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Hoi Wing Chan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • generalized trust narrows the gap between environmental concern and pro environmental Behavior multilevel evidence
    Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2018
    Co-Authors: Kimpong Tam, Hoi Wing Chan
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    Abstract Research has established that people’s environmental concern does not always translate into Pro-Environmental Behavior. On the basis of the social dilemma perspective, the present article examines how this concern-Behavior gap can be narrowed. We posit that individuals who are concerned about environmental problems feel reluctant to contribute because they fear being exploited by free riders. We further argue that generalized trust can temper this fear because it allows people to expect others to contribute. Accordingly, we hypothesize that the concern-Behavior association is stronger among individuals and societies with higher levels of trust. Findings from multilevel analyses on two international survey datasets (World Values Survey and International Social Survey Programme) support our hypothesis. These findings not only elucidate the concern-Behavior gap but also suggest how environmental campaigns can be improved. They also signify the need to explore cross-national variations in phenomena pertaining to environmental concern and Behavior.

  • environmental concern has a weaker association with pro environmental Behavior in some societies than others a cross cultural psychology perspective
    Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2017
    Co-Authors: Kevin K P Tam, Hoi Wing Chan
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    Abstract Studies have demonstrated that environmental concern does not always translate into Pro-Environmental Behavior. This concern-Behavior gap results partly from the influences of psychological barriers. Based on the cross-cultural psychology literature, we propose that these barriers also reflect some general psychological orientations that are culturally patterned. In support of our hypotheses, we found with data from 32 countries that the association between concern and Behavior was weaker in societies characterized by higher levels of distrust, belief in external control, and present orientation. In addition, we observed that the concern-Behavior association was stronger in societies with higher levels of individualism and looseness. These findings deepen the understanding of the concern-Behavior association and psychological barriers. They also highlight the benefits of integrating insights from cross-cultural psychology into environmental psychology research and inform environmental practice.

Angelo Panno - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Nature Reappraisers, Benefits for the Environment: A Model Linking Cognitive Reappraisal, the "Being Away" Dimension of Restorativeness and Eco-Friendly Behavior.
    Frontiers in psychology, 2020
    Co-Authors: Angelo Panno, Giuseppe Carrus, Annalisa Theodorou, Claudio Imperatori, Giuseppina Spano, Giovanni Sanesi
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    In the last decades, an increasingly prominent role has been given to the motivational factors that can promote Pro-Environmental Behavior. In this contribution, we focus on the role of the individual’s ability to shape the emotions originating from nature in engaging in Pro-Environmental Behavior. In particular, we expect that an emotion regulation strategy as cognitive reappraisal should positively predict Pro-Environmental Behavior, through enhanced perceived restorativeness attributed to the natural environment in terms of the experience of “being away”. One-hundred and fifteen visitors to an urban park (Parco Nord Milano) filled out a questionnaire including measures of cognitive reappraisal, the experience of “being away”, and Pro-Environmental Behavior while in the park. Results confirmed that cognitive reappraisal was positively and significantly related to Pro-Environmental Behavior. Importantly, the indirect effect of cognitive reappraisal on Pro-Environmental Behavior through the experience of “being away” was significant. Findings suggest the importance of implementing interventions aimed at promoting the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal to enhance the experience of “being away” and, thus, sustain Pro-Environmental Behavior.

  • mindfulness pro environmental Behavior and belief in climate change the mediating role of social dominance
    Environment and Behavior, 2018
    Co-Authors: Angelo Panno, Giuseppe Carrus, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Mauro Giacomantonio, Sabine Pirchio, Lucia Mannetti
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    In recent years, mindfulness has been considered as a potential source of proenvironmental attitudes and Behavior. Present research is aimed at consolidating and expanding previous knowledge by pro...

  • Cognitive reappraisal and Pro-Environmental Behavior: The role of global climate change perception
    European Journal of Social Psychology, 2015
    Co-Authors: Angelo Panno, Giuseppe Carrus, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Lucia Mannetti
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    Ecosystems are under pressure due to global climate change. Empirical evidence showing how people can reduce their ecological footprint is needed. It has been shown that a consequence of the perception of climate change is an increase in ecologically responsible Behavior, but little is known about the antecedents of this relationship. In two field studies, we examined whether an emotion-regulation strategy (i.e., cognitive reappraisal) predicted both climate change perception and Pro-Environmental Behavior. Undergraduate students at two university campuses participated in Study 1 (n = 299). We found that individuals with a stronger tendency for habitual use of cognitive reappraisal showed both increased global climate change perception and a greater extent of Pro-Environmental Behavior compared with individuals with a lower such tendency. As expected, our results also showed the mediating role of climate change perception in the relationship between people's habitual use of cognitive reappraisal and Pro-Environmental Behavior. These findings were replicated in Study 2 (n = 81) with a non-student sample. Implications for future studies and environmental risk communication strategies are discussed.

Aarti Iyer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • experiences of pride not guilt predict pro environmental Behavior when pro environmental descriptive norms are more positive
    Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Megan J Bissingolson, Kelly S Fielding, Aarti Iyer
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    Emotions can greatly influence Behavior, yet research on links between incidental emotions and Pro-Environmental Behavior is limited. The present study uses an experience sampling design to examine how pride and guilt relate to daily Pro-Environmental Behavior. Ninety-six university students recorded their engagement in specific Pro-Environmental Behaviors, and their feelings of pride and guilt about these Behaviors, at four time points each day for three consecutive days. Results showed that Pro-Environmental Behavior during a 2.5-h time period was positively related to pride, and negatively related to guilt, during that same time period. Pride about environmental Behavior was positively related to subsequent engagement in Pro-Environmental Behavior (i.e., during the following 2.5-h time period), but only for people who perceived more positive Pro-Environmental descriptive norms. Guilt was not related to subsequent Pro-Environmental Behavior. We discuss implications for further research on the complex associations between daily experiences of moral emotions and Pro-Environmental Behavior.

  • relationships between daily affect and pro environmental Behavior at work the moderating role of pro environmental attitude
    Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2013
    Co-Authors: Megan J Bissingolson, Aarti Iyer, Kelly S Fielding, Hannes Zacher
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    Research in organizational psychology has increasingly focused on understanding the determinants of "green" employee Behavior. The present study used a daily diary design to investigate relationships between employees' daily affect, Pro-Environmental attitude, as well as daily task-related Pro-Environmental Behavior (i.e., the extent to which employees complete required work tasks in environmentally friendly ways), and daily proactive Pro-Environmental Behavior (i.e., the extent to which employees show personal initiative when acting in environmentally friendly ways at work). Fifty-six employees working in small businesses completed a baseline survey and two daily surveys over ten workdays. Daily unactivated positive affect and Pro-Environmental attitude positively predicted daily task-related Pro-Environmental Behavior. In addition, daily activated positive affect positively predicted daily proactive Pro-Environmental Behavior among employees with a less positive Pro-Environmental attitude but not among employees with a more positive Pro-Environmental attitude. These findings suggest that fostering Pro-Environmental attitudes and, to some extent, positive affect among employees could help organizations to promote Pro-Environmental Behavior in the workplace.

Michael R Moore - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • internal and external influences on pro environmental Behavior participation in a green electricity program
    Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2003
    Co-Authors: Christopher F Clark, Matthew J Kotchen, Michael R Moore
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    This paper integrates themes from psychology and economics to analyze Pro-Environmental Behavior. Increasingly, both disciplines share an interest in understanding internal and external influences on Behavior. In this study, we analyze data from a mail survey of participants and non-participants in a premium-priced, green electricity program. Internal variables consist of a newly developed scale for altruistic attitudes based on the Schwartz norm-activation model, and a modified version of the New Ecological Paradigm scale to measure environmental attitudes. External variables consist of household income and standard socio-demographic characteristics. The two internal variables and two external variables are significant in a logit model of the decision to participate in the program. We then focus on participants in the program and analyze their specific motives for participating. These include motives relating to several concerns: ecosystem health, personal health, environmental quality for residents in southeastern Michigan, global warming, and warm-glow (or intrinsic) satisfaction. In a statistical ranking of the importance of each motive, a biocentric motive ranks first, an altruistic motive ranks second, and an egoistic motive ranks third.

  • internal and external influences on pro environmental Behavior participation in a green electricity program
    Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2003
    Co-Authors: Christopher F Clark, Matthew J Kotchen, Michael R Moore
    Abstract:

    This paper integrates themes from psychology and economics to analyze Pro-Environmental Behavior. Increasingly, both disciplines share an interest in understanding internal and external influences on Behavior. In this study, we analyze data from a mail survey of participants and non-participants in a premium-priced, green electricity program. Internal variables consist of a newly developed scale for altruistic attitudes based on the Schwartz norm-activation model, and a modified version of the New Ecological Paradigm scale to measure environmental attitudes. External variables consist of household income and standard socio-demographic characteristics. The two internal variables and two external variables are significant in a logit model of the decision to participate in the program. We then focus on participants in the program and analyze their specific motives for participating. These include motives relating to several concerns: ecosystem health, personal health, environmental quality for residents in southeastern Michigan, global warming, and warm-glow (or intrinsic) satisfaction. In a statistical ranking of the importance of each motive, a biocentric motive ranks first, an altruistic motive ranks second, and an egoistic motive ranks third.

Megan J Bissingolson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • experiences of pride not guilt predict pro environmental Behavior when pro environmental descriptive norms are more positive
    Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Megan J Bissingolson, Kelly S Fielding, Aarti Iyer
    Abstract:

    Emotions can greatly influence Behavior, yet research on links between incidental emotions and Pro-Environmental Behavior is limited. The present study uses an experience sampling design to examine how pride and guilt relate to daily Pro-Environmental Behavior. Ninety-six university students recorded their engagement in specific Pro-Environmental Behaviors, and their feelings of pride and guilt about these Behaviors, at four time points each day for three consecutive days. Results showed that Pro-Environmental Behavior during a 2.5-h time period was positively related to pride, and negatively related to guilt, during that same time period. Pride about environmental Behavior was positively related to subsequent engagement in Pro-Environmental Behavior (i.e., during the following 2.5-h time period), but only for people who perceived more positive Pro-Environmental descriptive norms. Guilt was not related to subsequent Pro-Environmental Behavior. We discuss implications for further research on the complex associations between daily experiences of moral emotions and Pro-Environmental Behavior.

  • relationships between daily affect and pro environmental Behavior at work the moderating role of pro environmental attitude
    Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2013
    Co-Authors: Megan J Bissingolson, Aarti Iyer, Kelly S Fielding, Hannes Zacher
    Abstract:

    Research in organizational psychology has increasingly focused on understanding the determinants of "green" employee Behavior. The present study used a daily diary design to investigate relationships between employees' daily affect, Pro-Environmental attitude, as well as daily task-related Pro-Environmental Behavior (i.e., the extent to which employees complete required work tasks in environmentally friendly ways), and daily proactive Pro-Environmental Behavior (i.e., the extent to which employees show personal initiative when acting in environmentally friendly ways at work). Fifty-six employees working in small businesses completed a baseline survey and two daily surveys over ten workdays. Daily unactivated positive affect and Pro-Environmental attitude positively predicted daily task-related Pro-Environmental Behavior. In addition, daily activated positive affect positively predicted daily proactive Pro-Environmental Behavior among employees with a less positive Pro-Environmental attitude but not among employees with a more positive Pro-Environmental attitude. These findings suggest that fostering Pro-Environmental attitudes and, to some extent, positive affect among employees could help organizations to promote Pro-Environmental Behavior in the workplace.