Because low levels of task engagement may have produced these null results, we conducted a replication with minor changes designed to increase engagement in this Experiment 3 ( N = 5,199), participants who recalled a prosocial (vs.
In Experimadults recalled a time they spent money on themselves or someone else and then reported their current happiness contrary to predictions, participants in the prosocial spending condition did not report greater happiness than those in the personal spending condition.
personal) spending reported greater momentary happiness. As predicted, participants assigned to engage in prosocial (vs. In Experiment 1, 712 students were randomly assigned to make a purchase for themselves or a stranger in need and then reported their happiness. In light of new, improved standards for evidentiary value, we conducted high-powered registered replications of the central paradigms used in prosocial spending research. However, most studies on prosocial spending (like most research on the emotional benefits of generosity) utilized small sample sizes ( n < 100/cell). These findings have received widespread attention because they offer insight into why people engage in costly prosocial behavior, and what constitutes happier spending more broadly. Research indicates that spending money on others- prosocial spending-leads to greater happiness than spending money on oneself (e.g., Dunn, Aknin, & Norton, 2008, 2014).
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