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Environmental Studies
Tobias Krettenauer, Jean Paul Lefebvre
Summary: Numerous studies have shown that moral endorsement of pro-environmental norms plays a significant role in predicting pro-environmental behavior, with a sense of personal obligation mediating this effect. The study also found that moral endorsement of pro-environmental norms is associated with various types of moral emotions and behaviors, demonstrating its distinctiveness from existing conceptualizations in environmental psychology.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Nana Niu, Wei Fan, Mengmeng Ren, Mei Li, Yiping Zhong
Summary: The present study used the green consumption paradigm to investigate the internal mechanisms of pro-environmental behavior at different personal costs and the role of social and personal norms in promoting individual pro-environmental behavior. The results showed that pro-environmental behavior decreased as personal costs increased. However, social norms effectively promoted individuals' pro-environmental behavior, and personal norms mediated this effect at high personal costs.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Judith I. M. de Groot, Krista Bondy, Geertje Schuitema
Summary: Personal norms play a significant role in the effectiveness of social norm interventions for promoting pro-environmental behavior change. The stronger one's personal norms, the more likely they are to change their behavior regardless of social norms. Additionally, social norm interventions are more effective when personal norms towards the behavior are weaker.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Sijing Chen, Shasha Yang, Hao Chen
Summary: This article investigates the influence of social class on pro-environmental engagement and reveals an inverted-U effect, with the middle-class showing a higher likelihood of engaging in pro-environmental behavior compared to lower-and upper-class individuals. Additionally, moral identity symbolization emerged as a psychological foundation that explains the observed effects.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Hannah Wallis, Laura S. Loy
Summary: The psychological drivers of young people's involvement in green environmental movements include perceiving friends' participation, identifying with others, and feeling obligated based on values. These factors are strongly related to their participation in FFF protests.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lin Xu, Haimi Yang, Maoliang Ling
Summary: Individuals' pro-environmental behaviors are influenced by what they consider important in life, namely their personal values. However, the relationship between values and actions is often weak, raising the question of when values are related to environmental behaviors. This study examines whether and how the impact of personal values on behavior varies across localized interpersonal contexts. The findings suggest that the influence of altruistic value prioritization on environmental behavior is more pronounced in housing estates with low levels of social norms, interpersonal trust, or neighbor ties. In contrast, individuals in strong interpersonal influences show high levels of environmental behavior regardless of altruistic value prioritization. These results highlight the importance of interpersonal contexts in understanding the value-behavior link.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cameron Brick, David K. Sherman
Summary: This paper investigates the influence of visibility on pro-environmental behaviors through three experiments involving 735 U.S. university students. The results show that visibility does not have effects on green purchases, donations to conservation organizations, or willingness to participate in water-reducing meal plans for students. Additional predictors such as Openness and the need for status are also considered. It is suggested that being observed by certain audiences may affect certain pro-environmental behaviors in specific contexts.
Article
Environmental Sciences
George L. W. Perry, Sarah J. Richardson, Niki Harre, Dave Hodges, Phil O'B. Lyver, Fleur J. F. Maseyk, Riki Taylor, Jacqui H. Todd, Jason M. Tylianakis, Johanna Yletyinen, Ann Brower
Summary: Social norms play a crucial role in promoting pro-environmental behaviors by influencing individuals through expectations of others' behavior and consequences of conformity or deviation. Recent environmental social norms changes, such as recycling, reducing single-use plastics, and flight shaming, have shown effectiveness, but their alignment with environmental systems' features remains uncertain.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Yan Zhang, Jiangguo Du, Kofi Baah Boamah
Summary: This study extends knowledge by examining the direct and indirect effect of green climate on pro-environmental behavior. It incorporates group identification and social norm measure as mediator and moderator, respectively, addressing the attitude-behavior gaps. The findings reveal that green climate positively influences public-sphere behavior, indirectly affects private-sphere behavior through group identification, and that group identification partially mediates the relationship between green climate and public-sphere behavior. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sami Ullah, Bei Lyu, Tooba Ahmad, Abdul Sami, Mohit Kukreti
Summary: Pro-environmental tourist behavior is crucial for the success of sustainable tourism initiatives. The feeling of eco-guilt triggers pro-environmental behavior among tourists, and personal and social norms play a mediating role, while the religiosity of tourists moderates this relationship.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Selma Saracevic, Bodo B. Schlegelmilch, Tong Wu
Summary: This study examines the impact of social norms on pro-environmental behavior in the US and China, finding that normative appeals are stronger motivators in collectivistic cultures. The research enhances understanding of the effects of social norms on pro-environmental behavior and identifies important managerial implications.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yifei Hua, Jiaxin Mi
Summary: Further study is needed to optimize the implementation of pro-environmental behavior. The results show that considering the influence of social norms significantly improves residents' recycling behavior. The mediation model also reveals the differential effects of independent and interdependent self-construal on habit adjustment behavior and interpersonal facilitation behavior.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wei-Ta Fang, Eric Ng, Shu-Mei Liu, Yi-Te Chiang, Mei-Chuan Chang
Summary: This study examined the effects of personal norms, social norms, and perceived behavioral control on pro-environmental behavior of smartphone usage in children. Findings show that excessive smartphone users lack positive perceived behavioral control, while moderate users' behavior is influenced by personal norms through perceived behavioral control.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Joanna Pearce, Songshan Sam Huang Sam, Ross K. Dowling, Amanda J. Smith
Summary: Pro-environmental behaviors are crucial for the management and sustainability of parks and protected areas. Understanding the factors that influence visitors' pro-environmental behaviors is important for advancing knowledge and promoting sustainability. This study found that personal norms and connectedness to nature have a positive impact on pro-environmental behaviors, while social norms do not.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jing Shi, Chuntian Lu, Zihao Wei
Summary: This study examines the mechanisms influencing pro-environmental behaviors by applying social capital theory, finding that both individual and collective social capital have significant positive effects on both private and public pro-environmental behaviors. Individual social capital has a stronger impact than collective social capital, and females are more likely to engage in private pro-environmental behaviors.
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mykolas Simas Poskus
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2018)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Genovaite Liobikiene, Mykolas Simas Poskus
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuliia Matiiuk, Mykolas Simas Poskus, Genovaite Liobikiene
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mykolas Simas Poskus
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mykolas Simas Poskus, Audra Balunde, Lina Jovarauskaite, Goda Kaniusonyte, Rita Zukauskiene
Summary: The study compared the effects of a potential groundwater-contaminating ecological disaster on adolescents' bottled water consumption and perceived risk of tap water. The affected group tended to perceive tap water as riskier and had a higher intention to consume bottled water compared to the control group. Interestingly, affected adolescents were more successful in translating their perceived control over clean drinking water sources into an intention to consume tap water.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Inga Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene, Goda Kaniusonyte, Mykolas Simas Poskus, Audra Balunde, Vaida Gabe, Lina Jovarauskaite, Metin Ozdemir
Summary: The study used the Comprehensive Action Determination Model to evaluate an intervention program aimed at reducing bottled water use in adolescents. Results showed that promo video, prompts, and goal setting had positive effects on certain outcomes. Providing water bottles as well as promo video, prompts, and goals together was effective in promoting pro-environmental behavior in adolescents.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mykolas Simas Poskus
Summary: The growing civic participation in environmental movements indicates an increased engagement in environmental citizenship behavior. However, this behavior may not necessarily be driven by factual knowledge and accurate beliefs. A study conducted with young adults in Lithuania tested a simplified model of environmental citizenship and found a gap between factual environmental knowledge and environmental literacy.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mykolas Simas Poskus
Summary: The study examined the Simple Model of Environmental Citizenship (SMEC) in a sample of Lithuanian emerging adults. The SMEC is a practical tool for assessing environmental citizenship, suitable for interventions and longitudinal research. 700 participants completed a questionnaire assessing the components of the SMEC and personality traits. The results indicated that the SMEC operates differently based on individuals' personality traits, suggesting the need for tailored strategies to promote environmental citizenship and engage in environmental education.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Justina Rybakovaite, Rita Bandzeviciene, Mykolas Simas Poskus
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological hardiness, basic psychological need satisfaction, soldiers' engagement, and general health. The results showed that basic psychological need satisfaction mediated the relationship between psychological hardiness and health, as well as engagement.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mykolas Simas Poskus
Summary: The evolutionary approach suggests that by utilizing our innate behavioral tendencies, such as making pro-environmental behavior the default option, we can address environmental issues more effectively than by trying to change individual behaviors. Better environmental and social outcomes can be achieved by embracing our evolutionary past rather than fighting against it.
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Lina Jovarauskaite, Audra Balunde, Inga Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene, Goda Kaniusonyte, Rita Zukauskiene, Mykolas Simas Poskus
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mykolas Simas Poskus
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Correction
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mykolas Simas Poskus
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Audra Balunde, Lina Jovarauskaite, Mykolas Simas Poskus