Air Pollution Reduces Interpersonal Trust: The Roles of Emotion and Emotional Susceptibility.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution has been shown to have detrimental effects on physical and mental health, yet little is known about how air pollution affects psychosocial functioning in everyday life. We conducted three studies that utilized experimental methods and web crawler technology to examine the effect of hazy environmental conditions on perceived interpersonal trust, and to investigate the roles of emotion and emotional susceptibility in mediating or moderating the negative impact of air pollution. In Study 1, participants were presented with landscape photos that showed either hazy scenes or clear scenes. Those who viewed photos of hazy scenes reduced their levels of interpersonal trust. In Study 2, emotion data were collected from social media with web crawler technology, in connection with meteo

SUBMITTER: Hou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8197547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature