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Engagement with Beauty: Appreciating natural, artistic, and moral beauty
Citation
Diessner, R and Solom, RC and Frost, N and Parsons, L and Davidson, JA, Engagement with Beauty: Appreciating natural, artistic, and moral beauty, The Journal of Psychology, 142, (3) pp. 303-329. ISSN 0022-3980 (2008) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.3200/JRLP.142.3.303-332
Abstract
The Engagement With Beauty Scale (EBS), designed from the aesthetics of I. Kant (1790/1987), G. W. F. Hegel (ca. 1835/1993), and T. Aquinas (ca. 1260/1947) and the psychological work of J. Haidt (J. Haidt & D. Keltner, 2004), measures engagement with natural, artistic, and moral beauty. In Studies 1 and 2, the authors describe scale construction, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, and temporal stability. In Studies 1 and 2, the authors also establish concurrent validity with the Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence subscale of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (C. Peterson & M. E. P. Seligman, 2004), the Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test (P. C. Watkins, K. Woodward, T. Stone, & R. L. Kolts, 2003), and the Spiritual Transcendence Scale (R. L. Piedmont, 2004). In Study 3, the authors used the EBS Artistic Beauty subscale to differentiate students engaged in the arts from those who were not. Copyright © 2008 Heldref Publications.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Social and personality psychology |
Research Field: | Personality and individual differences |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Religion |
Objective Field: | Religion not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Davidson, JA (Dr John Davidson) |
ID Code: | 52444 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 91 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2008-07-15 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-06 |
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