Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: People cooperate every day in ways that range from largescale contributions that mitigate climate change to simple actions such as leaving another individual with choice - known as social mindfulness. It is not yet clear whether and how these complex and more simple forms of cooperation relate. Prior work has found that countries with individuals who made more socially mindful choices were linked to a higher country environmental performance - a proxy for complex cooperation. Here we replicated this initial finding in 41 samples around the world, demonstrating the robustness of the association between social mindfulness and environmental performance, and substantially built on it to show this relationship extended to a wide range of complex cooperative indices, tied closely to many current societal issues. We found that greater social mindfulness expressed by an individual was related to living in countries with more social capital, more community participation and reduced prejudice towards immigrants. Our findings speak to the symbiotic relationship between simple and more complex forms of cooperation in societies.
Source: Scientific Reports
Authors: Kelly Kirkland, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Niels J. Van Doesum, Cesar Acevedo-Triana, Catherine E. Amiot, Liisi Ausmees, Peter Baguma, Oumar Barry, Maja Becker, Michal Bilewicz, Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat, Thomas Castelain, Giulio Costantini, Girts Dimdins, Agustín Espinosa, Gillian Finchilescu, Ronald Fischer, Malte Friese, Ángel Gómez, Roberto González, Nobuhiko Goto, Peter Halama, Ruby D. Ilustrisimo, Gabriela M. Jiga-Boy, Peter Kuppens, Steve Loughnan, Marijana Markovik, Khairul A. Mastor, Neil McLatchie, Lindsay M. Novak, Ike E. Onyishi, Müjde Peker, Muhammad Rizwan, Mark Schaller, Eunkook M. Suh, William B. Swann, Eddie M. W. Tong, Ana Torres, Rhiannon N. Turner, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Alexander Vinogradov, Zhechen Wang, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, Brock Bastian
Institutions: The University of Melbourne, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Leiden University, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Tartu, Makerere University, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie, Université de Toulouse, University of Warsaw, Chulalongkorn University, Universitat de Girona, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Latvia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, University of the Witwatersrand, Victoria University of Wellington, Saarland University, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Hitotsubashi University, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of San Carlos, Swansea University, KU Leuven, University of Edinburgh, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, National University of Malaysia, Lancaster University, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Nigeria, MEF University, University of Haripur, University of British Columbia, Yonsei University, The University of Texas at Austin, National University of Singapore, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Queen's University Belfast, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Fudan University, Lingnan University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,190
Funders: Leverhulme Trust, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Latvijas Zinātnes Padome, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social, Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé, Australian Research Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigación en Áreas Prioritarias, H2020 European Research Council
Awards: A Multi-Theory Multi-Method Approach for Preventing and Reducing Radicalization leading to Violence, G2002165904, Chercheurs-boursiers — Déterminants sociaux de la santé, Cohésion sociale, G3200345194, CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE ESTUDIOS INTERCULTURALES E INDIGENAS (CIIR), An international collaboration project to reveal psychological mechanisms underlying the alienation of minority groups and to develop policies promoting multi-cultural tolerance, G5092339302, CENTRO PARA EL ESTUDIO DEL CONFLICTO Y LA COHESION SOCIAL (COES), G6055039558, Politiskās uzticēšanās psiholoģiska modeļa izstrāde un pārbaude, CONVIVIENDO EN DIVERSIDAD EL ROL DE LAS NORMAS Y DE LAS OPORTUNIDADES DE CONTACTO EN LA PROMOCION DE COHESION SOCIAL EN BARRIOS MULTICULTURALES, G7627958841, G768494425, Building trust and sustainability by promoting a moral frame to nature
OpenAlex ID: W4312128759