Adagio in the Woods: How Does Music Tempo Impact Individual Pro-Environmental Behavior?

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.0698

Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (4): 698-724.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.0698

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Adagio in the Woods: How Does Music Tempo Impact Individual Pro-Environmental Behavior?

CHEN Siyun¹, CHENG Meizi², XIONG Jiwei³(), FANG Xinyi², WU Laian²()

¹School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
²School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
³School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Published:2026-04-25 Online:2026-01-16
Contact: XIONG Jiwei, E-mail: xiongjiwei@whu.edu.cn;WU Laian, E-mail: laianwu1309@jnu.edu.cn

Abstract

CHEN Siyun, CHENG Meizi, XIONG Jiwei, FANG Xinyi, WU Laian. (2026). Adagio in the Woods: How Does Music Tempo Impact Individual Pro-Environmental Behavior?. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 58(4), 698-724.

	Number of Donations	Donation Amount	Average Donation	Project Progress
Panel A	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
BPM	?0.013^***	?0.011^***	?0.009^***	?0.020^***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Control variables	No	No	No	No
Fixed effects for text / audio / video features	No	No	No	No
Panel B	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8
BPM	?0.006^***	?0.005^***	?0.005^***	?0.013^***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Project-level control variables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audio-level control variables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fixed effects for text / audio / video features	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

	Number of Donations	Donation Amount	Average Donation	Project Progress
Panel A	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
BPM	?0.013^***	?0.011^***	?0.009^***	?0.020^***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Control variables	No	No	No	No
Fixed effects for text / audio / video features	No	No	No	No
Panel B	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8
BPM	?0.006^***	?0.005^***	?0.005^***	?0.013^***
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Project-level control variables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audio-level control variables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fixed effects for text / audio / video features	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Adagio in the Woods: How Does Music Tempo Impact Individual Pro-Environmental Behavior?

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