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<p>Previous studies have shown that a person’s experience of uncertainty can impact cooperation. This study aimed to test if uncertainty salience, controlling for the need for closure (NFC), moral foundations, and self-investment, can influence ingroup and outgroup cooperation. To test this proposition, 1182 students from Brazil were divided into two groups: a control group and an experimental group that underwent a personal uncertainty priming task. Participants also completed the Dictator Game, the NFC scale, the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, and the In-group Multidimensional Identification Scale. Results demonstrated no significant effect of the uncertainty priming or the interaction between the priming and NFC on cooperation. However, a main effect of NFC on cooperation was found, along with the covariates, self-investment, and the individualizing foundations. Taken together, the results indicate that while uncertainty does not affect people’s cooperation, the lower someone’s NFC is, the more they tend to cooperate with their ingroup and outgroup.</p>

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Does Uncertainty Impact Cooperation? The Effect of Need for Closure, Group Identity, and the Moral Foundations

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    2025年4月29日

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  • Maria Isabela Caro Simões dos Reis,
  • Ronaldo Pilati,
  • João Gabriel Modesto

摘要

Previous studies have shown that a person’s experience of uncertainty can impact cooperation. This study aimed to test if uncertainty salience, controlling for the need for closure (NFC), moral foundations, and self-investment, can influence ingroup and outgroup cooperation. To test this proposition, 1182 students from Brazil were divided into two groups: a control group and an experimental group that underwent a personal uncertainty priming task. Participants also completed the Dictator Game, the NFC scale, the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, and the In-group Multidimensional Identification Scale. Results demonstrated no significant effect of the uncertainty priming or the interaction between the priming and NFC on cooperation. However, a main effect of NFC on cooperation was found, along with the covariates, self-investment, and the individualizing foundations. Taken together, the results indicate that while uncertainty does not affect people’s cooperation, the lower someone’s NFC is, the more they tend to cooperate with their ingroup and outgroup.