Keep Degrowth or go Rebirth? Regulatory focus theory and the support for a sustainable downscaling of production and consumption

Krpan, Dario; Basso, Frédéric

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101586

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“…Some studies suggested that prevention-focused appeals encourage green consumption more than promotion-focused appeals [48]. Some studies have indicated that promotionfocused appeals are more effective for sustainable and reduced consumption as compared to prevention-focused appeals [69]. Zou and Chan [70] indicated both prevention-focused and promotion-focused people can engage in green behaviors with a mediating influence of ethical judgement and ethical intention.…”

Section: Covid-19-stress and Intentions For Sustainable Apparel Consu...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Did Anything Good Come Out of the Pandemic? COVID-19-Stress Induced Self-Regulatory Sustainable Apparel Consumption among the Millennials in the U.S.

Chakraborty

Sadachar

2023

Sustainability

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Based on the theoretical frameworks of cognitive dissonance theory, regulatory focus theory, and the compensatory consumer behavior model, we proposed and tested a conceptual model delineating the relationships between COVID-19-stress, commitment to the environment, and intentions for sustainable apparel consumption in terms of intentions for purchasing sustainable apparel and divesting apparel (e.g., handing down or donating apparel). Conducting an online survey (n = 312) with the national millennial population of the U.S., we found that COVID-19-stress positively influenced (i) commitment to the environment and (ii) purchase intentions for sustainable apparel; commitment to the environment positively influenced (iii) purchase intentions for sustainable apparel and (iv) intentions for divesting apparel. Although COVID-19-stress did not influence intentions for divesting apparel directly, commitment to the environment mediated the relationships between COVID-19-stress and both purchase intentions for sustainable apparel and intentions for divesting apparel. We suggest that COVID-19-stress triggered self-regulatory sustainable apparel consumption intentions due to a heightened commitment to the environment to protect the environment amid the pandemic. Based on the findings of our study, we recommend the sustainable apparel brands and marketers promote how sustainable apparel consumption can protect the environment to make the environment and human beings less susceptible to the future outbreaks of pandemics.

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Section: Covid-19-stress and Intentions For Sustainable Apparel Consu...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Did Anything Good Come Out of the Pandemic? COVID-19-Stress Induced Self-Regulatory Sustainable Apparel Consumption among the Millennials in the U.S.

Chakraborty

Sadachar

2023

Sustainability

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“…However, much less work has attempted to understand how the general public might engage with this transformative process. Psychological research has elicited perceptions of the name 'degrowth' (Drews & Reese, 2018;Krpan & Basso, 2021), appropriate frames and avenues for communicating post growth ideas to the public (O'Dell et al, 2023;Tomaselli et al, 2021), attitudes toward the growth-vs-environment debate (Drews et al, 2019;Drews & van den Bergh, 2016) and impediments to studying such attitudes . We encourage more environmental psychologists to design research agendas addressing such perception gaps, in particular by exploring differences in class, race, and perceived status, as these perspectives are currently lacking in degrowth research (Schmelzer et al, 2022).…”

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How environmental and social psychologists can engage with system-level processes

Sabherwal,

O'Dell

2023

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By focusing on individuals as the target of analysis and interventions, psychology tends to individualise the problem and potential solutions. Psychology’s narrow focus characterises the individual (and groups of individuals) as the sole agent of change, remaining agnostic to the larger systemic and structural entities that are primarily responsible for climate change (and mitigation approaches). The IPCC has acknowledged that individual behaviour change alone will not be enough, instead calling for transformations to our systems to enable the required emissions reductions. In this chapter, we ask, in response to the urgency and scale of the climate crisis, how can environmental psychologists engage with system-level processes? Firstly, we argue that environmental psychology can serve a descriptive role. It can provide a lens to understand how psychological drivers of behaviour may be embedded in broader societal forces. And, liaise with neighbouring disciplines to study perceptions of transformative system-level agendas. For example, while much research on degrowth comes out of ecological economics, more work is needed to understand psychological processes inhibiting support for the agenda. Secondly, we underscore psychology’s role in investigating ways to achieve environmentally-impactful transformations. Psychologists can endorse direct and democratic means of transforming our system by focussing on policy support as outcome measures. Behaviours and values may still be relevant, but research should focus on those that enable transformation, such as sufficiency. To further promote democratic deliberation, research methods could facilitate conversations via deliberative methods, for example via citizen’s assemblies, rather than extracting information. Deconstructing differences in feasibility and access across contexts, psychologists can identify diverse ways in which individuals act to demand social and climate justice and further empower such collective endeavours. Given the complexity of the global climate crisis, psychology must expand its focus beyond the individual to the system in order to create meaningful impact.

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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Waste

Toledo‐Camacho¹,

Iglesias²

2023

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production for Sustainable Energy

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Keep Degrowth or go Rebirth? Regulatory focus theory and the support for a sustainable downscaling of production and consumption

Cited by 7 publications

References 111 publications

Did Anything Good Come Out of the Pandemic? COVID-19-Stress Induced Self-Regulatory Sustainable Apparel Consumption among the Millennials in the U.S.

Did Anything Good Come Out of the Pandemic? COVID-19-Stress Induced Self-Regulatory Sustainable Apparel Consumption among the Millennials in the U.S.

How environmental and social psychologists can engage with system-level processes

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Waste

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