Collective continuity, the perception of the ingroup as an enduring temporal entity, has been linked with ingroup favouritism, negative attitudes and prejudice towards the outgroups. However, previous studies focused mainly on the perceived connection between the past and present of the group. We proposed that the expectation of a strong similarity between the present and future of the national ingroup, future collective continuity (FCC), positively affects present intergroup relations construals. In line with the hypotheses, Study 1 ( N = 202) showed a positive relation between FCC and prosocial outgroup beliefs (i.e., foreigner‐related). Study 2 ( N = 200) suggested that FCC negatively affects prejudice towards immigrants through lower levels of collective angst. Study 3 ( N = 250; preregistered) provided experimental evidence that FCC decreased outgroup prejudice and anxiety and increased collective action intentions through collective angst. Furthermore, a moderated mediation model revealed that these effects held only for individuals who identified with their nation more. Our work suggests that believing that the ingroup will not significantly change in the future might make individuals more open towards outgroup members in the present.

Social entrepreneurship, characterized by the development of innovative business solutions for sociocultural and environmental issues, has attracted the interest of psychologists in recent years. Previous work has highlighted the important role of personality and cognitive factors in understanding why individuals become social entrepreneurs. However, less attention has been dedicated to how different variables studied in the group processes literature relate to the formation of intentions toward social entrepreneurship. One possible approach to understanding psychological factors that correlate with social entrepreneurship intentions is the feeling of attachment to one's national group. Constructive patriotism, defined by the support for the ingroup through constructive criticism, shows stronger relations with progressivism and innovation than blind patriotism. We proposed that constructive patriotism, but not its blind counterpart, positively predicts social entrepreneurship intentions by increasing positive change collective action intentions. Two cross-sectional studies (N = 514) showed that constructive, but not blind patriotism, was positively related to social entrepreneurship intentions. Furthermore, constructive patriotism was related to social entrepreneurship intentions through greater levels of collective action intentions. The same mediational pattern did not hold when blind patriotism was considered a predictor of social entrepreneurship intentions. Specifically, being devoted to one's nation and questioning its harmful policies might predict social entrepreneurship intentions through stronger inclinations for social change actions.

Future self-perceptions seem to promote far-sighted decisions in intertemporal choices. Previous work suggested that future self-relatedness, the extent to which we feel similar and connected to our future self, is associated with moral concerns. We aimed to extend these findings to everyday moral judgments and behavior using experience sampling methods. In addition, we assessed how moral foundation concerns mediate the relationship between future self-relatedness and moral behavior. Participants ( N = 151) reported their state-levels of future self-relatedness, individualizing, and binding moral foundations and answered whether they performed a moral action five times a day for seven days. Within- and between-participants future self-relatedness predicted daily fluctuations in individualizing and binding moral foundations concerns. On the behavioral level, only within-participants future self-relatedness predicted individualizing moral actions with individualizing moral foundations mediating this effect. Our findings suggest that within- and between-person changes in future self-relatedness might be used to predict everyday moral concerns and behavior.

Urbanization increases pluvial flood risk by expanding impermeable surfaces, which is a trend likely to intensify with climate change. Permeable pavement (PePav) made from industrial byproducts, in accordance with circular economy principles, may improve soil permeability. Public acceptance remains a critical barrier to its implementation. Existing measures of willingness to accept (WtA) new technologies are inconsistent, limiting interdisciplinary collaboration. Therefore, a concise WtA scale was adapted from the Bogardus Social Distance Scale to assess acceptance of PePav at varying levels of proximity in residential contexts, from public flood-prone roads to private yards. The scale was evaluated across three studies: Study 1 (N = 195) and Study 2 (N = 187) utilized mixed student samples, while Study 3 (N = 625) involved a non-student sample. The 5-item solution, identified through factor analysis in Study 1, consistently demonstrated a unidimensional and cumulative structure and satisfactory reliability, even after the proposed PePav ingredient modification in subsequent studies. The scale correlated with recycling experience and professional background, indicating convergent validity, but not with flooding or informal construction experience, across all samples. Study 3 provided evidence of external validity by incorporating empirically well-established Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) constructs and showing that WtA predicted PePav use beyond TPB variables and demographics. The scale also showed measurement invariance across sample type (student vs. general population) and different levels of construction experience. The constructed WtA scale is suitable for efficiently assessing professional and public acceptance of circular building materials and may have broad cross-disciplinary relevance. This enables timely, targeted interventions and informed policy decisions to advance sustainable technologies in the built environment, with substantial implications for education, professional policy, and sustainable engineering. Nevertheless, further validation is required.