Demographics, personality traits and a priori effects on pro-social and pro-environmental behavior (Experiments 2A and 2B)
| Ecological frame | Social frame | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXTIN group (n = 26) Mean (SD) | PLCIN group (n = 26) Mean (SD) | t | p | OXT group (n = 24) Mean (SD) | PLC group (n = 24) Mean (SD) | t | p | |
| Age (years) | 23.35 (2.62) | 23.08 (2.52) | 0.37 | 0.70 | 23.29 (2.64) | 22.33 (2.83) | 1.21 | 0.23 |
| Education (years) | 16.22 (1.90) | 16.08 (2.03) | 0.23 | 0.81 | 16.37 (2.18) | 15.68 (1.55) | 1.22 | 0.23 |
| Donations €/year (pro-social) | 13.30 (49.70) | 6.29 (15.73) | 0.68 | 0.49 | 11.70 (29.69) | 14.95 (30.91) | −0.37 | 0.71 |
| Donations €/year (pro-environmental) | 3.07 (8.95) | 7.75 (22.82) | −0.93 | 0.33 | 4.37 (12.45) | 9.50 (22.23) | −0.98 | 0.33 |
| Social responsibilitya | 4.69 (0.88) | 5.08 (0.77) | −1.66 | 0.10 | 4.70 (1.08) | 4.79 (1.28) | −0.24 | 0.80 |
| Environmental responsibilityb | 2.92 (0.93) | 3.25 (0.89) | −1.26 | 0.21 | 3.04 (0.55) | 3.12 (0.99) | −0.36 | 0.72 |
| Childhood Trauma Quotient | 31.11 (5.32) | 31.83 (6.06) | −0.44 | 0.65 | 29.33 (3.70) | 31.79 (6.61) | −1.58 | 0.11 |
| Autism-Spectrum Quotient | 14.25 (5.11) | 13.57 (3.89) | 0.52 | 0.60 | 14.33 (6.99) | 17.66 (5.28) | −1.86 | 0.07 |
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory | 34.00 (6.99) | 33.73 (5.96) | 0.14 | 0.88 | 33.45 (7.02) | 33.70 (7.33) | −0.12 | 0.90 |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 4.62 (3.54) | 4.21 (4.11) | 0.37 | 0.71 | 3.58 (3.57) | 4.29 (3.25) | −0.71 | 0.47 |
↵aSocial responsibility attitudes were assessed using a 6-item questionnaire asking participants about attitudes and beliefs towards pro-social behavior (maximum possible score = 8).
↵bEnvironmental responsibility attitudes were assessed using a 5-item questionnaire asking participants about attitudes and beliefs towards pro-environmental behavior (maximum possible score = 8).