Awe and well-being: How does experiencing awe influence our well-being?
Channel: Sonia Curll
Date: 2017-10-29

A brief overview of the influence of awe on well-being, based on psychological science.
Find out how cultivating awe in your daily life can help you to flourish.
See the associated book chapter for more information: 
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2017/Awe_and_well-being

This presentation and book chapter were prepared as part of the undergraduate psychology unit “Motivation and Emotion” at the University of Canberra.

Recorded with ScreenCastify (https://www.screencastify.com), the screen video recorder for Chrome

References
Bai, Y., Maruskin, L. A., Chen, S., Gordon, A. M., Stellar, J. E., McNeil, G. D., ... & Keltner, D. (2017). Awe, the diminished self, and collective engagement: Universals and cultural variations in the small self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 185-209. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000087
Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Positive emotions broaden and build. In P. Devine & A. Plant (Eds.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 47, pp. 1-53). https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412956253.n75
Griskevicius, V., Shiota, M. N., & Neufeld, S. L. (2010). Influence of different positive emotions on persuasion processing: A functional evolutionary approach. Emotion, 10, 190-206. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018421
Keltner, D., & Haidt, J. (2003). Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930302297
Piff, P. K., Dietze, P., Feinberg, M., Stancato, D. M., & Keltner, D. (2015). Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 883-899. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000018
Rudd, M., Vohs, K. D., & Aaker, J. (2012). Awe expands people’s perception of time, alters decision making, and enhances well-being. Psychological Science, 23, 1130-1136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612438731
Stellar, J. E., Gordon, A., Anderson, C. L., Piff, P. K., McNeil, G. D., & Keltner, D. (2017). Awe and humility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000109
Stellar, J. E., John-Henderson, N., Anderson, C. L., Gordon, A. M., McNeil, G. D., & Keltner, D. (2015). Positive affect and markers of inflammation: Discrete positive emotions predict lower levels of inflammatory cytokines. Emotion, 15, 129-133. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000033
Valdesolo, P., Shtulman, A., & Baron, A. S. (2017). Science is awe-some: The emotional antecedents of science learning. Emotion Review, 9, 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073916673212

Image sources (licensed as free to use, share or modify, even commercially)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night_Sky_Stars_Trees_03.jpg
https://wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Grand_Canyon_sun_set.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhoulihan/3695686929
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8047705@N02/5572197407
https://www.pexels.com/photo/accomplishment-action-adventure-challenge-461593/
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1214647
http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Luna-Reflection-Sea-Superluna-Night-Super-Water-1826849
All other images are the property of the presenter