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Differentiated effects of risk perception and causal attribution on public behavioral responses to air pollution: A segmentation analysis
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Jianhua Xu, Huimin TanAbstractPrior studies of public behavioral responses to air pollution mostly treat respondents as a homogenous group, an assumption that limits our ability to design tailored messages to mobilize actions. This paper employs segmentation techniques to examine the heterogeneity of individuals’ adaptive and mitigation behaviors in response to air pollution. We administered a survey in Beijing and obtained a valid sample of 979 respondents. Using hierarchical cluster analysis, we identified three distin...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - August 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Elevating nature: Moral elevation increases connectedness to nature
Publication date: Available online 3 August 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Sam G. Moreton, Andrew Arena, Matthew Hornsey, Charlie Crimston, Niko Tiliopoulos (Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology)
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - August 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A Dose of Nature: Two three-level meta-analyses of the beneficial effects of exposure to nature on children's self-regulation
Publication date: Available online 1 August 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Martina A. Moens, Joyce Weeland, Femke Beute, Mark Assink, Janneke P.C. Staaks, Geertjan OverbeekAbstractThere is growing evidence that exposure to nature, as opposed to a built environment, is associated with better mental health. Specifically in children, more exposure to nature seems to be associated with better cognitive, affective, and behavioral self-regulation. Because studies are scattered over different scientific disciplines, it is difficult to create a coherent overview of empirical findings. We therefore conduc...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - August 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Predicting climate change risk perception and willingness to act
Publication date: Available online 29 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Belinda Xie, Marilynn B. Brewer, Brett K. Hayes, Rachel I. McDonald, Ben R. NewellAbstractWe extended a recent model of climate change risk perception (van der Linden, 2015) to predict the risk perception of Australians and their willingness to engage in mitigation behaviours (N = 921). Affect, mitigation response inefficacy, and descriptive norms were the most important predictors of risk perception, highlighting the influence of affective, cognitive, and socio-cultural factors. Affect and mitigation response inefficac...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Mechanisms of resiliency against depression following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Publication date: Available online 29 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): John A. Kaufman, Zachary E. Goldman, J. Danielle Sharpe, Amy F. Wolkin, Matthew O. GribbleAbstractPrior studies of oil spills have reported adverse impacts on mental health, but have not examined some potentially important moderators. In this cross-sectional analysis of n=38,361 responses to the 2010-2011 Gulf States Population Survey, we assessed the association of direct oil contact with depression severity following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and modification by self-mastery, emotional support, and cleanup particip...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Understanding the psychology X politics interaction behind environmental activism: The roles of governmental trust, density of environmental NGOs, and democracy
Publication date: Available online 26 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Kim-Pong TamAbstractWhen explaining engagement in environmental activism, previous psychological studies have mostly focused on motivational factors. In this investigation, considering that environmental activism is political in essence, I argue that the effect of motivations is moderated by the political context people face. Drawing upon political science theories, I hypothesize that psychological motivations (environmental concern and postmaterialist values) are more strongly associated with environmental activism engagem...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The gradual development of the preference for natural environments
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Kimberly L. Meidenbauer, CeciliaU.D. Stenfors, Jaime Young, Elliot A. Layden, Kathryn E. Schertz, Omid Kardan, Jean Decety, Marc G. BermanAbstractAdults demonstrate aesthetic preferences for natural environments over urban ones. This preference has influenced theories like Biophilia to explain why nature is beneficial. While both adults and children show cognitive and affective benefits after nature exposure, it is unknown whether children demonstrate nature preferences. In the current study, 4-to-11-year-old children and t...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 24, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The relationship between greenery and self-regulation of children: The mediation role of nature connectedness
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between greenery around children's homes and their self-regulation skills through the mediator role of nature connectedness. The moderator role of perceptual sensitivity in the relationship between greenery and nature connectedness was also examined. Two hundred and ninety-nine children aged between 8 and 11 years old and their mothers participated in the study. The results indicated that the relationship between greenery and emotional and cognitive regulation was mediated by nature connectedness. However, nature connectedness did not mediate the relationship between greener...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Imagining the loss of social and physical place characteristics reduces place attachment
Publication date: Available online 18 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Gerhard Reese, Leonie Oettler, Laura C. KatzAbstractPlace attachment – the cognitive-emotional bond people have to specific places – is associated with various psychological outcomes and behaviors. While it is well-established that both important social as well as physical features determine how strongly people attach to a place, it is largely unexplored how the loss of such features causally affects place attachment. In two online experiments (N1 = 161; N2 = 199), participants were asked to name physical and/or...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychological predictors of fishing and waste management intentions in Indonesian coastal communities
Publication date: Available online 16 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Erik Simmons, Kelly S. FieldingAbstractThe populations most susceptible to environmental degradation are often the populations that rely most on the natural world for sustenance. Within the many isolated islands that are part of rural Indonesia, many communities are dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, but paradoxically members of these communities often engage in practices that destroy their natural resources (Fox & Caldwell, 2006; Glaeser & Glaser, 2011; Pet-soede, Cesar, & Pet, 1999). The current researc...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 17, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Do people who feel connected to nature do more to protect it? A meta-analysis
Publication date: Available online 11 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Caroline M.L. Mackay, Michael T. SchmittAbstractUsing meta-analysis, we examined whether there is evidence consistent with the idea that a subjective sense of “connection to nature” promotes pro-environmental behaviour (PEB; Mayer & Frantz, 2004; Nisbet, Zelenski, & Murphy, 2009). Analysis of correlational data (k = 75) provided compelling evidence for a strong and robust association between nature connection and PEB (r = .37). Nature connection was positively associated with PEB across different operationalizat...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

How to reduce red and processed meat consumption by daily text messages targeting environment or health benefits
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): V. Carfora, P. Catellani, D. Caso, M. ConnerAbstractThe current study tested the impact of different messaging interventions on changing attitude and behaviour in relation to Red and Processed Meat Consumption (RPMC). The study compared the effectiveness of receiving fourteen daily messages on the health, environment, or health + environment benefits of reduced RPMC, against a no message control condition. All three intervention conditions also received daily reminders of the goal regarding RPMC and were asked to record R...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Beyond nature: The roles of visual appeal and individual differences in perceived restorative potential
Publication date: Available online 8 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Elyssa Twedt, Reuben M. Rainey, Dennis R. ProffittAbstractNatural environments are typically judged to be more restorative than built environments in terms of fostering recovery from stress or buffering against resource depletion. But this comparison tends to be categorical – nature versus built environments – and consequently, questions remain regarding the restorative potential of environments that do not fit into these categories. Furthermore, individual differences in evaluations of perceived restorative potential is...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Brain activity, underlying mood and the environment: A systematic review
Publication date: Available online 6 July 2019Source: Journal of Environmental PsychologyAuthor(s): Michael Francis Norwood, Ali Lakhani, Annick Maujean, Heidi Zeeman, Olivia Creux, Elizabeth KendallAbstractThis review explores how different environments affect brain activity and associated mood response. MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsychInfo and EMBASE were searched for peer-reviewed literature published prior to February 2019. 26 sources were included and divided into either a laboratory (n = 17) or naturalistic (n = 9) design. Most (n = 16) compared natural environments against urban/non-natural environ...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The effect of crowdedness on human wayfinding and locomotion in a multi-level virtual shopping mall
This study investigates how social and physical environments affect human wayfinding and locomotion behaviors in a virtual multi-level shopping mall. Participants were asked to locate a store inside the virtual building as efficiently as possible. We examined the effects of crowdedness, start floor, and trial number on wayfinding strategies, initial route choices, and locomotion behaviors. The results showed that crowdedness did not affect wayfinding strategies or initial route choices, but did affect locomotion in that participants in the high crowdedness condition were more likely to avoid crowds by moving close to the b...
Source: Journal of Environmental Psychology - July 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research