Self-transcendent positive emotions increase spirituality through basic world assumptions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1378-1394

  Van Cappellen, Patty ^a   Saroglou, Vassilis ^a   Iweins, Caroline ^a   Piovesana, Maria ^a   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Admiration; Basic world assumptions; Elevation; Positive emotions; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ESTHETICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE EMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84887977350     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.787395     Document Type: Article

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