Do Behavioral Observations Make People Catch the Goal? A Meta-Analysis on Goal Contagion

IF 2 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Review of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2021-01-22 DOI:10.5334/IRSP.428

Hilmar Brohmer, Lisa V. Eckerstorfer, Robbie C. M. van Aert, Katja Corcoran

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Abstract

Goal contagion is a social-cognitive approach to understanding how other people’s behavior influences one’s goal pursuit: An observation of goal-directed behavior leads to an automatic inference and activation of the goal before it can be adopted and pursued thereafter by the observer. We conducted a meta-analysis focusing on experimental studies with a goal condition, depicting goal-directed behavior and a control condition. We searched four databases (PsychInfo, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and JSTOR) and the citing literature on Google Scholar, and eventually included e = 48 effects from published studies, unpublished studies and registered reports based on 4751 participants. The meta-analytic summary effect was small − g = 0.30, 95%CI [0.21; 0.40], τ² = 0.05, 95%CI [0.03, 0.13] − implying that goal contagion might occur for some people, compared to when this goal is not perceived in behavior. However, the original effect seemed to be biased through the current publication system. As shown by several publication-bias tests, the effect could rather be half the size, for example, selection model: g = 0.15, 95%CI [–0.02; 0.32]. Further, we could not detect any potential moderator (such as the presentation of the manipulation and the contrast of the control condition). We suggest that future research on goal contagion makes use of open science practices to advance research in this domain.

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行为观察能让人们达到目标吗？目标传染的Meta分析

目标传染是一种社会认知方法，用于理解他人的行为如何影响一个人的目标追求：对目标导向行为的观察会导致目标的自动推断和激活，然后才能被观察者采用和追求。我们进行了一项荟萃分析，重点是目标条件下的实验研究，描述了目标导向的行为和控制条件。我们搜索了四个数据库（PsychInfo、Web of Science、ScienceDirect和JSTOR）和Google Scholar上的引用文献，最终包括了基于4751名参与者的已发表研究、未发表研究和注册报告的e=48影响。荟萃分析汇总效应较小——g=0.30，95%CI[0.21；0.40]，τ²=0.05，95%CI[0.03，0.13]——这意味着与行为中没有感知到目标时相比，一些人可能会发生目标传染。然而，通过目前的出版制度，最初的效果似乎有偏差。正如几项发表偏倚测试所示，效果可能是一半大小，例如，选择模型：g=0.15，95%CI[-0.02；0.32]。此外，我们无法检测到任何潜在的调节因子（如操纵的表现和对照条件的对比度）。我们建议未来对目标传染的研究利用开放科学实践来推进这一领域的研究。

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International Review of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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5.20

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8.00%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Review of Social Psychology (IRSP) is supported by the Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche Internationale en Psychologie Sociale (A.D.R.I.P.S.). The International Review of Social Psychology publishes empirical research and theoretical notes in all areas of social psychology. Articles are written preferably in English but can also be written in French. The journal was created to reflect research advances in a field where theoretical and fundamental questions inevitably convey social significance and implications. It emphasizes scientific quality of its publications in every area of social psychology. Any kind of research can be considered, as long as the results significantly enhance the understanding of a general social psychological phenomenon and the methodology is appropriate.