Predicting adolescents' recycling behavior among different big five personality types

Poškus, Mykolas Simas; Žukauskienė, Rita

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.10.003

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“…The common European goal of promoting Environmental Citizenship could, arguably, be best achieved through the understanding of the underlying diversity of various cultures. It is therefore understandable that promoting Environmental Citizenship in Europe should be context specific and tailored to the individual (Poškus 2017(Poškus , 2018Poškus and Žukauskienė 2017). Investigating values of different groups of individuals as well as values relevant to different cultures and regions (Katz-Gerro et al 2017; Bardi and Goodwin 2011;Bardi et al 2009;Inglehart and Baker 2000) would lend insight into how these regions could be best approached to promote Environmental Citizenship.…”

Section: Future Directions and Practical Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Values, Beliefs and Environmental Citizenship

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Environmental Discourses in Science Education

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In this chapter, we will consider the relationships between values, beliefs and Environmental Citizenship. The role of personal values, value orientations and environmental beliefs in explaining pro-environmental actions and behaviour is widely explored. It is already acknowledged that self-enhancement (egoistic and hedonistic) values are less predictive of pro-environmental actions than self-transcendence (biospheric and altruistic) values. Additionally, beliefs are considered to be at the core of human behaviour in cognitive theories explaining pro-environmental behaviour and are an important part of many theories used to predict pro-environmental actions. We regard Environmental Citizenship as a combination of certain pro-environmental actions and civic engagement, both public and private, that lead to the mitigation of environmental problems. It is important to answer the question of whether general values and beliefs can potentially be relevant antecedents of Environmental Citizenship. Understanding how values and beliefs relate to Environmental Citizenship would allow for evidence-based ways of promoting Environmental Citizenship in schools and communities and would empower educators to make effective decisions in promoting Environmental Citizenship.

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Section: Future Directions and Practical Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Values, Beliefs and Environmental Citizenship

Balundė

Poškus

Jovarauskaitė

et al. 2020

Environmental Discourses in Science Education

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“…The trait of openness seems to play a particularly important role in understanding pro-environmental behavior [23,[27][28][29][30]. The trait of openness describes one's proclivity to seek out and engage in novel ideas, behaviors and experiences [31].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pro-environmental behavior can be considered one of these novel practices, as human ancestors did not encounter the environmental problems we are experiencing today [23,27]. Individuals with personality trait profiles characterized by high scores of openness (and other socially desirable traits) tend to act more pro-environmentally [23,28] and are highly persuaded by norm-based PSAs targeting pro-environmental behaviors [23]. In general, more open individuals more readily accept novel ideas and practices and more easily engage in uncommon behaviors [31].…”

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The Effects of Descriptive Imagery and Appeals on Emotions and Intentions Related to Pro-Environmental Behavior

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The aim of the present study is to assess whether reinforcing imagery affects the emotional valence and effectiveness of pro-environmental public service announcements (PSAs). Two experiments that utilized PSAs constructed from a combination of text-based appeal and an image were carried out. The first experiment used the following appeals; (1) highlighting injunction, (2) highlighting injunction together with a negative descriptive norm, and (3) highlighting injunction together with a positive descriptive norm. These appeals were written on a photograph that either depicted nature scenery or the same scenery with digitally added litter. The results of the first experiment demonstrated that a congruent combination of text appeals highlighting injunction together with a positive descriptive norm and positive descriptive imagery elicits the most positive emotions when compared to other appeal and image combinations. The second experiment demonstrated that appeals with positive descriptive norms and an injunctive message coupled with a congruent descriptive image affect behavioral intention more than appeals with an injunctive only message coupled with a congruent descriptive image, thus demonstrating the additive effect of descriptive imagery and appeals presented together.

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“…The wide variability of personality traits indicates that all major personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness) are adaptive at all levels of expression,2 but ‘adaptive’ does not mean ‘good’ and while all patterns of personality traits potentially lead to some desirable proximal outcomes to individuals in certain environmental contexts, some patterns lead to more socially appropriate and healthier outcomes than others 3–5. Thus, we can reasonably imagine such a thing as a ‘healthy’ personality,3 at least in terms of the behavioural outcomes it is likely to produce for the individual4 and, perhaps more importantly, for the environment 3 5…”

Section: Personality and Pro-environmental Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The health benefits of a sustainable environment are numerous: from clean air and water, to spaces for recreation and regeneration, but in order to attain sustainable environments, there first needs to be a shift towards pro-environmental behaviour on the individual, as well as on the societal level 3. Personality traits have been investigated as predictors of pro-environmental behaviour in order to understand how to better explain and promote pro-environmental behaviour, yet often such studies yield small or even insignificant effects because personality traits are not very good predictors of specific behaviours 6.…”

Section: Personality and Pro-environmental Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%