Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples.
This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form version of the AWE-S (AWE-SF) within psychedelic samples, to reduce participant burden while maintaining psychometric integrity. Across five studies, we first replicated the original six-factor structure of the AWE-S through exploratory and confi...
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| description | This study aimed to develop and validate a short-form version of the AWE-S (AWE-SF) within psychedelic samples, to reduce participant burden while maintaining psychometric integrity. Across five studies, we first replicated the original six-factor structure of the AWE-S through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (Study 1), leading to the creation of the 12-item AWE-SF (Study 2-3). We then established the AWE-SF's initial and predictive validity by correlating it with relevant emotional, psychedelic, and well-being outcomes (Study 4-6). The AWE-SF demonstrated strong positive associations with positive emotions and was also linked to openness to experience. Moreover, the AWE-SF effectively predicted both mystical-type and challenging psychedelic experiences, as well as long-term well-being outcomes such as life satisfaction and psychological richness. In particular, the facets of connection and vastness were associated with positive emotional states and mystical-type experience, while accommodation and self-loss were associated with negative emotional states and challenging psychedelic experience. These findings suggest that the AWE-SF is a robust, reliable, and accessible tool for measuring awe experience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9499bdaa093543d9b6b934e3dce2e0602024-12-10T05:32:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e031446910.1371/journal.pone.0314469Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples.Marianna GraziosiJulia Sarah RohdeStephanie LakePhilippe LucasScott Barry KaufmanDavid Bryce YadenThis study aimed to develop and validate a short-form version of the AWE-S (AWE-SF) within psychedelic samples, to reduce participant burden while maintaining psychometric integrity. Across five studies, we first replicated the original six-factor structure of the AWE-S through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (Study 1), leading to the creation of the 12-item AWE-SF (Study 2-3). We then established the AWE-SF's initial and predictive validity by correlating it with relevant emotional, psychedelic, and well-being outcomes (Study 4-6). The AWE-SF demonstrated strong positive associations with positive emotions and was also linked to openness to experience. Moreover, the AWE-SF effectively predicted both mystical-type and challenging psychedelic experiences, as well as long-term well-being outcomes such as life satisfaction and psychological richness. In particular, the facets of connection and vastness were associated with positive emotional states and mystical-type experience, while accommodation and self-loss were associated with negative emotional states and challenging psychedelic experience. These findings suggest that the AWE-SF is a robust, reliable, and accessible tool for measuring awe experience.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314469 |
| spellingShingle | Marianna Graziosi Julia Sarah Rohde Stephanie Lake Philippe Lucas Scott Barry Kaufman David Bryce Yaden Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. PLoS ONE |
| title | Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. |
| title_full | Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. |
| title_fullStr | Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. |
| title_short | Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. |
| title_sort | developing a short form of the awe experience scale awe sf in psychedelic samples |
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