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Toward a psychology of intergenerational futures thinking: Longitudinal evidence linking intergenerational dispositions to collective action for future humanity

2025-11-29

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<p>How do people sustain concern for future generations when thinking about existential threats that will face those to come? Across two longitudinal studies spanning 12 months, we examine the stability and behavioral relevance of “intergenerational futures thinking,” a constellation of psychological constructs theorized to motivate long-term prosocial action: intergenerational concern (IGC), impartial intergenera...

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Literature Corpus work: 9fd012b0-c048-5411-aa48-3c9ffa80e935
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/ycwg2_v2

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