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 ident...

Ante los desafíos del mundo globalizado, investigaciones recientes sugieren que la identificación con la humanidad tiene bases socio-afectivas y es impulsada con la celebración de rituales colectivos que promueven la benevolencia y universalismo. Este trabajo analiza la relación de una emoción de auto-trascendencia (Awe) vivida en encuentros colectivos locales con la identidad humana. Los resultados de ecuaciones estructurales a partir de un estudio transversal realizado en México y el País Vasco (N = 656) muestra que estas emociones incrementan la identificación con la humanidad, el bienestar (directamente) y también la conducta prosocial (de manera indirecta). Además, la intensidad de esta emoción también predice positivamente la percepción de sincronía emocional aun controlando por tendencias más estables de personalidad. En línea con la teorización de Durkheim, ...

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 ident...