Studies // Cited work
Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion
Keltner, D., & Haidt, J. (2003). Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion.
Level D Theory doi:10.1080/02699930302297
What this study supports
Supports the definition of awe by perceived vastness and a need for accommodation, with further appraisals shaping its tone. A conceptual proposal, not an empirical test.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a prototype analysis of awe drawn from religious, philosophical, sociological and psychological writing.
- Design
- Theory
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
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