Suddenly enlightened: awe promotes wise reasoning via self-transcendence
Journal of Positive Psychology February 6, 2025 Yuling Wang, Tonglin Jiang, Wei Yan
ABSTRACT Awe, a self-transcendent emotion, has been theoretically posited as a precursor to wise reasoning. However, direct empirical evidence supporting this relationship and the underlying mechanism has been limited. In four studies (N = 3700), we examined the relationship between awe and wise reasoning, as well as the mediating effect of self-transcendence, employing cross-sectional,...