The Politics of Consciousness and Immersive Media
Usages des médias numériques, santé mentale et bien-être
“Standing Up for Earth Rights”
Huşû Deneyiminin Duygusal ve Psikolojik Boyutları
How Awe Shaped Us
The Evolutionary Function of Awe
From Religious Beliefs to Environmental Engagement
Why Does Awe Have Prosocial Effects? New Perspectives on Awe and the Small Self
Awe as a Pathway to Mental and Physical Health
The Emerging Science of Virtue
Augmenting Multidimensional Awe Through Technological Immersion
Awesome, Awful
How Awe in Nonwork Activities Promotes Proactive Behavior in Employees
Awe Influences Prosocial Behavior and Subjective Well-Being Through the Quiet Ego
Social Equity Perception and Subjective Well-Being
Uncovering the Effects of Awe on Meaning in Life
Does religious ambience encourage tourists’ civilised behaviour in religious cultural heritage sites
From axe to awe
Young children encountering death
Exploration of the roles of awe at temple sites
The effect of the red cultural atmosphere on tourists’ subjective well-being
Self‐transcendent emotions and their influence on organizational effectiveness
The effect of materialism on unethical behaviour
In situ
The wow effect and behavioral intentions of tourists to astrotourism experiences
Restoring ‘Love of Life’ Through Outdoor Adventures
“General Frost”
Technology futures
Awe and Stereotypes
Elevation Leads to Altruistic Behavior
Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior
The Psychological Consequences of Money
Can Nature Make Us More Caring? Effects of Immersion in Nature on Intrinsic Aspirations and Generosity
Social Value Orientation and Helping Behavior 1
Positive emotion dispositions differentially associated with Big Five personality and attachment style
Social Functions of Emotions at Four Levels of Analysis
Five Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation
The impacts of nature experience on human cognitive function and mental health
Pride, personality, and the evolutionary foundations of human social status
Awe, Uncertainty, and Agency Detection
Moral disengagement in ethical decision making
Psychological Entitlement
The nature of awe
Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments
Contingencies of self-worth.
Pursuing Pleasure or Virtue
Emotions as Moral Amplifiers
An occasion for unselfing
Curiosity and Exploration
Dictator game giving
The Origin and Evolution of Religious Prosociality
Witnessing excellence in action
Positive Affect, Cognitive Processes, and Social Behavior
Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Putting the Altruism Back into Altruism
Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models
The weirdest people in the world?
SPSS and SAS procedures for estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models
Social Relationships and Health
Awe activates religious and spiritual feelings and behavioral intentions
Comparing spiritual transformations and experiences of profound beauty
God Is Watching You
Darwin's Cathedral
Wealth and the Inflated Self
Transcendent Experiences in Wild and Manicured Settings
Influence of different positive emotions on persuasion processing
Class and compassion
Feeling good
Gratitude as moral sentiment
The voice conveys specific emotions
Interpersonal goals, others' regard for the self, and self‐esteem
How and when do personal values guide our attitudes and sociality? Explaining cross-cultural variability in attitude–value linkages
Beyond the Self
Class, chaos, and the construction of community
Prosociality
Putting the Partner Within Reach
The chills as a psychological construct
Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness
From the bedroom to the budget deficit
Pride displays communicate self-interest and support for meritocracy
Love and the commitment problem in romantic relations and friendship
Self-esteem as an interpersonal monitor
Target Article
Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion
The grateful disposition
Having less, giving more
Feeling good-doing good
The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect
The need to belong
The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors
Prosocial Behavior and Religion
| Unique citing works | 316 |
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| Citations per year | 31,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 298 |