Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe

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

Reply to Nielsen et al. social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern

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From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts?

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Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe

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

Systembedrohung vs. Systemerhaltung als Beweggründe zur Unterstützung von Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen

Anslinger J, Athenstaedt U, Corcoran K. Systembedrohung vs. Systemerhaltung als Beweggründe zur Unterstützung von Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen. Presented at the 12th Conference of the Austrian Society for Psychology, Innsbruck

Eine sozialpsychologische Ursachensuche: Vorurteile, Stereotype und Intergruppenprozesse

Anslinger J, Athenstaedt U. Eine sozialpsychologische Ursachensuche: Vorurteile, Stereotype und Intergruppenprozesse. In: Scherke K, ed. Spannungsfeld »Gesellschaftliche Vielfalt«. Begegnungen zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis. Gesellschaft der Unterschiede. Vol 23. Bielefeld: transcript; 2015: 53-74

Systembedrohung vs. Systemerhaltung als Beweggründe zur Unterstützung von Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen

Anslinger J, Athenstaedt U, Corcoran K. Systembedrohung vs. Systemerhaltung als Beweggründe zur Unterstützung von Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen. Presented at the 12th Conference of the Austrian Society for Psychology, Innsbruck