Global social identity predicts cooperation at local, national, and global levels: Results from international experiments.

ABSTRACT: Individuals who identify themselves with humanity as a whole tend to be more prosocial in a number of different domains, from giving to international charities to volunteering for humanitarian causes. In this paper, we show that global identity is "inclusive" in character. That is, rather than neglecting or diminishing attachments to local and national groups, identification with all of humanity encourages individuals to embrace local and national goals at no lesser intensity than they embrace global goals. We have done so using experimental data on social dilemmas at the local level and nested social dilemmas at the local and national level, as well as at the local and world levels. Experiments were conducted with adult samples in the United States, Italy, Russia, Argentina, South Africa,

SUBMITTER: Grimalda G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349348 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature