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- Abstract
- A Social Functional Approach: Emotions Situate the Self Within a Social Moral Order
- Awe Enables Collective Engagement
- Awe and the Small Self
- Awe, the Small Self, and the Cultural Context
- Present Investigation
- Study 1: Validating a Measurement Approach to Perceived Self-Size
- Method
- Participants
- Measures and procedure
- Perceived self-size
- Self-esteem
- General self-efficacy
- Sociometric status
- Sense of power
- Self-entitlement
- Height and weight
- Results and Discussion
- Study 2: Daily Awe, the Small Self, and Culture
- Method
- Participants
- Measures and procedure
- Defining awe for participants
- Daily diary
- Daily emotional experience
- Perceived self-size
- Data coding and analysis
- Coding of awe elicitors
- Coding of the physical vastness of the elicitor
- Results and Discussion
- Elicitors of awe and perceived self-size
- The small self in daily life
- Study 3: Natural Awe, the Small Self, and Cultural Variations
- Method
- Participants
- Measures and procedure
- Emotion
- Perceived self-size
- Self-image drawing and “Me” signature
- Subjective social status
- Results and Discussion
- Emotions experienced at Yosemite and Fisherman’s Wharf
- Perceived self-size at Yosemite and Fisherman’s Wharf
- Subjective social status at Yosemite National Park and Fisherman’s Wharf
- Awe, perceived self-size, and culture
- Study 4: Awe in the Lab, the Small Self, and Culture
- Method
- Participants
- Measures and procedure
- Self-size
- Subjective social status
- Elicitation of awe or amusement
- Emotion
- Results and Discussion
- Manipulation checks
- Change in perceived self-size
- Change in perceived social status
- Study 5: Awe, the Small Self, and Embedding in Social Networks
- Method
- Participants
- Measures and procedure
- Elicitation of awe or amusement
- Symbolic social network drawing
- Emotions
- Data coding and analysis
- Perceived self-size
- Perception of the size of others
- Number of social ties and psychological distance
- Results and Discussion
- Perceived self-size and awe experience
- Number of social ties
- Psychological distance
- Study 6: Awe, the Small Self, and Shifted Self-Attention
- Method
- Participants
- Measures and procedure
- Perceived self-size change
- Emotion inductions
- Awe
- Shame
- Neutral
- Self-focus
- Collective engagement
- Self-esteem
- Sense of power
- Results and Discussion
- Awe and shame and diminished perceived self-size
- Awe, shame, self-esteem, and the sense of power
- Awe, shame, and self-focused attention
- Awe enhances collective engagement
- Awe, small self, self-focused attention, and collective engagement
- General Discussion
- Advancing the Science of Awe
- Understanding Cultural Variations in Emotion
- Limitations and Future Directions
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
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