Inspired by awe: Awe promotes inspiration via self-transcendence
Journal of Positive Psychology September 7, 2023 Yuwan Dai, Tonglin Jiang
ABSTRACT 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-transcendence. We found that awe promoted inspiration, which was indexed by an actual behavior indicator, others’ ratings (Study 1), and multiple self-reported scales (Studies 2–4). Self-transcendence...