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Supplementary file 2_From mental well-being to pro-environmental and distributive behavior? Evidence from a randomized mindfulness intervention.pdf Lea Cassar (25141485) Tim Michael Neu (25141488) Petra Jansen (301137) Economics distributive preferences mindfulness training pro-environmental behavior randomized controlled trial (RCT) university students mental health Introduction<p>This paper investigates whether mindfulness training can generate spillovers to socially relevant economic behavior, particularly in the domains of environmental protection and income distribution.</p>Methods<p>We conduct a randomized controlled trial among university students, offering an eight-week online mindfulness course and measuring outcomes using incentivized behavioral tasks and policy preference surveys.</p>Results<p>While the intervention successfully increases mindfulness, we find no robust evidence of causal effects on pro-environmental behavior, distribution choices, or related policy preferences, and only selective effects on the proposed mediating channels.</p>Discussion<p>These findings suggest that mindfulness interventions, especially in scalable online formats and voluntary settings, may have limited potential to influence behavior and preferences in these domains.</p> 2026-09-30T04:45:47Z Dataset Dataset 10.3389/frbhe.2026.1875793.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_file_2_From_mental_well-being_to_pro-environmental_and_distributive_behavior_Evidence_from_a_randomized_mindfulness_intervention_pdf/34029645 CC BY 4.0