Mindfulness training reduces the preference for proenvironmental outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Theoretical accounts posit that mindfulness promotes proenvironmental behavior. While this claim is supported by correlational findings, past intervention studies provided no evidence that enhancing mindfulness increases self-report measures of proenvironmental behavior. Here, we tested whether a 31-day mindfulness intervention strengthens preferences for proenvironmental outcomes with decision tasks involving real conflict between participants' selfish interests and beneficial consequences for the environment. To unravel the psychological mechanisms underlying the impact of mindfulness on proenvironmental behavior, we assessed the impact of mindfulness training on prosociality and future orientation. Contrary to our hypotheses, the mindfulness intervention reduced instead of increased pre

SUBMITTER: Le Houcq Corbi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603186 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature