Dispositional awe and prosocial tendency: The mediating roles of selftranscendent meaning in life and spiritual self-transcendence
August 24, 2020 Rongmao Lin, Youjuan Hong, Huiwen Xiao et al.
Dispositional awe, a self-transcendent experience, relates to prosocial behavior through two pathways: self-transcendent meaning in life and spiritual self-transcendence. In a survey of 1,907 Chinese undergraduates, both factors mediated the link between awe and prosocial tendency, indicating that awe may foster altruism by expanding one's sense of purpose and spiritual connectedness.