Global Social Norms and Environmental Behavior

Veselý, Štěpán; Klöckner, Christian A.

doi:10.1177/0013916517702190

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“…Since a higher ability to observe internal and external stimuli may also be connected to the salience of social norms, a positive relationship between observing and social norms is plausible. At this point, in further studies, a distinction between descriptive and injunctive social norms or global and local social norms could be valuable in understanding the mechanism (Kormos et al 2015;Vesely and Klöckner 2018). Fourth, an indirect effect of non-judging on goal intention, mediated by attitude, occurred unexpectedly.…”

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Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Richter

Hunecke

2020

Mindfulness

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Objectives The preference of organically grown foods can potentially decrease greenhouse gas emissions, which are related to climate change. Recent empirical studies suggest associations between dispositional mindfulness and self-reported pro-environmental behavior. In order to identify the potential and mechanisms of mindfulness with regard to pro-environmental behaviors, it is necessary to consider theories of action. Methods The present study examines the relationship between five facets of self-attributed mindfulness and organic food consumption considering a stage model of behavior change that includes different types of intentions and stage-specific predictors adapted from the theory of planned behavior and the norm-activation model. A cross-sectional online study was conducted with a sample of 560 participants. The mean age of the participants was 30 (SD = 10.5) years, and the sample consisted largely of females (76%). A minority reported regular meditation practice (8%). Results The multivariate analyses showed a significant relationship between observing and goal intention (β = .317, p < .000) as well as the indirect effects of observing on goal intention that is mediated by personal norms and attitude. Further, people in the postaction stage have higher levels of observing than those in the predecision stage (p = .003, d = .43). Overall, the mindfulness facets contribute low to the explained variance of the stage model variables. Conclusion Consistent across the analyses, the mindfulness facet of observing was proved to be a particularly relevant predictor of organic food consumption-related variables. The investigation of the observing facet could be beneficial to understand associated mechanisms and starting points to promote pro-environmental behavior through mindfulness.

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Section: Relationships Between Mindfulness and Stage-specific Variablesmentioning

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Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

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Hunecke

2020

Mindfulness

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“…Specifically, parents and peers are considered. Second, previous researchers have shown concerns about participants' misperceptions of norms (Borsari & Carey, 2003;Vesely & Klöckner, 2017;Wenzel, 2005), which can affect the research findings. For instance, a person might adjust the perception of norms to his or her own attitudes and behaviors due to the false consensus effect (i.e., people tend to think that others think and act as they do, Mullen & Hu, 1988) or to a need to appear consistent in his or her responses (Cialdini, Trost, & Newsom, 1995;Falk & Zimmermann, 2013).…”

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Normative Influences on Adolescents’ Self-Reported Pro-Environmental Behaviors: The Role of Parents and Friends

Collado

Staats

Sancho

2017

Environment and Behavior

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Pro-environmental behavioral patterns are influenced by relevant others' actions and expectations. Studies about the intergenerational transmission of environmentalism have demonstrated that parents play a major role in their children's pro-environmental actions. However, little is known about how other social agents may shape youth's environmentalism. This cross-sectional study concentrates on the role that parents and peers have in the regulation of 12-to 19-year-olds' pro-environmental behaviors. We also consider the common response bias effect by examining the associations between parents, peers, and adolescents' pro-environmentalism in two independent data sets. Data Set 1 (N = 330) includes adolescents' perceptions of relevant others' behaviors. Data Set 2 (N = 152) includes relevant others' selfreported pro-environmental behavior. Our results show that parents' and peers' descriptive and injunctive norms have a direct effect on adolescents' pro-environmental behavior and an indirect one, through personal norms. Adolescents seem to be accurate in the perception of their close ones' environmental actions.

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“…Historical research reported by Gifford [45] suggests the tendency for environmentalists to be middleor upper-class individuals. The 'organic training' variable in this study represented both current societal norms and the transmission of subjective norms [45,47] so that farmers with more organic training not only had received state-sponsored technical training, but also a sense of the current social expectations and patterns of behavior for agricultural producers.…”

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Analyzing Opinions on Sustainable Agriculture: Toward Increasing Farmer Knowledge of Organic Practices in Taiwan-Yuanli Township

2019

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Local farmer knowledge is key to sustainable agriculture when organic farming promotes biodiversity conservation. Yet, farmers may not recognize ecosystem service (ES) benefits within their agricultural landscape. Surveys were administered to 113 farmers, and the opinions of 58 respondents toward organic farming were analyzed to identify influential variables when deciding to farm organically. We classified responses by geographic category within a socio-economic production landscape (SEPL), and by social influence categories. With principal component analysis (PCA), a two-scale, four-phased analysis was conducted. Coastal farmers (n = 22) were the most positive towards organic farming trends due to consumer demand. Plains farmers (n = 18) were highly interested in future opportunities for achieving consumer health and food safety objectives. Mountain farmers (n = 18) perceived the most organic transitioning barriers overall, namely irrigation. In all three geographic categories, farming decisions were not primarily related to biodiversity conservation or ES management, but rather to farming community patterns, consumer feedback, and a lack of barriers. Further, farmer opinions toward organic practices were more influenced by their life experiences than by school-taught concepts. Since no previous studies have assessed the knowledge, values, and opinions on organic farming of Taiwan's west coast farmers from an ES perspective, the proposed approach both identifies farmers' knowledge and opinions, and verifies a satoyama landscape with PCA results for informed decision making.Sustainability 2019, 11, 3843 2 of 27 childhood [9] and are relatively stable throughout an individual's life stages [10] (the basis for school taught environmental education), it may also be necessary to first demonstrate to local stakeholders the benefits of ESs within their agricultural landscape [11].Organic farming practices utilize ecosystem approaches to integrate agricultural biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use, and also include a concept of fairness related to the reciprocal relationships between the environment and 'life opportunities' [12]. While conventional agricultural systems disrupt the heterogeneity of natural habitats resulting in less biodiversity [3,13], organic farming minimizes this disruption with natural approaches to maintain biodiversity and reverse local species decline due to conventional agriculture practices [3,13,14]. Generally reported in ES research, agricultural ESs (i.e., provisioning ES) result in negative tradeoffs with other ESs (e.g., decreases in runoff water quality as a result of increased crop densities, which necessitates increased pesticide applications [2]), whereas synergies are often reported between regulating and cultural ESs such as increased aesthetic appeal as a result of increased pollination from flower planting [15]. However, synergies can also be found between agricultural ESs and other ESs when organic practices promote biodiversity [16].The ES relationships within a lan...

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Global Social Norms and Environmental Behavior

Cited by 56 publications

References 100 publications

Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Facets of Mindfulness in Stages of Behavior Change Toward Organic Food Consumption

Normative Influences on Adolescents’ Self-Reported Pro-Environmental Behaviors: The Role of Parents and Friends

Analyzing Opinions on Sustainable Agriculture: Toward Increasing Farmer Knowledge of Organic Practices in Taiwan-Yuanli Township

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