• DOI:10.1080/17439760801998737
Corpus ID: 145374566

Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality

@article{Saroglou2008PositiveEA,
  title={Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality},
  author={V. Saroglou and Coralie Buxant and Jonathan Tilquin},
  journal={The Journal of Positive Psychology},
  year={2008},
  volume={3},
  pages={165 - 173}
}

• V. Saroglou, Coralie Buxant, Jonathan Tilquin
• Published 2008
• Psychology
• The Journal of Positive Psychology

A great deal of research has shown that a variety of negative events and emotions can increase religion and spirituality. We argue that positive events and emotions (that imply some self-transcendence) can increase religion and spirituality. In two experiments, participants (N  = 91 and N  = 87) were exposed to a neutral video or one of three videos eliciting positive emotions: humor, appreciation of nature, and wonder at childbirth. Religiousness was to some extent affected by the positive… Expand

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