Lifetime experience with (classic) psychedelics predicts pro-environmental behavior through an increase in nature relatedness

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作者
Forstmann, Matthias [1 ]
Sagioglou, Christina [2 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
[2] Univ Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria
关键词
Psychedelics; nature relatedness; pro-environmental behavior; ecology; MYSTICAL-TYPE EXPERIENCES; MECHANICAL TURK; PERSONALITY-TRAITS; PSILOCYBIN; DRUGS; LSD; HALLUCINOGENS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; METAANALYSIS; ALCOHOLISM;
D O I
10.1177/0269881117714049
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
In a large-scale (N = 1487) general population online study, we investigated the relationship between past experience with classic psychedelic substances (e.g. LSD, psilocybin, mescaline), nature relatedness, and ecological behavior (e.g. saving water, recycling). Using structural equation modeling we found that experience with classic psychedelics uniquely predicted self-reported engagement in pro-environmental behaviors, and that this relationship was statistically explained by people's degree of self-identification with nature. Our model controlled for experiences with other classes of psychoactive substances (cannabis, dissociatives, empathogens, popular legal drugs) as well as common personality traits that usually predict drug consumption and/or nature relatedness (openness to experience, conscientiousness, conservatism). Although correlational in nature, results suggest that lifetime experience with psychedelics in particular may indeed contribute to people's pro-environmental behavior by changing their self-construal in terms of an incorporation of the natural world, regardless of core personality traits or general propensity to consume mind-altering substances. Thereby, the present research adds to the contemporary literature on the beneficial effects of psychedelic substance use on mental wellbeing, hinting at a novel area for future research investigating their potentially positive effects on a societal level. Limitations of the present research and future directions are discussed.
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