A cautious note on the relationship between social mindfulness and concern with environmental protection

Reply to Nielsen et al.: Social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern

“…We regard Nielsen et al.’s ( 1 ) finding that an inherently dyadic measure predicts broader environmental concerns relevant to society’s future as promising—and consistent with the broader idea that SoMi, as a case of kindness to another person, is connected to the presence and development of social capital. They also found associations between another dyadic measure of prosociality (social value orientation) and environmental concerns.…”

“…Nielsen et al. ( 1 ) argue that Van Doesum et al. ( 2 ) need to consider three points for their interpretation of a positive association between individual-level social mindfulness (SoMi) and environmental performance (EPI) at the country level ( 3 ).…”

“…Third, Nielsen et al. ( 1 ) conducted a study to complement our data by examining the association between SoMi and four indicators of environmental concern. This study yielded associations that were small in magnitude, yet three of four correlations were statistically significant.…”

Factors influencing green purchases: An emerging market perspective

“…Doesum et al (2022, p. 2) regardNielsen et al (2022) finding as fundamentally "dyadic measure" forecasting wider environmental concerns relevant to society's future and connected to the social capital development. They also found links between another dyadic measure of environmental concerns and social value.…”