Exploring the psychological antecedents of private and public sphere behaviours to reduce household plastic consumption

Heidbreder, Lea Marie; Tröger, Josephine

doi:10.1007/s10668-022-02186-w

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“…Intentions to use plastic. We used an adapted scale based on Heidbreder et al (2022). For three items (e.g., "When thinking about my next grocery shopping, I will not buy fruits/vegetable that is packed in plastic.…”

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confidence: 99%

Wasting the Restorative Potential: Influences of Plastic and Biowaste on Psychological Restoration After Real, Virtual, and Imagined Walks

Menzel¹,

Heiden²,

Tretau³

et al. 2023

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Nature experiences benefit human wellbeing by, for example, increasing subjective restoration and positive affect while reducing negative affect. However, natural environments are threatened by several crises, including pollution. In three preregistered studies, one correlational and two experimental, we investigated the relationship between (plastic) litter and restoration. In Study 1, participants did a self-selected restorative walk and afterwards reported observed litter. In two experimental studies, we manipulated the presence of plastic waste, biowaste (which served as an active control condition with human-sourced but degradable litter), and no waste in a virtual (i.e., video; Study 2) and an imagined (Study 3) forest walk. In all studies, we assessed subjective restoration, current affect and connectedness to nature, attractiveness and preference of scenery, as well as plastic-related problem awareness, intentions, and policy support. Results showed that litter, especially from plastic, is associated with harmful changes in subjective restoration, affect, and the perception of the scenery. Connectedness to nature, as well as plastic-related problem awareness, intentions, and policy support were not affected by the presence of plastic. Thus, plastic pollution influences human wellbeing negatively, but did not affect factors important to reduce consumption. Therefore, more research on tackling the plastic crisis is needed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wasting the Restorative Potential: Influences of Plastic and Biowaste on Psychological Restoration After Real, Virtual, and Imagined Walks

Menzel¹,

Heiden²,

Tretau³

et al. 2023

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“…One study by Chi [29] examined how ethical consumer behavior can increase the social acceptance of environmentally friendly plastic items. In a further study, the psychological predispositions leading to both private and public anti-plastic behaviors were examined [30]. These predispositions included intentions, perceived behavioral control, personal norms, collective efficacy, and sufficiency orientation.…”

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Machine Learning Methods Analysis of Preceding Factors Affecting Behavioral Intentions to Purchase Reduced Plastic Products

Villanueva,

Ong,

German

2024

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the use of personal protective equipment and single-use plastics, which has exacerbated plastic littering on land and in marine environments. Consumer behaviors with regards to eco-friendly products, their acceptance, and intentions to purchase need to be explored to help businesses achieve their sustainability goals. This paper establishes the Sustainability Theory of Planned Behavior (STPB), an integration of the TPB and sustainability domains, in order to analyze the said objectives. The study employed a machine learning ensemble method and used MATLAB to analyze the data. The results showed that support and attitude from perceived authorities were the main variables influencing customers’ intentions for purchasing reduced plastic products. Customers with a high level of environmental awareness were more likely to embrace reduced plastic items as a way to lessen their ecological footprint and support environmental conservation, making perceived environmental concern another important factor. This shows that authorities play a big role in the community in influencing people to choose reduced plastic products, making it the duty of governments and companies to promote environmental awareness. This study emphasizes the significance of the latent variables considered when developing marketing plans and activities meant to promote products with less plastic.

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“…Another argument favoring the NAM is that it can explain why people engage pro-environmentally even when it is somewhat costly or inconvenient (van der Werff & Steg, 2015). The NAM has been approved empirically as a valid account for various types of IEE (e.g., Heidbreder et al, 2022;Liu et al, 2017;Munerah et al, 2021;Steg & de Groot, 2010).…”

Section: Individual Social-cognitive Processesmentioning

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Group Intervention for Goal-Directed Ecological Engagement: Initial Manuscript

Seger¹,

Böcker²

2023

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With the present intervention, we seek to promote individual ecological engagement aimed at reducing one’s negative environmental impact (ecological footprint) or increasing one’s positive impact on societal transformation (ecological handprint). We examined whether a workshop applying goal concretization and action planning techniques to a group setting helps participants achieve their goals and advance in the process of self-regulated behavior change (Bamberg, 2013). Additionally, we investigated the role of social-cognitive and emotional predecessors of ecological engagement based on reasoned action, norm activation, and social identity approaches.Thirty-five people participated each in one of four two-hour workshops, forming an early (experimental) and a late intervention (waiting) group. Three measurements took place, one before the workshops, one between the early and late workshops, and one after the workshops.As expected, goal achievement and implementation intention (i.e., the transition to the most advanced stage of self-regulated behavior change) increased following the workshop, with implementation intention predicting goal achievement. Social norms referring to the workshop group, personal norms, and anger were significant predictors of earlier stage transitions of behavior change (i.e., goal intention and behavioral intention).There is preliminary evidence that this intervention helps individuals achieve their ecological engagement goals by supporting processes of self-regulated behavior change.

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Exploring the psychological antecedents of private and public sphere behaviours to reduce household plastic consumption

Cited by 19 publications

References 77 publications

Wasting the Restorative Potential: Influences of Plastic and Biowaste on Psychological Restoration After Real, Virtual, and Imagined Walks

Wasting the Restorative Potential: Influences of Plastic and Biowaste on Psychological Restoration After Real, Virtual, and Imagined Walks

Machine Learning Methods Analysis of Preceding Factors Affecting Behavioral Intentions to Purchase Reduced Plastic Products

Group Intervention for Goal-Directed Ecological Engagement: Initial Manuscript

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