Prosocial correlates of transformative experiences at secular multi-day mass gatherings

Daniel A. Yudkin; Annayah M. B. Prosser; S. Megan Heller; Kateri McRae; Aleksandr Chakroff; M. J. Crockett

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29600-1

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Prosocial correlates of transformative experiences at secular multi-day mass gatherings

Daniel A. Yudkin,
Annayah M. B. Prosser,
S. Megan Heller,
Kateri McRae,
Aleksandr Chakroff,
M. J. Crockett

Affiliations

Daniel A. Yudkin: Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Annayah M. B. Prosser: Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Claverton Down
S. Megan Heller: Department of Anthropology, University of California
Kateri McRae: Department of Psychology, University of Denver
Aleksandr Chakroff
M. J. Crockett: Department of Psychology, Yale University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29600-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Mass gatherings may elicit experiences of profound personal change. Here the authors show across six field sites that reporting of transformative experiences at mass gatherings are common, increase over time, and predict lasting increases in participants’ circle of moral regard.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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