How Karma Harms and Helps Generosity Toward Those in Need.

Pers Soc Psychol Bull · 2026 · PMC13096616 · PMID 39902769

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marginally significantno p-value reported

There was also a marginally significant effect of thinking about karma on giving to the control recipient, in the overall analysis.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

This pattern appeared consistently, both in aggregate analyses and within each country, but the effects of thinking about karma were small and did not reach statistical significance within each country.

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