Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 909-920.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2020.00909
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ZHAO Yujie1, GAO Yang2, ZHOU Xinyue1()
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2019-08-21
Published:
2020-07-25
Online:
2020-05-25
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ZHOU Xinyue
E-mail:xinyuezhou@zju.edu.cn
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ZHAO Yujie, GAO Yang, ZHOU Xinyue. (2020). The influence of weather and air pollution on honest behavior: A field experiment about lost wallets on campus. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(7), 909-920.
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Variables | On the day of the experiment, | The first day after the experiment | The day after the experiment | ||||||
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b | Wald | p | b | Wald | p | b | Wald | p | |
Intercept distance | 1.90 (0.43) | 19.17 | < 0.001 | 2.37 (0.41) | 34.32 | < 0.001 | 1.89 (0.14) | 37.65 | < 0.001 |
Is the weather clear | 0.49 (0.16) | 9.51 | 0.002 | 0.45 (0.13) | 11.53 | 0.001 | 0.87 (0.14) | 37.65 | < 0.001 |
Air pollution | -0.02 (0.002) | 57.26 | < 0.001 | -0.014 (0.002) | 45.47 | < 0.001 | -0.01 (0.002) | 41.56 | < 0.001 |
Average temperature of the day | -0.07 (0.02) | 16.78 | < 0.001 | -0.10 (0.02) | 31.98 | < 0.001 | -0.08 (0.02) | 24.22 | < 0.001 |
Table 1 The influence of weather condition and air pollution on honesty
Variables | On the day of the experiment, | The first day after the experiment | The day after the experiment | ||||||
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b | Wald | p | b | Wald | p | b | Wald | p | |
Intercept distance | 1.90 (0.43) | 19.17 | < 0.001 | 2.37 (0.41) | 34.32 | < 0.001 | 1.89 (0.14) | 37.65 | < 0.001 |
Is the weather clear | 0.49 (0.16) | 9.51 | 0.002 | 0.45 (0.13) | 11.53 | 0.001 | 0.87 (0.14) | 37.65 | < 0.001 |
Air pollution | -0.02 (0.002) | 57.26 | < 0.001 | -0.014 (0.002) | 45.47 | < 0.001 | -0.01 (0.002) | 41.56 | < 0.001 |
Average temperature of the day | -0.07 (0.02) | 16.78 | < 0.001 | -0.10 (0.02) | 31.98 | < 0.001 | -0.08 (0.02) | 24.22 | < 0.001 |
Variables | b | SE | Wald | p | 95% Exp (B) |
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Intercept distance | -0.62 | 1.73 | 0.13 | 0.72 | |
Is the weather clear | 1.63 | 0.70 | 5.49 | 0.019 | [1.31, 20.08] |
Whether there is pollution in the air | -1.91 | 0.79 | 5.87 | 0.015 | [0.03, 0.70] |
Cloud cover | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.851 | [0.98, 1.03] |
Humidity | -0.02 | 0.03 | 0.42 | 0.519 | [0.93, 1.04] |
Maximum wind | 0.004 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.987 | [0.65, 1.56] |
Felt air temperature | -0.01 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.667 | [0.93, 1.05] |
Type of course | 0.78 | 0.39 | 4.10 | 0.043 | [1.03, 4.65] |
Relative position | -1.01 | 0.41 | 6.20 | 0.013 | [0.16, 0.81] |
Classroom size | 0.30 | 0.13 | 5.74 | 0.017 | [1.06, 1.72] |
School | -0.04 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.95 | [0.30, 3.12] |
Time slot (am, pm) | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.54 | [0.62, 2.47] |
Table 2 A robust analysis of the influence of sunny weather and air pollution on honesty
Variables | b | SE | Wald | p | 95% Exp (B) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept distance | -0.62 | 1.73 | 0.13 | 0.72 | |
Is the weather clear | 1.63 | 0.70 | 5.49 | 0.019 | [1.31, 20.08] |
Whether there is pollution in the air | -1.91 | 0.79 | 5.87 | 0.015 | [0.03, 0.70] |
Cloud cover | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.851 | [0.98, 1.03] |
Humidity | -0.02 | 0.03 | 0.42 | 0.519 | [0.93, 1.04] |
Maximum wind | 0.004 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.987 | [0.65, 1.56] |
Felt air temperature | -0.01 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.667 | [0.93, 1.05] |
Type of course | 0.78 | 0.39 | 4.10 | 0.043 | [1.03, 4.65] |
Relative position | -1.01 | 0.41 | 6.20 | 0.013 | [0.16, 0.81] |
Classroom size | 0.30 | 0.13 | 5.74 | 0.017 | [1.06, 1.72] |
School | -0.04 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.95 | [0.30, 3.12] |
Time slot (am, pm) | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.54 | [0.62, 2.47] |
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