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Awe Experience Scale – Short Form

AWESF
Well-being
12 items
~8 min
1 language
12-item short form measuring six facets of awe experience: time dilation, self-loss, connectedness, vastness, physiological changes, and need for accommodation.

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Citation: Graziosi, M., Rohde, J. S., Lake, S., Lucas, P., Kaufman, S. B., & Yaden, D. B. (2024). Developing a short form of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-SF) in psychedelic samples. PLoS ONE, 19(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314469
License: CC BY 4.0
Imported from: OpenScales/scales/openscales/AWESF/AWESF.osd
Dimensions (6)
The traits or constructs this assessment measures.
Time2 items

Sense of time slowing down during awe experience

Self-Loss2 items

Diminished or shrunken sense of self

Connectedness2 items

Sense of connection to everything and all living things

Vastness2 items

Perception of grandeur and something greater than oneself

Physiological Changes2 items

Bodily responses such as jaw drop or goosebumps

Accommodation2 items

Cognitive challenge in processing the experience

Reliability coefficients are not published for this scale's dimensions.

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