Studies // Cited work
Self-transcendent emotions and their social functions: Compassion, gratitude, and awe bind us to others through prosociality
Stellar, J. E., Gordon, A. M., Piff, P. K., Cordaro, D., Anderson, C. L., Bai, Y., Maruskin, L. A., & Keltner, D. (2017). Self-transcendent emotions and their social functions: Compassion, gratitude, and awe bind us to others through prosociality.
Level D Review doi:10.1177/1754073916684557
What this study supports
Supports the description of self-transcendent emotions as a proposed category linked to prosociality and group coordination. Narrative review with evolutionary proposals that remain to be tested.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a review of compassion, gratitude and awe as self-transcendent emotions.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
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