Volunteering and pro-environmental behavior: the relationships of meaningfulness and emotions in protected areas

Jie, He; Cai, Xiaomei; Li, Guiqing; Zou, Xiaodan; Morrison, Alastair M.

doi:10.1080/09669582.2022.2141249

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“…However, the effects of the different dimensions differed, with coefficients of 0.107, 0.429 and 0.220, respectively. The results of this study partially echo existing research claiming that the experience of physical environment [ 2 ], subject-object interaction [ 65 ], and emotional meaning [ 66 ] promotes the production of individual pro-environmental behaviors, but they differ in that this study also confirms the positive effect of spatial imagery on individual pro-environmental behaviors. To further support the relationship between the two dimensions and to explore the mechanisms involved, the study applied semi-structured interviews, which resulted in the finding that the functional and emotional dimensions of home had a joint effect on both home and nonhome.…”

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Can the home experience in luxury hotels promote pro-environmental behavior among guests?

Liu,

Peng

2023

PLoS ONE

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While the home is an important place for individuals to act pro-environmentally, researchers have rarely explored the pro-environmental behavior of hotel customers in terms of their home away from home experiences during their travels. This study uses a combination of qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (questionnaires) methods to explore customer experiences of home spaces in the hotel context and the relationship between people’s experience in hotels and their pro-environmental behavior. The study shows that (1) customers’ experience of home spaces in hotels occurs through three dimensions: the function of home, the emotion of home, and the imagination of home. (2) Both the function of home and the emotion of home exert a significantly positive impact on hotel customers pro-environmental behavior. (3) The imagination of home exerts a significant positive effect on pro-environmental behavior both inside and outside of the hotel. (4) The pro-environmental behavior of customers in their own homes has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between the home experience and pro-environmental behavior in the hotel context. By combining the concepts of home spaces and pro-environmental behavior, this study, on the one hand, bridges the research gap between place experience and pro-environmental behavior in the hotel context; on the other hand, the study transcends the limitations engendered by studying pro-environmental behavior in the hotel and home space from a binary perspective.

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Can the home experience in luxury hotels promote pro-environmental behavior among guests?

Liu,

Peng

2023

PLoS ONE

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“… 36 At present, this theory has been widely applied in the study of the relationship among public perception, emotions, and behaviors. 37 Therefore, based on construal level theory and cognitive appraisal theory of emotions, we believe that psychological distance may affect public emotions through risk perception, and then affect subsequent related behaviors. In other words, more concrete mental construal associated with closer psychological distance in public health emergencies may lead to higher risk perception, induce strong emotional reactions, and thus affect public behaviors.…”

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How Does Psychological Distance Influence Public Risky Behavior During Public Health Emergencies

Gao,

Sun

2024

RMHP

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Background Public health emergencies not only threaten the physical and mental health of the public but also trigger a series of risky behaviors of the public, which in turn lead to the emergence or intensification of risk events, disrupting existing economic and social order. Purpose Based on construal level theory, cognitive appraisal theory of emotions and mood maintenance hypothesis, the study aims to investigate the collectively effect of risk perception and psychological insecurity in the connection between psychological distance and public risky behavior. Participants and Methods Cross-sectional data was derived from 257 China urban residents. All participants finished the psychological distance scale, risk perception scale, psychological insecurity scale, and risky behavior scale. The research hypothesis was tested using the PROCESS macro. Results The direct impact of psychological distance on risky behavior was not significant (β=−0.018, p>0.05). The indirect impact of psychological distance on risky behavior was significant. In other words, the impact of psychological distance on risky behavior was serially mediated via risk perception and psychological insecurity (β=0.011, 95% CI= [0.0013, 0.025]). Conclusion Risk perception and psychological insecurity play serial mediating roles in the relationship between psychological distance and public risky behavior. We conclude that during public health emergencies, public health managers should pay extra attention to the risk perception and psychological insecurity level of the public with closer psychological distance, take measures to reduce their risk perception, enhance their psychological security, and reduce their risky behavior, thereby ensuring the physical and mental health of the public and maintaining the stability of economic and social order.

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“…Meaningfulness refers to the extent to which volunteers believe that the volunteer work they do is important and meaningful. Meaningfulness experience promoted environmental protection volunteers' sustained pro‐environmental behaviour (He, Cai, Li, Zou, & Morrison, 2022). Evidence from meta‐analysis and review shows that employee's meaningfulness positively correlated with a series of positive consequences, including heightened work engagement and satisfaction and fewer turnover intentions and burnout (Allan, Batz‐Barbarich, Sterling, & Tay, 2019; Bailey, Yeoman, Madden, Thompson, & Kerridge, 2019; Hu & Hirsh, 2017).…”

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Profiles of volunteers' motivations and positive experiences relate to their sustained volunteering during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Qu,

Ju,

Qin

et al. 2023

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Volunteering benefits individuals and society but is hard to sustain, especially in emergencies. Based on the volunteer process model and self‐determination theory, this study identified the optimal number of motivations and positive experiences profiles and investigated these profiles' relationships with volunteers' sustained volunteering during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Seven hundred and eighteen volunteers completed a series of measures about motivations to volunteer (e.g., autonomous and controlled), positive experiences (e.g., satisfaction, meaningfulness and happiness) and sustained volunteering. Results indicated that meaningfulness and happiness positively predicted sustained volunteering but satisfaction did not. Furthermore, we identified four distinct groups using latent profile analysis: the highest autonomy‐best experience group (34.96%), high autonomy‐well experience group (44.84%), moderate autonomy‐general experience group (17.83%) and low autonomy‐bad experience group (2.37%). Volunteers in the highest autonomy‐best experience group showed the highest level of sustained volunteering compared to those in other groups. These findings suggest that volunteers' motivations and positive experiences play a combined role in sustained volunteering. They also have significance for fostering long‐term volunteering. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Volunteering and pro-environmental behavior: the relationships of meaningfulness and emotions in protected areas

Cited by 8 publications

References 78 publications

Can the home experience in luxury hotels promote pro-environmental behavior among guests?

Can the home experience in luxury hotels promote pro-environmental behavior among guests?

How Does Psychological Distance Influence Public Risky Behavior During Public Health Emergencies

Profiles of volunteers' motivations and positive experiences relate to their sustained volunteering during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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