Social and ecological crises require people to act together, for instance, against climate
change or social injustice. Psychological scholarship suggests that human agency, in terms …

ABSTRACT Spontaneous (ie, heuristic, fast, effortless, and associative) processing has clear
advantages for human cognition, but it can also elicit undesirable outcomes such as …

We present an integrative theoretical model that specifies social psychological mechanisms
by which utopian thinking, which activates the social imagination, may enhance collective …

Understanding the moral consideration of AIs as moral patients is increasingly critical given
their rapid integration into daily life and the projected proliferation of advanced AIs. We …

Self-, collective, and participative efficacy are strong predictors of sustainability action. Yet,
few studies have investigated the dynamics and variability of efficacy beliefs. In this …

The vast and growing challenges for human health and all life on Earth require urgent and
deep structural changes to the way in which we live. Broken relationships with nature are at …

Background Transformative utopian impulse for planetary health is people's propensity to
have thoughts and engage in actions of which the purpose is to transform the current society …

This article provides the first empirical evidence of the theoretical model by Badaan et
al.(2020) that proposes social psychological mechanisms whereby utopian thinking, which …

Humanity faces twin problems of adaptation—natural environmental challenges of climate
change and global humanitarian challenges of ensuring well-being for all—that pose a …

Healthy social connections—belongingness and relatedness to others—are considered to
be basic human needs [1]. Yet, many societies are plagued with growing levels of isolation …