APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

How Collective Pride Shapes Donations to Charity

Washington, DC · May 2025

Poster · Social

Session: Poster Session VI

Authors

Abstract

In two experiments (n = 1,695), we demonstrate that some positive emotions (e.g., collective pride) are better enablers of charitable donations than others (e.g., amusement), an effect explained by social connectedness. Moving beyond valence effects, our work highlights the added utility of connectedness in bridging emotion with prosocial behaviour.

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