Prosociality from the perspective of environmental psychology

Klein, Sina A.; Nockur, Laila; Reese, Gerhard

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.09.001

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“…The role played by perceptions of intergenerational obligation remains open. It may be argued that since collective bonds underlie cooperative behaviours [44], feeling that all generations are jointly responsible may be related to behaviours that will benefit all humankind [45]. However, it is also possible that perceptions of one's own generation as responsible may arise from high levels of personal AR, and lead to stronger pro-environmental behaviours, whereas attributing the responsibility to act to older generations may stem from perceptions of external control and relate to a lower behavioural engagement.…”

Section: The Present Theoretical Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

2022

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“We are all in the same boat” are words heard from young climate activists, suggesting that all generations must engage together in the fight against climate change. However, because of their age and life situation, some young people may feel unable to change the situation and attribute the moral obligation to do so to older generations. Whether such attributions restrict young people from engaging in pro-environmental behaviours remains largely unstudied. To fill this gap, the present study incorporated perceptions of self-efficacy, feelings of external control, and intergenerational obligation (i.e., believing that all generations should act) into the Value–Belief–Norm model. Data from high school (n = 639) and bachelor (n = 1509) students in French-speaking Switzerland showed that perceptions of self-efficacy and intergenerational obligation predicted the probability of engaging in both an actual behaviour (Study 1) and a costly educational commitment (Study 2), while perceiving that the fate of the Earth lies in the hands of powerful others did not. These results suggest that educational programs on climate change should integrate intergenerational components.

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Section: The Present Theoretical Modelmentioning

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Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

2022

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“…Thereby, both nature-and commons-oriented decisions are needed to protect the common good. In this view, PEB can be conceptionalized as a form of prosocial behavior that benefits all humanity (Klein et al, 2022). Prosociality is closely linked to the concept of solidarity, which can be described as a "feeling to hold together, an intention to stand for in each other [...] an attitude which prescribes joint action" (Bierhoff & Küpper, 1999, p.133).…”

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Beyond private-sphere pro-environmental action: Explaining shared mobility using the Theory of Planned Behavior and solidarity-oriented variables

Richter¹,

Hunecke²,

Blumenschein³

2023

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Shared mobility behaviors potentially decrease negative environmental effects of the transport sector. Models such as the Theory of Planned Behavior have been widely used to explain primarily individual private-sphere pro-environmental behaviors (PEB). However, as shared mobility behaviors are not completely limited to the private-sphere, but require social collaboration, it is an open question if the TPB-variables are sufficient in explaining shared mobility behaviors. Solidarity-focused variables that put a stronger focus on social interactions may complement the TPB-variables meaningfully. In two university samples (Study 1: N = 261, Study 2: N = 1411), we tested associations between the TPB-variables and shared mobility behavioral intention using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Both studies confirmed attitude and social norms as significant predictors. However, perceived behavioral control was not related to shared mobility intention. Study 2 additionally investigated whether social responsibility, collective response efficacy and social identity are related to shared mobility. Results showed that social responsibility as well as collective response efficacy positively predicted shared mobility intention. In Logistic regressions, the psychological variables showed no consistent connections to self-reported shared mobility behavior. We discuss the scope of solidarity-oriented variables to complementarily explain PEB beyond the private-sphere that need social collaboration.

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“…Prosocial behaviour is essential for addressing major global challenges of the 21 st century, such as infectious disease and climate change (47)(48)(49)(50). However, it has been shown that people are averse to engaging in pro-environmental behaviour (51), and a considerable amount of people did not engage in behaviours that prevented the spread of COVID-19 (52).…”

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A cost-benefit framework for prosocial motivation – advantages and challenges

Contreras-Huerta

2023

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Prosocial behaviours, actions that benefit others, are crucial for social relationships and healthy life. These behaviours could be framed as a cost-benefit decision-making, where the cost is incurred by the agent, but the benefit is received by someone else. Here, I discuss the advantages of framing prosocial decisions under a cost-benefit framework. This framework could help us to understand prosocial variability between people, including links to psychiatric disorders, and variability between contexts, including global challenges such as climate change and infectious diseases. It could also provide mechanistic underpinnings for these behaviours, and identify factors that facilitate them. Thus, despite having limitations and challenges, this framework is useful to examine and understand prosocial motivation.

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Prosociality from the perspective of environmental psychology

Cited by 11 publications

References 60 publications

Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

Who’s to Act? Perceptions of Intergenerational Obligation and Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Youth

Beyond private-sphere pro-environmental action: Explaining shared mobility using the Theory of Planned Behavior and solidarity-oriented variables

A cost-benefit framework for prosocial motivation – advantages and challenges

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