Inspiration has received little theoretical or empirical attention within psychology. Inspiration is conceptualized herein as a general construct characterized by evocation, motivation, and transcendence. In Studies 1a and 1b, a trait measure of inspiration was developed and was found to have strong psychometric properties. Studies 2a-2c documented a nomological network consistent with the pres...

Eighteen patients were studied, during operations under subarachnoid or extradural anaesthesia combined with general anaesthesia, to assess the influence of occlusion of inspiration on the duration of inspiration, and the likelihood of a relationship between lung volume and duration of inspiration. Ten patients breathed 2% enflurane and eight breathed 1% halothane, using 67% nitrous oxide in ox...

The influence of inspiration on well-being was examined in 4 studies. In Study 1, experimental manipulation of exposure to extraordinary competence increased positive affect, and inspiration accounted for this effect. In Study 2, trait inspiration predicted an increase in positive hedonic and eudaimonic well-being variables (positive affect, life satisfaction, vitality, and self-actualization) ...