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Article: Too hot to help or too cold to care? On the links between ambient temperature, volunteerism, and civic engagement
Title | Too hot to help or too cold to care? On the links between ambient temperature, volunteerism, and civic engagement |
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Keywords | ambient temperature civic engagement interpersonal trust volunteerism well-being |
Issue Date | 13-Jun-2023 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Citation | British Journal of Psychology, 2023 How to Cite? |
Abstract | We investigated the relationship between ambient temperature and prosocial behaviour in real-life settings. It was guided by two mechanisms of opposite predictions, namely (1) higher temperatures decrease prosociality by harming well-being, and (2) higher temperatures increase prosociality by promoting the embodied cognition of social warmth. In Study 1, U.S. state-level time-series data (2002-2015) supported the first mechanism, with higher temperatures predicting lower volunteer rates through lower well-being. Study 2 furthered the investigation by probing the relationship between neighbourhood temperature and civic engagement of 2268 U.S. citizens. The data partially supported the well-being mechanism and reported findings contradictory to the social embodiment mechanism. Higher temperatures predicted lower interpersonal trust and subsequently lower civic engagement. The unexpected finding hinted at a cognitive effect of heat and a compensatory mechanism in social thermoregulation. We discussed the findings regarding their methodological strengths and weaknesses, with cautions made on ecological fallacies and alternative models. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/331974 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.490 |
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dc.contributor.author | Ng, Henry Kin Shing | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, Sing‐Hang | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-28T04:59:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-28T04:59:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-06-13 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Psychology, 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-1269 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/331974 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>We investigated the relationship between ambient temperature and prosocial behaviour in real-life settings. It was guided by two mechanisms of opposite predictions, namely (1) higher temperatures decrease prosociality by harming well-being, and (2) higher temperatures increase prosociality by promoting the embodied cognition of social warmth. In Study 1, U.S. state-level time-series data (2002-2015) supported the first mechanism, with higher temperatures predicting lower volunteer rates through lower well-being. Study 2 furthered the investigation by probing the relationship between neighbourhood temperature and civic engagement of 2268 U.S. citizens. The data partially supported the well-being mechanism and reported findings contradictory to the social embodiment mechanism. Higher temperatures predicted lower interpersonal trust and subsequently lower civic engagement. The unexpected finding hinted at a cognitive effect of heat and a compensatory mechanism in social thermoregulation. We discussed the findings regarding their methodological strengths and weaknesses, with cautions made on ecological fallacies and alternative models.<br></p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Wiley | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | British Journal of Psychology | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | ambient temperature | - |
dc.subject | civic engagement | - |
dc.subject | interpersonal trust | - |
dc.subject | volunteerism | - |
dc.subject | well-being | - |
dc.title | Too hot to help or too cold to care? On the links between ambient temperature, volunteerism, and civic engagement | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/bjop.12669 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85163126853 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2044-8295 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:001007693500001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0007-1269 | - |