Investigating the Demographics and Behavioural Characteristics Associated with Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyles in a Developed and a Developing Country: A Comparison between US and Turkish Simplifiers

Cengiz, Hakan; Torlak, Ömer

doi:10.1177/0972150918807084

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“…It is important to comment that cultural and socioeconomic aspects can also influence this relationship since, for example, lifestyle can vary according to the country's culture and conditions (Cengiz and Torlak 2018). Consequently, even if the research is only in Brazil, different cultures throughout the country and differences in income may have impacted this relationship.…”

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Relationship between minimalism, happiness, life satisfaction, and experiential consumption

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This research objective is to propose and test a theoretical model representing the relationship between minimalism, happiness, life satisfaction, and experiential consumption. A survey with 395 Brazilian amateur runners was conducted, and the structural equation modeling technique was used for data analysis. The main results showed that life satisfaction and experiential consumption positively influence happiness, and minimalism influences experiential consumption in the sample studied. Furthermore, minimalism did not influence happiness. The proposed framework showed that life satisfaction and experiential consumption explain 54.2% of the happiness of leisure practitioners. Because people generally do not increase their happiness by choosing a simple lifestyle, they can decrease consumption by incentives other than happiness. Therefore, public policies aimed at raising awareness of the importance of reducing consumption should focus on other benefits, such as the benefits that can be gained from leisure and experiential consumption.

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“…reflect self-expression, personal ideology, and a sense of identity [21,46]. Changes in lifestyle relate to individual empowerment, selfmanagement and efficacy [43,45], shifts in values [46], beliefs [44,47], and attitudes towards health and wellbeing [41]. This mechanism of lifestyle change relates to identity.…”

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“…Lifestyle change is contextually driven-lifestyles shift as context becomes more enabling or constraining [38][39][40]. Changes relate to physical and social environments that sustain or undermine lifestyle change [41][42][43] and include affordability, accessibility of infrastructure, digitalisation, social support, access to bike lanes [44,45]. This mechanism of lifestyle change relates to opportunity.…”

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Endogenous simulation of low-carbon lifestyle change in global climate mitigation pathways

Pettifor,

Mastrucci,

Wilson

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Global Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used to characterise mitigation pathways have very limited or no formal representation of lifestyles and lifestyle change. We demonstrate a novel approach to endogenously simulating low-carbon lifestyle heterogeneity and lifestyle change through soft-coupling with our new empirically-based LIFE model. Coupling LIFE to global IAMs enables dynamic simulation of distinctive lifestyle change contributions to targeted mitigation strategies. We set out the empirical basis of the LIFE model, the methodological steps for soft-coupling to a global IAM, and show results from a test application to the residential sector using the MESSAGEix-Buildings model. A first key insight is that coupling with the LIFE model introduces heterogeneous behaviour between 'engaged’ types, who experience faster and higher reductions in final energy demand compared to ‘disengaged’ types. When we further simulate a widespread shift in normative values, this gap is closed. A second key insight is that drivers of lifestyle change, act differently across ‘Improve’ and ‘Avoid’ dimensions. The ‘disengaged’ types, characterised by lower incomes, are more highly responsive to energy saving ‘Avoid’ behaviours. Our approach demonstrates how improved understanding of lifestyle change dynamics and more realistic, empirically-based quantitative simulations in climate mitigation pathways enriches scientific and policy analysis of how to achieve Paris Climate Agreement goals.

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“…İnsan davranışının karmaşık olması ve yaşam tarzlarının öznelliği sebebiyle, gönüllü sadelik kavramı için geniş çapta kabul görmüş bir tanım önermek mümkün değildir (Cengiz ve Torlak, 2018). Etzioni (1998) için gönüllü sadelik; kişinin kaynaklarını, özellikle para ve zamanı serbest bırakmak için maddi tüketimini sınırlamayı seçmesi, yaşamın maddi olmayan yönleri aracılığıyla tatmin araması anlamına gelmektedir.…”

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Determining the Relationship Between Sustainable Tourism Perceptions and Volunteer Simple Lifestyle of Tourists Traveling for the Purpose of Thermal: The Case of Pamukkale

Köroğlu

ASMADİLİ>

Asmadili

2022

PAUSBED

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Sustainability and the environment are among the concepts that do not lose their importance in terms of tourism. Because talking about a sustainable tourism is only possible with the protection of the environment. Environmental sustainability can only be achieved by raising individual awareness and living in accordance with the protection of nature by abandoning unnecessary consumption habits. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to determine the voluntary simple lifestyles of domestic tourists traveling for thermal tourism and sustainable tourism perceptions and to examine the relationship between them. In accordance with the purpose of the research, data were collected from people who visited Pamukkale in February in 2022 and stayed in thermal hotels by using convenience-sampling method. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, independent group t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and correlation analysis were applied on 296 questionnaires in total. The research has concluded that factors such as individuals' marital status, age, educational status, occupation and income, number of visits to the destination are effective on individuals' sustainable tourism perceptions and voluntary simple lifestyles. In addition, it has been concluded that there is a positive relationship between individuals' voluntary simple lifestyle preferences and sustainable tourism perceptions, and that this relationship is affected by economic and environmental factors. In this context, it is recommended to implement a number of projects and incentive programs explaining the importance of sustainable tourism and voluntary simple lifestyle to all tourism stakeholders, especially policy makers and business owners.

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Investigating the Demographics and Behavioural Characteristics Associated with Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyles in a Developed and a Developing Country: A Comparison between US and Turkish Simplifiers

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

Relationship between minimalism, happiness, life satisfaction, and experiential consumption

Relationship between minimalism, happiness, life satisfaction, and experiential consumption

Endogenous simulation of low-carbon lifestyle change in global climate mitigation pathways

Determining the Relationship Between Sustainable Tourism Perceptions and Volunteer Simple Lifestyle of Tourists Traveling for the Purpose of Thermal: The Case of Pamukkale

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