Collaborative Registered Replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010): Can Pro-environmental Behavior Be Promoted by Priming Status Motivation?

The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774) investigated whether pro-environmental behavior can be promoted by priming status motives (desires for social status and prestige). This large, multi-site replication showed no evidence to support the hypothesis that hypothetical pro-environmental behavior can be stimulated by having participants read a story designed to prime status motives. We performed several exploratory analyses to investigate whether extension variables (i.e., equating “green” choices with prosocial behavior, political beliefs, sampling methods, location, duration of data collection, and gender) moderated the hypothesized effect of status motives on pro-environmental choices, but these analyses produced null results. One limitation of the study is that most data collection sites did not include a manipulation check, and the one site that did found a much weaker effect (d = 0.32) than the extremely large effect originally reported (d = 3.69). As a result, it remains unclear whether the null result reflects a failure of this specific priming method or a challenge to the underlying theory.

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Collabra Psychology
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.143773
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Environmental Education and Sustainability
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Collaborative Registered Replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010): Can Pro-environmental Behavior Be Promoted by Priming Status Motivation?

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Collaborative Registered Replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010): Can Pro-environmental Behavior Be Promoted by Priming Status Motivation?

Jordan Wagge, Erin Michelle Buchanan, Cody D. Christopherson, Aleksandra Lazić, Lily Tsoi, Andrew Kelly, Adriana‐Mariel Gentile, Ljiljana B. Lazarević, Sophia Christin Weißgerber, Nathaniel R. Greene, Paul De Luca, Niklas Schouler, Karina Senftner, Seungyeon Lee, Peter Allen, Johanna Richter, Michał Folwarczny, Megan Raddatz, Stephen C. Want, Busra Bahar Balci, Valdimar Sigurðsson, Jon Grahe, Eric Hehman, Lisa Chalik, Adam D. Pazda, Laurianne Buron, Karine Talbot, Jessica Tobia, Joey Florence, Marija Petrović, Francesca Kingston
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The present study presents the results of a collaborative registered replication of Griskevicius et al. (2010, Experiment 1). As part of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project, 24 student groups from six countries (N = 3,774) investigated whether pro-environmental behavior can be promoted by priming status motives (desires for social status and prestige). This large, multi-site replication showed no evidence to support the hypothesis that hypothetical pro-environmental behavior can be stimulated by having participants read a story designed to prime status motives. We performed several exploratory analyses to investigate whether extension variables (i.e., equating “green” choices with prosocial behavior, political beliefs, sampling methods, location, duration of data collection, and gender) moderated the hypothesized effect of status motives on pro-environmental choices, but these analyses produced null results. One limitation of the study is that most data collection sites did not include a manipulation check, and the one site that did found a much weaker effect (d = 0.32) than the extremely large effect originally reported (d = 3.69). As a result, it remains unclear whether the null result reflects a failure of this specific priming method or a challenge to the underlying theory.

Collabra PsychologyVol. 11(1)
University of Kassel (DE), Reykjavík University (IS), Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (US), William & Mary (US), Avila University (US), Georgia State University (US), Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE), York University (CA), Skidmore College (US), Heidelberg University (DE), University Hospital Heidelberg (DE), University of Central Arkansas (US), University of Bristol (GB), University of Belgrade (RS), Metropolitan University (RS), Samsun University (TR), Concordia University (US), Institute of Physics Belgrade (RS), Reykjavík Energy (Iceland) (IS), McGill University (CA), Caldwell University (US), Pacific Lutheran University (US), Southern Oregon University (US), University of Pennsylvania (US), University of South Carolina Aiken (US), Philadelphia University (US)
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