A new empirical framework to measure beliefs about the future well-being of all humanity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5084855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiaobin Lou (0000-0003-3169-217X, Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA, corresponding author), Brian W Haas (0000-0002-6860-448X, Department of Psychology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 254 |
| Pages | 1487-1501 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/issj.12522 |
| OpenAlex | W4400382197 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 46 |
Many important decisions that people are faced with hold consequences for future generations of humans on Earth. However, it is currently not well understood how people think about the future of all humans on Earth. This study was designed to explore the way people think about the past and future of all of humanity. We investigate people's beliefs about the past and future of all humanity (1000 years) as compared to people's beliefs about the remembered past and predicted future of their own lives (10 years). We found that the trajectory of quality of life is dissociable according to humanity vs individual levels, and that beliefs about the past and future of all humanity are linked to several personality and dispositional traits (neuroticism, conscientiousness, optimism and time orientation) and values/attitudes (current life satisfaction, science and technology and system justification). These findings provide a useful framework to further investigate how people think about the future of all humanity and shed new light on potential correlates to the way the future of humanity is imagined
Economics · Empirical measure · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanity · Measure (data warehouse) · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Cultural Differences in Susceptibility to the End of History Illusion
The Improvement Default
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The Role of Emotion in Global Warming Policy Support and Opposition
The psychology of system justification and the palliative function of ideology
Global Human Identification and Citizenship
Thinking About the Future
Examining differences in public opinion on climate change between college students in China and the USA
Is there an ‘end of history illusion’ for life satisfaction? Evidence from a three-wave longitudinal study
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Individual approaches to futures thinking and decision making
Public perceptions of future threats to humanity and different societal responses
Beliefs about human extinction
All humanity is my ingroup
Complementary Justice
Putting time in perspective
Distinguishing optimism from neuroticism (and trait anxiety, self-mastery, and self-esteem)
The global belief that “life gets better and better
Personality and Political Attitudes
Validating a brief measure of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory
The Conceptual and Relational Structure of Subjective Well-Being, Neuroticism, and Extraversion
Political polarization on support for government spending on environmental protection in the USA, 1974-2012
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |