The effect of awe on natural risk-taking preferences: The role of need for closure

Lv, Yichao; Shi, Jiaxin; Yu, Feng; Zhang, Chao

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01758-9

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“…Awe video stimulus https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RUp_P2g8sAc previously used by Piff et al (2015), consisted of nature clips from the BBC's Planet Earth series with grand, awe-inspiring shots of scenic vistas, mountains, plains, forests, and canyons. Amusement video stimulus https://youtu.be/osQoYz2cIGU, captured amusing moments from the daily life of Antarctic penguins, and had been previously used by Yichao et al (2021). The neutral emotion type video stimulus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YFK-djtLozc, was a short documentary about goby fish, previously validated and used by Valdesolo et al (2016) and found to be devoid of strong emotional responses.…”

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“…The last task for the participants was to respond to the HAS measuring their attitudes toward homosexual individuals. HAS was administered only once, after the experimental intervention, in line with previous studies using experimental manipulation of awe, for example, Stellar et al (2018), and Yichao et al (2021). Once the final task was completed, all participants were taken to the Debrief page and provided reconsent to their data being used by the research team, which concluded their participation in the study.…”

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Can Induced Awe Reduce Anti-Gay Prejudice in Heterosexual Adults and Does the Need for Closure Moderate this Effect?

Gupta,

Hamlin

2024

GradStudentJofPsych

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With sexual prejudice continuing to be widely prevalent and seriously harmful, there is a need to find ways to reduce anti-gay prejudice (AGP). This online experimental study examined if a novel intervention, induced awe, can reduce AGP; if those high in need for closure (NFC) show higher AGP; and if NFC moderates the effect of awe on AGP. In total, 154 heterosexual adults completed the Need for Closure Scale (Roets & Van Hiel, 2011) before being randomly assigned to one of three emotion inducement interventions – 1) watching a 4.43 min long video of the target emotion, awe, 2) watching the comparison emotion, amusement, or 3) watching a neutral emotion as a control. Post intervention, the participants completed the explicit measures Homosexuality Attitudes Scale (HAS; Kite & Deaux, 1986). Data were analysed using a 2 (NFC) x 3 (emotion type) independent factorial ANOVA. None of the three hypotheses were supported since there were no main effects of awe or NFC on AGP, and no interaction effect of awe and NFC on AGP. Key implications of these results were 1) awe inducement does not change prejudicial attitudes at an explicit level (Dale et al., 2020), 2) factors beyond NFC, like Right Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), may influence the effectiveness of awe in reducing prejudice, and 3) questions were raised about certain boundaries for awe’s effectiveness. Methodological modifications suggested for future research include using implicit measures or veiled elicitation methods for authentic measurement of AGP, employing more potent awe elicitors, and assessing the mediating role of RWA and SDO on the effect of NFC on AGP.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Can Induced Awe Reduce Anti-Gay Prejudice in Heterosexual Adults and Does the Need for Closure Moderate this Effect?

Gupta,

Hamlin

2024

GradStudentJofPsych

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“…In other words, the stimuli that induce awe should be concrete or abstract “vastness,” and the cognitive and behavioral patterns need to be changed to meet the needs of awe. Existing studies have shown that typical factors evoking awe not only come from magnificent natural phenomena (Lv et al, 2021 ), the strong personal charm of leaders or class authority (Graziosi and Yaden, 2021 ), but also from abstract vastness, such as great achievements of human beings, the birth of life and pandemic diseases. Awe has a double valence (Cowen et al, 2019 ; Nakayama et al, 2020 ; Pizarro et al, 2021 ).…”

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An analysis of awe evoked by COVID-19 on green purchasing behavior: A dual-path effect of approach-avoidance motivation

Sun

Guo

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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The spread of the COVID-19 virus shows that it is time to re-emphasize the ethical attitude of “awe of others, awe of nature, and awe of life.” It once again reveals the importance of green development. In this study, we introduce awe into the context of COVID-19 and construct an “emotion-motivation-behavior” framework, aiming to explore the relationship between the epidemic and green purchasing behavior from a psychological perspective. Study 1 demonstrates the effect of awe on green purchasing and examines the mediating role of the motivation perspective, to reveal the potential different path. Specifically, prosocial motivation mediates the effect of positive awe evoked by COVID-19 on green purchasing; risk avoidance motivation mediates the effect of negative awe evoked by COVID-19 on green purchasing. Study 2 examined the moderating effect of self-construal. These findings have important management implications for enterprises to correctly use emotional guidance strategies and promote green marketing practices during the COVID-19.

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Facilitative effect of awe on cooperation: The role of the small‐self and self‐other inclusion

Wu,

Cui,

Han

et al. 2024

PsyCh Journal

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Awe has been theorized as a kind of self‐transcendence emotion that has an important impact on individual social behavior. Based on the self‐transcendence of awe, this study examined how awe can increase small‐self and self‐other inclusion to facilitate cooperation among individuals across three studies (N = 1162). First, the relationship between awe, cooperative propensity, and the mediating role of small‐self and self‐other inclusion in the relationship was examined using questionnaires on trait levels (Study 1). Second, awe emotions were induced from the state level through behavioral experiments to verify the facilitative effect on cooperative behavior in multiple rounds of public goods dilemma (Study 2). Third, by adding the induction of negative awe to discuss the impact of different valence of awe on cooperative behavior, the mediating role of small‐self and self‐other inclusion was supported (Study 3). Results show that awe has a facilitative effect on cooperation, which provides strong evidence for the positive social function of self‐transcendent emotional awe.

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The effect of awe on natural risk-taking preferences: The role of need for closure

Cited by 9 publications

References 43 publications

Can Induced Awe Reduce Anti-Gay Prejudice in Heterosexual Adults and Does the Need for Closure Moderate this Effect?

Can Induced Awe Reduce Anti-Gay Prejudice in Heterosexual Adults and Does the Need for Closure Moderate this Effect?

An analysis of awe evoked by COVID-19 on green purchasing behavior: A dual-path effect of approach-avoidance motivation

Facilitative effect of awe on cooperation: The role of the small‐self and self‐other inclusion

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