EJOVA, Anastasia, Jan KRÁTKÝ, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Radek KUNDT, Jakub CIGÁN, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Joseph BULBULIA and Russel David GRAY. The awe-prosociality relationship : evidence for the role of context. Religion Brain & Behavior. Taylor & Francis, 2021, vol. 11, No 3, p. 294-311. ISSN 2153-599X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.1940254.
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Original name The awe-prosociality relationship : evidence for the role of context
Authors EJOVA, Anastasia (36 Australia), Jan KRÁTKÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek KUNDT (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jakub CIGÁN (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Silvie KOTHEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Joseph BULBULIA and Russel David GRAY.
Edition Religion Brain & Behavior, Taylor & Francis, 2021, 2153-599X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/21:00121833
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.1940254
UT WoS 000665658100001
Keywords in English Awe; constructed emotion; cooperation; culture; Openness to Experience; small self
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová, učo 361753. Changed: 16/2/2022 16:31.
Abstract
People in a state of awe have been found to perceive their needs as small while also expressing intentions to act in a prosocial way, benefitting others at personal cost. However, these findings come largely out of the USA and have focused on intended rather than real prosocial behavior. We propose a contextual model of the awe-prosociality relationship predicated on the constructed theory of emotion, according to which emotion categories and cost–benefit analyses of possible subsequent actions differ across cultures and in line with enduring individual differences. To test the model, we conducted a laboratory study (N = 143) examining whether costly volunteering behavior is higher amid awe in the Czech Republic, a country where social psychological studies have often produced different results compared to the USA. Awe-inspiring and neutral primes were validated in pilot studies (N = 229). As is possible under the contextual model, awe-inspiring primes elicited not more, but less, prosocial behavior, with the relationship being moderated by various facets of Openness to Experience. Individuals higher in the Feelings facet of Openness were also found to be more awe-prone. A call is made for a cross-cultural investigation of the awe-behavior relationship that accounts for complex phylogenetic relationships between cultures.
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MUNI/A/1444/2020, interní kód MUName: Evoluční a kognitivní výzkum náboženství (Acronym: EVAKON)
Investor: Masaryk University
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