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The Relationship between Awe and Helping: The Mediating Role of Self-other Overlap

WANG Guofang1, TIAN Shuping2, XU Zijian3, CHEN Jiaye1, YANG Minqi4,5   

  1. 1. School of Sociology, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088;
    2. National Immigration Administration, Beijing 100018;
    3. Department of Psychology, Chengde Medical University, Chengde 067000;
    4. School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001;
    5. School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001
  • Published:2024-08-27

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Abstract: To explore the relationship between dispositional awe and situational awe and helping and its psychological mechanism, Study 1, as a survey, was aimed to explore the relationship between dispositional awe and helping behavior, as well as the mediating effect of self-other overlap, and Study 2, as an experimental study, was aimed to explore the influence of situational awe on helping behavior and the mediating role of self-other overlap. The results showed that: (1) Dispositional awe was positively correlated with helping behavior; (2) Self-other overlap played a partially mediating role between trait awe and helping behavior; (3) Compared with neutral emotion, situational awe could significantly increase the individual’s money helping behavior, but has no significant effect on time helping behavior; (4) Self-other overlap played a mediating role between situational awe and helping behavior. The study revealed the mechanism of awe affecting helping behavior from the perspective of the connection between self and others, and expanded the researches on the relationship between awe and social behaviors.

Key words: dispositional awe, situational awe, self-other overlap, helping

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  • B844
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