Elevation (psychology)

Elevation is the opposite of disgust. The term that was coined as a result of research into positive psychology. Scholars researching disgust eventually were able to label the opposite term, elevation. Elevation is a moral emotion and is pleasant. It is characterized by a feeling of expansion in the chest, a tingling feeling, and a desire to act morally and do "good".

References

Haidt, J. (2003). Elevation and the positive psychology of morality. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.) Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. (pp. 275-289).

External links

Publications on elevation and other subjects within positive psychology