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Self-Transcendent Emotions and Their Social Functions: Compassion, Gratitude, and Awe Bind Us to Others Through Prosociality

Stellar, Jennifer E., Gordon, Amie M., Piff, Paul K., Cordaro, Daniel, Anderson, Craig L., Bai, Yang, Maruskin, Laura A., Keltner, Dacher·2017·Emotion Review

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In this article we review the emerging literature on the self-transcendent emotions. We discuss how the self-transcendent emotions differ from other positive emotions and outline the defining features of this category. We then provide an analysis of three specific self-transcendent emotions—compassion, gratitude, and awe—detailing what has been learned about their expressive behavior, physiology, and likely evolutionary origins. We propose that these emotions emerged to help humans solve unique problems related to caretaking, cooperation, and group coordination in social interactions. In our final section we offer predictions about the self-transcendent emotions that can guide future research.

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Authors: Stellar, J. E., Gordon, A. M., Piff, P. K., Cordaro, D., Anderson, C. L., Bai, Y., Maruskin, L. A., & Keltner, D.
Affiliations: University of Toronto (CA)
University of California, San Francisco (US)
University of California, Irvine (US)
Yale University (US)
San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author: Stellar, Jennifer E.
ORCID: Stellar, Jennifer E.
Gordon, Amie M.
Piff, Paul K.
Anderson, Craig L.
Bai, Yang
Keltner, Dacher
Venue: Emotion Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2017-06-15
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 200-207
ISSN: 1754-0739 (ISSN-L)
1754-0747
DOI: 10.1177/1754073916684557
OpenAlex: W2626605398
Semantic Scholar: 79bc14aa0a63a9a1ff2abc98ff9e96dbd432664f
Cited by: 696
References: 87
Citations by year: 2026: 79 · 2025: 121 · 2024: 100 · 2023: 82 · 2022: 85 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 5
FWCI: 60.33
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Emotion Review (publishedVersion)
Funders: John Templeton Foundation (88210, 95524)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
Keywords: self-transcendent emotions, compassion, gratitude, awe, prosocial behavior, social functions of emotion, positive emotions, expressive behavior, physiological responses, evolutionary origins of emotion, cooperation, group coordination, caregiving

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