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Engagement with Beauty: Appreciating natural, artistic, and moral beauty

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posted on 2023-05-16, 21:54 authored by Diessner, R, Solom, RC, Frost, N, Parsons, L, Davidson, JA
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.

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Publication title

The Journal of Psychology

Volume

142

Pagination

303-329

ISSN

0022-3980

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Heldref Publications

Place of publication

USA

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