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Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe
Niels J. Van Doesum (Van Doesum, N. J.); Ryan O. Murphy (Murphy, R. O.); Marcello Gallucci (Gallucci, M.); Efrat Aharonov-Majar (Aharonov-Majar, E.); Ursula Athenstaedt (Athenstaedt, U.); Wing Tung Au (Au, W. T.); Liying Bai (Bai, L.); Robert Böhm (Böhm, R.); Inna Bovina (Bovina, I.); Nancy R. Buchan (Buchan, N. R.); Xiao-Ping Chen (Chen, X.-P.); Kitty B. Dumont (Dumont, K. B.); Jan B. Engelmann (Engelmann, J. B.); Kimmo Eriksson (Eriksson, K.); Hyun Euh (Euh, H.); Susann Fiedler (Fiedler, S.); Justin Friesen (Friesen, J.); Simon Gächter (Gächter, S.); Camilo Garcia (Garcia, C.); Roberto González (González, R.); Sylvie Graf (Graf, S.); Katarzyna Growiec (Growiec, K.); Serge Guimond (Guimond, S.); Martina Hřebíčková (Hřebíčková, M.); Elizabeth Immer-Bernold (Immer-Bernold, E.); Jeff Joireman (Joireman, J.); Gokhan Karagonlar (Karagonlar, G.); Kerry Kawakami (Kawakami, K.); Toko Kiyonari (Kiyonari, T.); Yu Kou (Kou, Y.); D. Michael Kuhlman (Kuhlman, D. M.); Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis (Kyrtsis, A.-A.); Siugmin Lay (Lay, S.); Geoffrey J. Leonardelli (Leonardelli, G. J.); Norman P. Li (Li, N. P.); Yang Li (Li, Y.); Boris Maciejovsky (Maciejovsky, B.); Zoi Manesi (Manesi, Z.); Ali Mashuri (Mashuri, A.); Aurelia Mok (Mok, A.); Karin S. Moser (Moser, K. S.); Ladislav Moták (Moták, L.); Adrian Netedu (Netedu, A.); Chandrasekhar Pammi (Pammi, C.); Michael J. Platow (Platow, M. J.); Karolina Raczka-Winkler (Raczka-Winkler, K.); Christopher P. Reinders Folmer (Reinders Folme, C. P.); Cecilia Reyna (Reyna, C.); Angelo Romano (Romano, A.); Shaul Shalvi (Shalvi, S.); Cláudia Simão (Simão, C.); Adam W. Stivers (Stivers, A. W.); Pontus Strimling (Strimling, P.); Yannis Tsirbas (Tsirbas, Y.); Sonja Utz (Utz, S.); Leander van der Meij (van der Meij, L.); Sven Waldzus (Waldzus, S.); Yiwen Wang (Wang,Y.); Bernd Weber (Weber, B.); Ori Weisel (Weisel, O.); Tim Wildschut (Wildschut, T.); Fabian Winter (Winter, F.); Junhui Wu (Wu, J.); Jose C. Yong (Yong, J. C.); Paul A. M. Van Lange (Van Lange, P. A. M.); et al.
Journal Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Year (definitive publication)
2021
Language
English
Country
United States of America
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Abstract
Humans are social animals, but not everyone will be mindful of others to the same extent. Individual differences have been found, but would social mindfulness also be shaped by one's location in the world? Expecting cross-national differences to exist, we examined if and how social mindfulness differs across countries. At little to no material cost, social mindfulness typically entails small acts of attention or kindness. Even though fairly common, such low-cost cooperation has received little empirical attention. Measuring social mindfulness across 31 samples from industrialized countries and regions (n = 8,354), we found considerable variation. Among selected country-level variables, greater social mindfulness was most strongly associated with countries' better general performance on environmental protection. Together, our findings contribute to the literature on prosociality by targeting the kind of everyday cooperation that is more focused on communicating benevolence than on providing material benefits.
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Keywords
Social mindfulness,Cross-national differences,Low-cost cooperation
  • Psychology - Social Sciences
Funding Records
Funding Reference Funding Entity
ERC-AdG 295707 Comissão Europeia
410-2010-1221 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
022.003.040 Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
ANID/FONDAP 15110006 Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research
ANID/FONDAL 15130009 Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies
RVO 68081740 Rozvoj Vyzkumne Organizace
20-01214S Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

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