Awe in nature heals: evidence from military veterans, at-risk youth, and college students
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The power of nature to both heal and inspire awe has been noted by many great thinkers. However, no study has examined how the impact of nature on well-being and stress-related symptoms is explained by experiences of awe. In the present investigation, we examine this process in studies of extraordinary and everyday nature experiences. In Study 1, awe experienced by military veterans and youth from underserved communities while whitewater rafting, above and beyond all the other positive emotions measured, predicted changes in well-being and stress-related symptoms one week later. In Study 2, the nature experiences that undergraduate students had during their everyday lives led to more awe, which mediated the effect of nature experience on improvements in well-being. We discuss how accounting for people's emotional experiences during outdoors activities can increase our understanding of how nature impacts people's well-being. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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Social relational emotions such as awe may directly contribute to the experience of wellbeing when in nature.
“Social relational emotions (such as awe) may directly contribute to the experience of wellbeing when in nature (Anderson et al., 2018; Petersen et al., 2019).”
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- Authors
- Anderson, C. L., Monroy, M., & Keltner, D.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Venue
- Emotion
- Published
- 2018-12
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1195-1202
- ISSN
- 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
- 1931-1516
- OpenAlex
- W2809276038
- Cited by
- 191
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 6
- FWCI
- 5.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Emotion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- John Templeton Foundation (95524; 88210)
- Greater Good Science Center
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Outdoor and Experiential Education
- Keywords
- awe, nature experience, well-being, stress-related symptoms, military veterans, at-risk youth, underserved populations, whitewater rafting, outdoor activities, university students, positive emotions, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Military Personnel, Students, Veterans, Young Adult
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