Having less, giving more? Two preregistered replications of the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior

Stamos, Angelos; Lange, Florian; Huang, Szu‐chi; Dewitte, Siegfried

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103902

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“…The reason why these behavioral experiments give mixed results is unclear, but several explanations have been put forward. First, some of these studies have small sample sizes, which may explain, for example, why Piff et al [41], who found a positive relation between environmental adversity and cooperation, was not replicated in a high-powered pre-registered study [42]. Second, these studies usually only use one economic game, which may lower their generalizability [44].…”

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“…When cooperation is measured using behavioral experiments (i.e., economic games and actual behavior in various settings under scrutiny of the experimenter), the results are much more mixed. Some studies report an association between adverse environments and decreased cooperation [ 33 , 34 , 36 – 38 ], but other studies find the opposite pattern [ 39 – 41 ] or no effect at all [ 42 , 43 ].…”

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Environmental adversity is associated with lower investment in collective actions

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Environmental adversity is associated with a wide range of biological outcomes and behaviors that seem to fulfill a need to favor immediate over long-term benefits. Adversity is also associated with decreased investment in cooperation, which is defined as a long-term strategy. Beyond establishing the correlation between adversity and cooperation, the channel through which this relationship arises remains unclear. We propose that this relationship is mediated by a present bias at the psychological level, which is embodied in the reproduction-maintenance trade-off at the biological level. We report two pre-registered studies applying structural equation models to test this relationship on large-scale datasets (the European Values Study and the World Values Survey). The present study replicates existing research linking adverse environments (both in childhood and in adulthood) with decreased investment in adult cooperation and finds that this association is indeed mediated by variations in individuals' reproduction-maintenance trade-off.

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Environmental adversity is associated with lower investment in collective actions

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“…In addition, in two studies that replicated Piff et al's (2010) Study 1 and Study 2, results revealed that measuring socioeconomic status was not related to dictator game performance and individuals' attitudes towards charitable donations. And what is even more interesting was that individuals primed in the upper subjective status gave a higher proportion of their annual income to charity (Stamos, Lange, Huang, & Dewitte, 2020).…”

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Community identity as a mediator of the relationship between socioeconomic status and altruistic behaviour in Chinese residents

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Yang

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Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Socioeconomic status is related to altruistic behaviour, but the link between them remains controversial. The present study explored the link between socioeconomic status and altruistic behaviour, as well as the psychological mechanism between them. We recruited 1,052 residents from 34 provinces in China to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic status and altruistic behaviour and the mediating mechanism. Results showed that objective socioeconomic status was positively related to altruistic behaviour. Subjective socioeconomic status was positively associated with community identity and altruistic behaviour. Community identity mediated the relationship between subjective socioeconomic status and altruistic behaviour. The findings suggest that enhancing individuals' community identity or subjective status perception can effectively increase their altruistic behaviour.

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“…Furthermore, they found that although reciprocity beliefs promote charitable giving for high-status individuals, feelings of gratitude foster charitable giving for low-status individuals. Finally, two high-powered and preregistered replication studies did not find evidence in support of the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior reported by Piff et al (2010;Stamos, Lange, Huang, & Dewitte, 2020).…”

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The effect of perceived financial vulnerability on prosocial activity

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Ritov

2020

Behavioral Decision Making

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Having less, giving more? Two preregistered replications of the relationship between social class and prosocial behavior

Cited by 44 publications

References 29 publications

Environmental adversity is associated with lower investment in collective actions

Environmental adversity is associated with lower investment in collective actions

Community identity as a mediator of the relationship between socioeconomic status and altruistic behaviour in Chinese residents

The effect of perceived financial vulnerability on prosocial activity

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