Local Events, Global Effects: Transcendent Emotions and Identification with All Humanity

• Autores: Pizarro, José J., Alfaro-Beracoechea, Laura, Cusi, Olaia, Ibarra, Manuel L., Zumeta, Larraitz, Basabe, Nekane
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23935
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/23935
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Global identity; Self-transcendent emotions; Transcendent values; Erceived emotional synchrony; Prosociality; Identidad global; Emociones de auto-trascendencia; Valores de trascendencia; Sincronía emocional percibida; Prosocialidad; Identité globale; Émotions d’auto-transcendance; valeurs de transcendance; Synchronisation émotionnelle perçue; Prosocialité; Identidade global; Emoções de autotranscendência; Valores de transcendência; Sincronia emocional percebida

Confronted with the challenges of the globalized world, recent research suggests that identification with humanity has socio-affective roots and is driven by the celebration of collective rituals that promote benevolence and universalism. This paper analyzes the relation of a self-transcendent emotion (i.e., Awe) lived in local collective meetings with human identity. We conducted a across-sectional study in Mexico and the Basque Country (N = 656), and the results of structural equation modelling shows that this emotion increases the identification with humanity, well-being (directly) and prosocial behavior (indirectly). Further, the intensity of this emotion also predicted the perception of emotional synchrony while controlling for more stable and trait-alike variables. Following Durkheim, the emotional processes experienced in collective events encourage the development of shared identities and the promotion of the common welfare through experiences of self-transcendence, which can result of great importance in the common efforts to deal with current large-scale social issues.