Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts?

Niels J. Van Doesum, Ryan O Murphy, Marcello Gallucci, Ursula Athenstaedt, Wing Tung Au, Liying Bai, Robert Böhm, Inna Bovina, Nancy R Buchan, Xiao-Ping Chen, Kitty B Dumont, Jan B Engelmann, Kimmo Eriksson, Hyun Euh, Susann Fiedler, Justin Friesen, Simon Gächter, Camilo Garcia, Roberto González, Sylvie GrafKatarzyna Growiec, Serge Guimond, Martina Hřebíčková, Elizabeth Immer-Bernold, Jeff Joireman, Gokhan Karagonlar, Kerry Kawakami, Toko Kiyonari, Yu Kou, Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis, Siugmin Lay, Geoffrey J Leonardelli, Norman P. Li, Yang Li, Boris Maciejovsky, Zoi Manesi, Ali Mashuri, Aurelia Mok, Karin S Moser, Ladislav Moták, Adrian Netedu, Michael J Platow, Karolina Raczka-Winkler, Christopher P Reinders Folmer, Cecilia Reyna, Angelo Romano, Shaul Shalvi, Cláudia Simão, Adam W Strimling, Yannis Tsirbas, Sonja Utz, Leander van der Meij, Sven Waldzus, Yiwen Wang, Bernd Weber, Ori Weisel, Tim Wildschut, Fabian Winter, Junhui Wu, Jose C Yong, Paul AM Van Lange

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Abstract

Komatsu et al. (1) argue that Van Doesum et al. (2) may have overlooked the role of GDP in reporting a positive association between social mindfulness (SoMi) and the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) at country level. Although the relationship between EPI and SoMi is relatively weaker for countries with higher GDP, that does not imply that the overall observed relationship is a statistical artifact. Rather, it implies that GDP may be a moderator of the relationship between EPI and SoMi. The observed correlation is a valid result on average across countries, and the actual effect size would, at least to some degree, depend on GDP...
OriginalspracheEnglisch
FachzeitschriftProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Jahrgang119
Ausgabenummer9
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2022

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