Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality

By V. Saroglou, Coralie Buxant, Jonathan Tilquin. 2008

228 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/459520227715af40c8ed20459a15f1d86bab19b4

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In Health

1. Claire Prade
2. Patty Van Cappellen
3. V. Saroglou
4. Maria Toth-Gauthier
5. Andrew J. Howell
6. Barbara L. Fredrickson
7. Holli-Anne Passmore
8. Karen Buro

In Social Psychology

1. Holli-Anne Passmore
2. Andrew J. Howell
3. V. Saroglou
4. Patty Van Cappellen
5. Maria Toth-Gauthier
6. Claire Prade
7. R. Dopko
8. Barbara L. Fredrickson

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Claire Prade
2. Andrew J. Howell
3. Patty Van Cappellen
4. Maria Toth-Gauthier
5. Barbara L. Fredrickson
6. V. Saroglou
7. Holli-Anne Passmore
8. Karen Buro

Citations in the corpus

• Exploring potential mechanisms involved in the relationship between eudaimonic wellbeing and nature connection (2017, unknown): “Saroglou, Buxant, and Tilquin (2008) found that spirituality is significantly associated with nature connection.”
• A Conceptual Clarification of the Experience of Awe: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2011, background): “This shift in meaning is exemplified by recent usages, such as viewing awe explicitly as a positive emotion by some within positive psychology (ie, Saroglou, Buxant, & Tilquin, 2008 ), suggesting the revolutionary turn-around from its original meaning has come full circle in some quarters.”
• Awe Activates Religious and Spiritual Feelings and Behavioral Intentions (2012, methodology): “” This measure (the first five out of the six items) was used in a previous study on religion and positive emotions (Saroglou et al., 2008).”
• Nature connectedness: Associations with well-being and mindfulness (2011, background): “Saraglou, Buxant, and Tilquin (2008) showed that exposure to a nature-oriented film boosted levels of positive emotions such as enjoyment and ll rights reserved.”
• Eco-Existential Positive Psychology: Experiences in Nature, Existential Anxieties, and Well-Being (2014, unknown): “Saraglou, Buxant, and Tilquin (2008) assessed spirituality as a function of nature immersion.”
• Religion and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions (2014, background): “Self-transcendent emotions sometimes include a small negative component such as fear for awe, or sadness (Keltner and Haidt 2003; Saroglou et al. 2008) that despite being marginal might be worth looking at more deeply.”
• Awe’s effects on generosity and helping (2016, background): “, 2012; Experiment 2), or other stimulus-oriented emotions, like amusement (Piff et al., 2015; Study 3; Saroglou et al., 2008; Valdesolo & Graham, 2014; Van Cappellen & Saroglou, 2012), in the present work, it was awe but not amusement that provoked prosocial effects.”