From Wonder to Transformation: The Lived Experience of Profound Awe

IF 1.3 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
P. Hlava, John Elfers, Dawn Celeste McGregor, Sonia Arreguin, Farrah Sharpe
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Abstract

This grounded theory study addressed the question: What model explains the lived experience of profound awe? It emerged out of a recognition that awe continues to be defined as a distinct emotion, and fails to account for the possible range of intensity of affect inherent to awe. Forty interviews were conducted with participants who identified as having had a profound experience of awe. A meditation script was used to induce a high level of memory recall of their experience. Results of the grounded theory analysis yielded three major themes: readiness, overwhelm, and beyond the everyday self. Profound awe was found to be a self-transcending emotion experience that dissolves self/other boundaries of the ego-identity into a small self or expansive self. The varied emotion appraisals ranged in intensity from mild to profound peak experience, with the potential to be transformative.
从惊叹到转变:深刻敬畏的生命体验
这项基础理论研究探讨的问题是什么模式可以解释深刻敬畏的生活体验?研究者认识到,敬畏仍然被定义为一种独特的情感,而没有考虑到敬畏所固有的情感强度的可能范围。我们对自称有过深刻敬畏体验的参与者进行了 40 次访谈。我们使用了冥想脚本来诱导参与者回忆起他们的经历。基础理论分析的结果产生了三大主题:准备就绪、不知所措和超越日常自我。研究发现,深沉的敬畏是一种超越自我的情感体验,它能将自我认同的自我/他人界限消解为一个小我或广阔的自我。各种情感评价的强度从轻微到深刻的高峰体验不等,具有变革的潜力。
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Journal of Humanistic Psychology
Journal of Humanistic Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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5.40
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5.90%
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44
期刊介绍: The Journal of Humanistic Psychology is an interdisciplinary forum for contributions, controversies and diverse statements pertaining to humanistic psychology. It addresses personal growth, interpersonal encounters, social problems and philosophical issues. An international journal of human potential, self-actualization, the search for meaning and social change, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology was founded by Abraham Maslow and Anthony Sutich in 1961. It is the official journal of the Association for Humanistic Psychology.
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