Awe Experience Scale.

AWE-S

What it measures

State awe across six factors - Altered time perception, Self-diminishment, Connectedness, Vastness, Physical sensations, and Need for accommodation - capturing a specific awe episode.

Length and format

30 items. 7-pt Likert (agreement) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Adapted into several languages (IT, ZH and others)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Yaden, D. B., Kaufman, S. B., Hyde, E., Chirico, A., Gaggioli, A., Zhang, J. W., & Keltner, D. (2019). The development of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S). The Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(4), 474-488.