The Study Of Awe,Altruistic Behavior,the Mediating Effect Of Small Self

Feeling of awe is a positive emotion in human beings,it evoked when experience the great stimulus that transcends the current cognitive reference frame of its own.Previous studies have found that feeling of awe can lead individuals to shift their focus from themselves to the outside world,so that individuals experience a more vast external feeling.In addition,research results show that this kind of small-self which reduces the self-concern and pays more attention to the outside world can enhance the individual's attention to the needs of others and make him more altruism.Previous research has discussed the concepts related to awe and donation behaviors,helping behaviors,pro-organization behavior and altruism.However,there is less direct research on the relationship between awe and altruism.This study further explores the relationship between awe and altruism and explores the role of small-self in this process.In Study 1,use questionnaires to explore the relationship in awe characteristic,small-self and prosocial behavioral propensity.The results show that:(1)College students have a high level of awe level,among which boys' awe level is higher than that of girls,and the grade of grade development shows a tendency to rise first and then decline.The highest level of awe of the junior students is the highest,and the level of awe of the students in urban areas is lower than that of the rural students.(2)College students have a higher level of small-self.There is no significant difference in the level of small-self between the sex and the residence of the college students.The level of small-self of the college students in the grade is higher and then decreases.(3)College students have a high level of prosocial behavior.There is no significant difference in sex relationship between male and female students,and the trend of the grade is rising first and then decreasing,and the rural college students are higher than the city.(4)There is a significant positive correlation between the awe and prosocial behavioral tendencies of college students,and small-self act as a partial mediation in the relation of awe and the individual's prosocial behavioral tendencies.Study 2 used experimental methods combined with questionnaires to use two different experiments to induce target emotion and to examine the influence of awe on the altruistic behavior.The result show that:(5)The experiment successfully induced the emotion of awe.(6)There are significant positive correlations between collegestudents' awe,emotions of self-restraint and altruism,the emotion of awe act a partial mediation role in the relation of awe and altruistic behavior.