Awe fosters global self-continuity: The mediating effect of global processing and narrative


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Xinyu Pan, Tonglin Jiang
Emotion, vol. 23, 2023 Sep, pp. 1618--1632


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Pan, X., & Jiang, T. (2023). Awe fosters global self-continuity: The mediating effect of global processing and narrative. Emotion, 23, 1618–1632. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001187


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Pan, Xinyu, and Tonglin Jiang. “Awe Fosters Global Self-Continuity: The Mediating Effect of Global Processing and Narrative.” Emotion 23 (September 2023): 1618–1632.


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Pan, Xinyu, and Tonglin Jiang. “Awe Fosters Global Self-Continuity: The Mediating Effect of Global Processing and Narrative.” Emotion, vol. 23, Sept. 2023, pp. 1618–32, doi:10.1037/emo0001187.


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@article{pan2023a,
  title = {Awe fosters global self-continuity: The mediating effect of global processing and narrative},
  year = {2023},
  month = sep,
  journal = {Emotion},
  pages = {1618--1632},
  volume = {23},
  doi = {10.1037/emo0001187},
  author = {Pan, Xinyu and Jiang, Tonglin},
  month_numeric = {9}
}

Abstract

Awe is a self-relevant emotion, but whether and how awe impacts global self-continuity (GSC), a sense of connectedness among past, present, and future selves, has never been investigated. In six studies (N = 1,384), we examined the relationship between awe and GSC, as well as the mechanisms underlying this relationship, with both correlational and experimental design. We found awe positively associated with (Studies 1 and 3) and predicted (Studies 2 and 4–6) GSC. Moreover, we found that global processing (processing information in a general and big-picture way) and narrative (depicting one’s life as a story) serially mediated the relation (Studies 3–6). The effect of awe on GSC and the mediating effect of global processing and narrative could not simply be attributed to awe is predominantly positive (Studies 3, 4, and 6), and the model also holds for awe brought by threatening experience (Study 5). These findings enrich the literature about the way awe affects self-concept.