APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Redefining Awe and Elevation: A Pilot Study

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Madeline Peterson
    Brigham Young University-Idaho
  • Megan Raddatz
    Brigham Young University-Idaho
  • Kyle Jensen
    Brigham Young University-Idaho
  • Victoria Rasmussen
    Brigham Young University-Idaho
  • Leah Ivie
    Brigham Young University-Idaho
  • Scott Martin
    Brigham Young University, Idaho
  • Heidi Higgins
    Brigham Young University-Idaho

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to investigate a distinction between awe and elevation. If a lack of differentiation between the two were to result, we might characterize elevation as falling within the “social elicitors” subcategory of awe (Keltner, 2003; Schurtz, 2012).

Positive Psychology

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