From values to climate action

Bouman, Thijs; Steg, Linda

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.04.010

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“…Obviously, COVID-19 is also a global crisis, imposing threats to wider populations and societies, and requiring actions which may be seen as mostly serving the greater societal good (Bouman, Steg, Dietz et al, 2021;Jetten et al, 2020). This is reflected in the earlier observation that individuals are particularly concerned about consequences of COVID-19 for distant others (Ipsos, 2020a;Pew Research Center, 2020a;Wise et al, 2020), which strongly resonates with earlier findings on global environmental crises (Schultz, 2001;Steg et al, 2011), and with theorizing that individuals care about the interests of others and societies more broadly (Bouman, Steg, Perlaviciute et al, 2021;Schwartz, 1977;Stern, 2000). Accordingly, on the basis of this, individuals seem likely to worry about consequences of COVID-19 for distant others and, importantly, motivated to support and take action to mitigate COVID-19 because of such worries.…”

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“…On the basis of theory in environmental psychology on individuals' responses to global environmental crises, we expect that individuals worry about consequences of COVID-19 for distant others, and that such worries can motivate them to support and take mitigative actions. Specifically, this theorizing suggests that individuals are not only driven by self-interest (e.g., negative implications for one's personal health and wellbeing), but that they also strongly care about and are driven by the interests of others and society more broadly (Bouman & Steg, 2019;Bouman, Steg, Perlaviciute et al, 2021;Schultz, 2001;Schwartz, 1977;Steg et al, 2011;Stern, 2000). These prosocial and societal drivers are seen as key motivators of individuals' support for and engagement in actions to mitigate global environmental crises, even when somewhat personally costly, in particular because these crises are primarily associated with negative consequences for others, societies, and ecosystems (Schultz, 2001;Steg et al, 2011;Stern & Dietz, 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, research could investigate what underlies individuals' worries, in particular whether differences between worries about consequences for oneself and others reflect individuals' prosocial tendencies, an optimism bias, or both, and whether this may influence the extent to which worries affect mitigative actions (cf. Bouman, Steg, Perlaviciute et al, 2021;Wise et al, 2020).…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Worrying about the Consequences of COVID-19 for Distant Others Relates to Mitigative Actions

Bouman

Steg

2021

Health Communication

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To mitigate the impacts and spread of COVID-19, drastic mitigative actions are demanded from individuals worldwide, including social distancing, health behaviors, and self-quarantining. A key question is what motivates individuals to take and support such actions. Early in the COVID-19 crisis, we hypothesized and found in two studies (in the Netherlands and United States) that stronger worries about potential consequences of COVID-19 for oneself and close others (i.e., family and friends), as well as more "distant" others (e.g., citizens in general, vulnerable populations), are associated with stronger engagement in actions to mitigate COVID-19. In line with reasoning on norm activation, we found that these associations were partly mediated by personal norms, reflecting individuals' feelings of being morally compelled and personally responsible to take mitigative actions. Importantly, individuals generally reported to worry more about consequences of COVID-19 for distant others than for themselves, and worries about distant others were more strongly related to mitigative actions than worries about oneself and close others. Our outcomes offer key novel insights to the health domain, highlighting the potential relevance of worrying about distant others and personal norms in motivating actions to mitigate global health crises.

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Worrying about the Consequences of COVID-19 for Distant Others Relates to Mitigative Actions

Bouman

Steg

2021

Health Communication

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“…Perceived values are among the main drivers of performing numerous value-congruent behaviors (Bouman et al, 2021). The value an individual places on something comes from the accumulation of their inner perceptual experience and affirmation from others in the group, based on their ability to creatively using their teaching skills (Cui et al, 2022).…”

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The Role of Teachers’ Constructivist Beliefs in Classroom Observations: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective

Chen

Hong

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Previous studies have focused on individuals learning from observing a model to be able to produce the modeled behavior. However, there is a lack of studies emphasizing the perspective of being observed to understand the role of perceived value and stress when teachers act as a teaching model. To address this gap, the present study explored the correlates between teachers’ teaching beliefs, perceived value, psychosocial stress, and continuous intention to be the observed teaching model in classroom observations. Data of 349 respondents were usefully collected, and confirmatory factor analysis with structural equation modeling was performed. Results showed that teachers’ constructivist belief in teaching was positively related to perceived value of being observed and getting feedback, but was negatively related to psychosocial stress. Perceived value was positively related to continuous intention to be observed in future classroom observations, but perceived psychosocial stress was not significantly related to continuous intention. The results of this study can be applied to encourage those who are resistant to presenting their teaching experience in classroom observations.

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“…Similar to the meat consumption example, an imbalance exists in fashion shopping where consumers may want to act pro-environmentally but are unwilling to sacrifice fashionability (Newman et al, 2014 ), branding of the product (Cairns et al, 2022 ), or pay a higher price (Li and Kallas, 2021 ). Typically, cognitive dissonance emerges when consumers have to compromise between biospheric, altruistic, egoistic, and hedonic values, and specific climate actions have contradicting implications for each of these values (Bouman et al, 2021 ). Thus, individuals might not consistently engage in climate action because acting on their biospheric values can threaten other relevant values (Steg, 2016 ; Bouman et al, 2021 ), thereby contributing to the value-behavior gap.…”

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A framework for application of consumer neuroscience in pro-environmental behavior change interventions

Leeuwis

Bommel²,

Alimardani

2022

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Most consumers are aware that climate change is a growing problem and admit that action is needed. However, research shows that consumers' behavior often does not conform to their value and orientations. This valuebehavior gap is due to contextual factors such as price, product design, and social norms as well as individual factors such as personal and hedonic values, environmental beliefs, and the workload capacity an individual can handle. Because of this conflict of interest, consumers have a hard time identifying the true drivers of their behavior, as they are either unaware of or unwilling to acknowledge the processes at play. Therefore, consumer neuroscience methods might provide a valuable tool to uncover the implicit measurements of pro-environmental behavior (PEB). Several studies have already defined neurophysiological differences between green and non-green individuals; however, a behavior change intervention must be developed to motivate PEB among consumers. Motivating behavior with reward or punishment will most likely get users engaged in climate change action via brain structures related to the reward system, such as the amygdala, nucleus accumbens, and (pre)frontal cortex, where the reward information and subsequent affective responses are encoded. The intensity of the reward experience can be increased when the consumer is consciously considering the action to achieve it. This makes goal-directed behavior the potential aim of behavior change interventions. This article provides an extensive review of the neuroscientific evidence for consumer attitude, behavior, and decisionmaking processes in the light of sustainability incentives for behavior change interventions. Based on this review, we aim to unite the current theories and provide future research directions to exploit the power of affective conditioning and neuroscience methods for promoting PEB engagement.

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From values to climate action

Cited by 31 publications

References 73 publications

Worrying about the Consequences of COVID-19 for Distant Others Relates to Mitigative Actions

Worrying about the Consequences of COVID-19 for Distant Others Relates to Mitigative Actions

The Role of Teachers’ Constructivist Beliefs in Classroom Observations: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective

A framework for application of consumer neuroscience in pro-environmental behavior change interventions

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