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Siegfried Dewitte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2021Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract The study of pro-Environmental Behavior has been dominated by self-report scales and field observations. Although both approaches have their merits, they also suffer from critical limitations that obstruct progress towards a better understanding of pro-Environmental Behavior. The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) was developed to address these limitations by facilitating the study of actual pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled laboratory conditions. In the present research, we examined whether the PEBT can also provide a valid and reliable indicator of people's propensity to show pro-Environmental Behavior. In support of the task's test-retest reliability, we found PEBT choice Behavior to be strongly correlated across a period of approximately one month (r = 0.81). In addition, PEBT performance was significantly correlated to both objective observations and subjective reports of other pro-Environmental Behaviors. Our results further suggest participants' PEBT choices to be most closely related to individual differences in transportation Behavior. These findings indicate that the PEBT might prove useful not only as a procedure for the experimental study of pro-Environmental Behavior, but also for the performance-based assessment of a person's propensity to engage in pro-Environmental Behavior.
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Positive affect and pro-Environmental Behavior: A preregistered experiment
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract In recent years, correlational evidence has accumulated in support of a positive relationship between positive affect and pro-Environmental Behavior. In contrast, it remains unclear whether the induction of positive affect can causally promote pro-Environmental Behavior. Previous attempts to examine the effects of experimental affect induction were constrained by the difficulty to study pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled laboratory conditions. Here, we address this limitation by examining the effect of a validated affect-induction procedure on a recently validated laboratory measure of pro-Environmental Behavior. Participants in our preregistered experiment (N = 178) watched and rated video clips pretested to induce either positive or neutral affect before completing 24 trials on the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT). Results did not reveal any evidence in support of a positive effect of positive affect on PEBT Behavior. This result illustrates the need for further systematic and cumulative research on the complex relationship between affect and pro-Environmental Behavior.
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Measuring pro-Environmental Behavior: Review and recommendations
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract Any scientific attempt to understand, predict, or promote pro-Environmental Behavior requires an adequate measurement tool for the assessment of pro-Environmental Behavior. The multidisciplinary interest in pro-Environmental Behavior has generated a large variety of such tools, ranging from domain-general and domain-specific self-report measures, field observations conducted with the help of informants, trained observers, or technical devices, to Behavioral tasks for use in the laboratory. The present review discusses this broad spectrum of existing approaches to the measurement of pro-Environmental Behavior, their strengths and weaknesses, as well as possibilities to improve upon them. From this review, we deduce several recommendations for the development, selection, and application of measures in pro-Environmental Behavior research. We conclude by stressing the importance of established and validated measures for a cumulative science of pro-Environmental Behavior.
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The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task: A laboratory measure of actual pro-Environmental Behavior
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Alexander Steinke, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract To address the limitations of self-report measures, we developed the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) as a computerized paradigm for the assessment of actual pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled laboratory conditions. On each PEBT trial, participants can either choose the faster car option, which causes a series of lights to be illuminated, or they can save the associated energy by choosing the bicycle option at the expense of spending more time in the laboratory. In two pre-registered studies (both N = 120), we showed that the proportion of Environmentally friendly PEBT choices is a valid and reliable measure of pro-Environmental Behavior. PEBT choices were consistent across trials, correlated to conceptually relevant variables, and sensitive to conceptually relevant manipulations. These effects were replicable and independent of the labelling of PEBT options. Our findings highlight the psychometric quality and utility of the PEBT as a paradigm that can open new avenues for research on pro-Environmental Behavior.
Florian Lange - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2021Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract The study of pro-Environmental Behavior has been dominated by self-report scales and field observations. Although both approaches have their merits, they also suffer from critical limitations that obstruct progress towards a better understanding of pro-Environmental Behavior. The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) was developed to address these limitations by facilitating the study of actual pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled laboratory conditions. In the present research, we examined whether the PEBT can also provide a valid and reliable indicator of people's propensity to show pro-Environmental Behavior. In support of the task's test-retest reliability, we found PEBT choice Behavior to be strongly correlated across a period of approximately one month (r = 0.81). In addition, PEBT performance was significantly correlated to both objective observations and subjective reports of other pro-Environmental Behaviors. Our results further suggest participants' PEBT choices to be most closely related to individual differences in transportation Behavior. These findings indicate that the PEBT might prove useful not only as a procedure for the experimental study of pro-Environmental Behavior, but also for the performance-based assessment of a person's propensity to engage in pro-Environmental Behavior.
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Validating the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task in a Japanese Sample
Sustainability, 2020Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Shimpei IwasakiAbstract:Controlled experimentation is critical for understanding the causal determinants of pro-Environmental Behavior. However, the potential of experimental pro-Environmental Behavior research is limited by the difficulty to observe pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled conditions. The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) was developed to address this limitation by facilitating the experimental analysis of pro-Environmental Behavior in the laboratory. Previous studies in Belgian samples have already supported the validity of the PEBT as a procedure for the study of actual pro-Environmental Behavior. Here, we aimed for a cross-cultural replication of this finding in a sample of N = 103 Japanese college students. Along the lines of previous studies, we found PEBT choice Behavior to be sensitive to within-subject manipulations of its Behavioral costs and Environmental benefits. This implies that participants take these consequences into account when choosing between PEBT options. In addition, we showed, for the first time, that such consequence effects can also be detected in a less powerful between-subjects design. These results support the generality of consequence effects on PEBT choice Behavior as well as the validity and utility of the PEBT for use in samples from different cultural backgrounds.
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Positive affect and pro-Environmental Behavior: A preregistered experiment
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract In recent years, correlational evidence has accumulated in support of a positive relationship between positive affect and pro-Environmental Behavior. In contrast, it remains unclear whether the induction of positive affect can causally promote pro-Environmental Behavior. Previous attempts to examine the effects of experimental affect induction were constrained by the difficulty to study pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled laboratory conditions. Here, we address this limitation by examining the effect of a validated affect-induction procedure on a recently validated laboratory measure of pro-Environmental Behavior. Participants in our preregistered experiment (N = 178) watched and rated video clips pretested to induce either positive or neutral affect before completing 24 trials on the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT). Results did not reveal any evidence in support of a positive effect of positive affect on PEBT Behavior. This result illustrates the need for further systematic and cumulative research on the complex relationship between affect and pro-Environmental Behavior.
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Measuring pro-Environmental Behavior: Review and recommendations
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract Any scientific attempt to understand, predict, or promote pro-Environmental Behavior requires an adequate measurement tool for the assessment of pro-Environmental Behavior. The multidisciplinary interest in pro-Environmental Behavior has generated a large variety of such tools, ranging from domain-general and domain-specific self-report measures, field observations conducted with the help of informants, trained observers, or technical devices, to Behavioral tasks for use in the laboratory. The present review discusses this broad spectrum of existing approaches to the measurement of pro-Environmental Behavior, their strengths and weaknesses, as well as possibilities to improve upon them. From this review, we deduce several recommendations for the development, selection, and application of measures in pro-Environmental Behavior research. We conclude by stressing the importance of established and validated measures for a cumulative science of pro-Environmental Behavior.
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The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task: A laboratory measure of actual pro-Environmental Behavior
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Alexander Steinke, Siegfried DewitteAbstract:Abstract To address the limitations of self-report measures, we developed the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) as a computerized paradigm for the assessment of actual pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled laboratory conditions. On each PEBT trial, participants can either choose the faster car option, which causes a series of lights to be illuminated, or they can save the associated energy by choosing the bicycle option at the expense of spending more time in the laboratory. In two pre-registered studies (both N = 120), we showed that the proportion of Environmentally friendly PEBT choices is a valid and reliable measure of pro-Environmental Behavior. PEBT choices were consistent across trials, correlated to conceptually relevant variables, and sensitive to conceptually relevant manipulations. These effects were replicable and independent of the labelling of PEBT options. Our findings highlight the psychometric quality and utility of the PEBT as a paradigm that can open new avenues for research on pro-Environmental Behavior.
Kosuke Kaida - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Positive associations of optimism–pessimism orientation with pro-Environmental Behavior and subjective well-being: a longitudinal study on quality of life and everyday Behavior
Quality of Life Research, 2019Co-Authors: Naoko Kaida, Kosuke KaidaAbstract:PurposeThe aim of the present study was to investigate associations of the balance of optimism and pessimism orientations as personal traits with pro-Environmental Behavior and subjective well-being, i.e., life satisfaction.MethodsA longitudinal questionnaire survey consisting of two waves were conducted with Japanese respondents within an interval of 3 months ( N = 770, mean age 49.6 ± 15.23 years). Correlation analyses and structural equation modeling were conducted to identify relationships between pro-Environmental Behavior and positive and negative psychological states and orientations.ResultsResults of both the two surveys indicated positive correlations of optimism–pessimism orientation (O/P ratio) and subjective well-being with pro-Environmental Behavior. Negative associations were also confirmed between depression, stress, and sleepiness and pro-Environmental Behavior. Structural equation modeling using the two-wave data revealed that O/P ratio is positively associated with pro-Environmental Behavior as longitudinal associations.ConclusionsThese results suggest that O/P ratio can be related to current and future engagement in pro-Environmental Behavior and improvement in subjective well-being which could lead to an Environmentally sustainable society with enhanced quality of life.
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Facilitating Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Role of Pessimism and Anthropocentric Environmental Values
Social Indicators Research, 2016Co-Authors: Naoko Kaida, Kosuke KaidaAbstract:The two primary aims of the present study were: (1) to test the constructive pessimism hypothesis in relation to pro-Environmental Behavior, and (2) to clarify the relationship between pro-Environmental Behavior and anthropocentric values. Specifically, we focused on the idea that pessimistic anticipation of the future might facilitate actions aimed at avoiding an undesirable future, and that it may also be effective for reducing the pessimistic outlook about the future (i.e., ‘constructive pessimism’). Results of structural equation modeling using questionnaire survey data obtained in Tsukuba City, Japan (n = 300) confirmed that pessimistic anticipation of future subjective well-being facilitated pro-Environmental Behavior in the present. We also confirmed that both ecocentric and anthropocentric values facilitated pro-Environmental Behavior. Results suggest that psychological factors surrounding pro-Environmental Behavior, including constructive pessimism, should be taken into consideration in developing better policy interventions to facilitate such Behavior.
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spillover effect of congestion charging on pro Environmental Behavior
Environment Development and Sustainability, 2015Co-Authors: Naoko Kaida, Kosuke KaidaAbstract:This paper reports an examination of a spillover effect from a real-world intervention policy of traffic congestion charging that impacted various pro-Environmental Behaviors. A mailed questionnaire surveyed randomly sampled car owners living in Stockholm County (Sweden) to gather data on travel modes and pro-Environmental Behavior before and after the introduction of a trial congestion charging policy in Stockholm. Results of paired t test on 291 valid samples revealed that this policy not only directly mitigates traffic congestion (i.e., a direct effect of the policy intervention), but it also indirectly ‘spills over’ to affect pro-Environmental Behaviors in nontransportation situations (resource and energy use). A spillover to pro-Environmental Behavior was confirmed by respondents who shifted their travel mode from car to pro-Environmental travel mode. Interestingly, the spillover was also confirmed in a group of respondents who remained in the pro-Environmental travel mode and others who adversely shifted away from a pro-Environmental travel mode to cars. Results suggest that the spillover effect from an Environmental policy intervention can have considerable impact on facilitating pro-Environmental Behaviors and surrounding issues in more general contexts, thus warranting careful evaluation with a wider perspective.
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Pro-Environmental Behavior correlates with present and future subjective well-being
Environment Development and Sustainability, 2015Co-Authors: Naoko Kaida, Kosuke KaidaAbstract:This paper reports structural associations between psychological states, pro-Environmental Behavior, and present and future subjective well-being. A mailed questionnaire surveyed residents in Stockholm County, Sweden, to gather data on pro-Environmental Behaviors in water and energy saving at home, universalism and intrinsic satisfaction as motivational factors, and present and future subjective well-being. Results of path analysis suggest that: (1) Psychological factors (i.e., universalism, frugality, and participation categories of intrinsic satisfaction) correlate with pro-Environmental Behavior; (2) pro-Environmental Behavior could enhance not only present subjective well-being but expectations of future subjective well-being; and (3) expectations of future subjective well-being are negatively associated with current pro-Environmental Behavior. An important implication of this study is that expectation of better future subjective well-being may not always facilitate pro-Environmental Behavior. These results suggest that psychological factors both as antecedents and consequences play a significant role in building a sustainable society and improving our quality of life.
Mark E Borsuk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pro Environmental Behavior
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010Co-Authors: Rama Mohana R Turaga, Richard B Howarth, Mark E BorsukAbstract:The determinants of individual Behaviors that provide shared Environmental benefits are a longstanding theme in social science research. Alternative Behavioral models yield markedly different predictions and policy recommendations. This paper reviews and compares the literatures from two disciplines that appear to be moving toward a degree of convergence. In social psychology, moral theories of pro-Environmental Behavior have focused on the influence of personal moral norms while recognizing that external factors, such as costs and incentives, ultimately limit the strength of the norm-Behavior relationship. Rational choice models, such as the theory of planned Behavior in social psychology and the theories of voluntary provision of public goods in economics, have sought to incorporate the effects of personal norms and to measure their importance in explaining Behaviors, such as recycling and the demand for green products. This paper explores the relationship between these approaches and their implications for the theory and practice of ecological economics.
Shimpei Iwasaki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Validating the Pro-Environmental Behavior Task in a Japanese Sample
Sustainability, 2020Co-Authors: Florian Lange, Shimpei IwasakiAbstract:Controlled experimentation is critical for understanding the causal determinants of pro-Environmental Behavior. However, the potential of experimental pro-Environmental Behavior research is limited by the difficulty to observe pro-Environmental Behavior under controlled conditions. The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) was developed to address this limitation by facilitating the experimental analysis of pro-Environmental Behavior in the laboratory. Previous studies in Belgian samples have already supported the validity of the PEBT as a procedure for the study of actual pro-Environmental Behavior. Here, we aimed for a cross-cultural replication of this finding in a sample of N = 103 Japanese college students. Along the lines of previous studies, we found PEBT choice Behavior to be sensitive to within-subject manipulations of its Behavioral costs and Environmental benefits. This implies that participants take these consequences into account when choosing between PEBT options. In addition, we showed, for the first time, that such consequence effects can also be detected in a less powerful between-subjects design. These results support the generality of consequence effects on PEBT choice Behavior as well as the validity and utility of the PEBT for use in samples from different cultural backgrounds.
