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The COVID-19 pandemic led to serious restrictions on peoples’ everyday lives and had severe economic impacts. In contrast, “lockdown” restrictions led to short-term beneficial effects for the environment. In the present study, we compared pro-environmental behavior and materialism values before, during, and after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in t...
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... Analysis. The reliability of scales was investigated by Cronbach's alpha and 95% confidence intervals (Table 1). Following Koning and Franses [48], providing confidence intervals for Cronbach's Alpha can help to test for significant differences for alpha values across different studies. ...Similar publications
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... First off, the majority of studies ignore most aversive traits and only consider a single one, most commonly Narcissism. The corresponding findings are notably mixed in that some studies have reported significant negative associations with connectedness to nature (Frantz et al., 2005), pro-environmental attitudes (Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2022;Wu et al., 2019), or pro-environmental behavior (Naderi & Strutton, 2014Pelster & Schaltegger, 2022) whereas others have reported close-to-zero or even positive, non-significant effects in all three variants of pro-environmentalism (Bergman et al., 2013;Bowen et al., 2022, Study 1a;Fido et al., 2020;Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021a, 2021b. Of note, this heterogeneity cannot simply be attributed to the choice of measure or scale, as effects vary notably even across studies that relied on the same scale to measure Narcissism (Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021a;Naderi & Strutton, 2014) or indeed across direct replications (Bowen et al., 2022). ...
... The results are in line with previous research which indicated that narcissism predicts a general apathy toward environmental issues [80] and has a negative influence on individuals' green behavior [36,81]. In addition, previous research indicated that narcissistic individuals have materialistic values and care less about environmental issues [82]. Both forms of narcissism correlated negatively with environmental control, and positively with self-monitoring. ...
... Furthermore, this relationship was mediated only by environmental control, even when controlling for different socio-demographic variables. This pattern of results is consistent with the previous research about the negative effect of narcissism on PEB [38,82]. Narcissistic individuals support anti-conservation policies [83] and do not engage in public actions on climate change [84]. ...
The need to protect and preserve the environment is an important concern, and the behavioral change in order to obtain behaviors positively oriented towards the environment is sometimes difficult to achieve. There are multiple factors that influence people’s actions against the environment, but individualistic and egocentric tendencies (i.e., grandiose and vulnerable narcissism) may negatively impact pro-environmental behavior. This article expands existing research by providing a closer look at the mechanisms by which individuals with grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic tendencies self-monitor, make attributions about environmental problems, and embrace the new ecological paradigm, as well as their pro-environmental behaviors. Using a convenience sample (N = 945), two mediation models were tested to assess the effect of narcissism on pro-environmental behavior, mediated by self-monitoring, environmental control, and environmental attitudes. Results indicated that both grandiose and vulnerable narcissism negatively correlated with environmental control, but only grandiose narcissism negatively correlated with environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behavior. Furthermore, mediation analyses results revealed that only environmental control significantly mediated the relationship between narcissism types and pro-environmental behavior. The discussion focuses on the implications of narcissistic features on pro-environmental behavior. Ecological campaigns should aim to increase individual control and include strategies that stimulate narcissistic individuals to self-enhance and recognize their responsibility when they produce significant changes in the environment.
... This is in concordance with assumptions made by scientists (Dodds, 2021;Klenert et al., 2020;Reese et al., 2020). They also observed effects demonstrated in studies such as a finite pool of worry (Bostrom et al., 2020;Hüttel & Balderjahn, 2022) and the need to compensate for pandemic restrictions (Hüttel & Balderjahn, 2022;Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021). Accordingly, young adults' insights might be able to guide research on psychological effects regarding the interaction of both crises. ...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been dominating public discourse since its emergence climate change continues to progress. Early on during the pandemic, scientists began to investigate how both crises are related to each other and what can be learned from the pandemic to improve the response to climate change. Still, folk theories and public perceptions on this matter are rarely researched. We conducted 38 semi-structured in-depth interviews with German-speaking young adults, aged 20 to 33 years. In the interviews, we assessed young adults' experiences of and views on climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both crises were addressed simultaneously in the interviews to elaborate on similarities, differences, and interrelations from the perspective of young adults. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Participants provided detailed and sophisticated insights on how the crises relate to each other as well as their similarities and differences. Accounts corresponded to large part with scientific analyses on the topic but also gave new insights. Crises were differentiated regarding their level of threat and timescale as well as crisis mitigation approaches. Human characteristics were interpreted as roots of the crises and crises mitigation was overall evaluated as poor which left young adults with negative expectations for their future. Young adults feel their future at stake and demand a fundamental change in societal and political systems. Their insights can provide guidelines for crisis mitigation approaches as well as public communication.
... This is a relatively small number despite the intensive recruitment effort we made. One potential reason for the low participation is the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a decrease in pro-environmental behaviour during periods of lockdown restrictions (Kesenheimer and Greitemeyer 2021) and has likely decreased the willingness to contribute to pro-environmental activities in the case study area. Along the same lines, the study would have benefitted from the participation of more younger community members and people of Māori heritage. ...
Community participation is increasingly embedded into environmental policy with the aim of accelerating transformative change towards sustainable management. A common approach to engaging with communities is through key stakeholders, who are still often selected ad hoc based on their activities. We tested an analytical approach for identifying distinct groups of community preferences as part of a case study to develop a community-led management plan for Blueskin Bay estuary and its catchment. We interviewed 36 community members to elicit their preferences for predefined management objectives following a standardised protocol. Using an agglomerative hierarchical analysis, we determined value-preference clusters for high-level management objectives and more specific objectives. At both levels combined, preference clusters were attributed to some of the commercial interests, such as cockle harvesting, forestry or tourism, which we also identified ad hoc based on their activities in the Blueskin Bay area. However, in addition, cluster analyses revealed five additional preference types: Urban Development Advocates, Cultural Environmentalists, Economic Environmentalists, Integrative Thinkers and those with Diverse Interests. We conclude that cluster analysis more objectively and specifically maps community preferences and, consequently, increases the robustness of collaborative environmental management processes, such as the one underway for Blueskin Bay estuary.
... En México, como muchos países del mundo, algunos de los cambios en materia educativa tuvieron que ver con el uso de la educación en línea, la cual, en caso de tratarse de profesores con conductas proambientales (e.g. a favor del ambiente) y liderazgo, resulta de utilidad para sensibilizar y conducir a los estudiantes al desarrollo de comportamientos más solidarios con la naturaleza (Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021 (Kaiser, et al., 1999). ...
... Si bien se identifica que a pesar de que las universidades For conservation actions, it is essential to create educational programs whose technological mediation effectively facilitates the transmission of information and communication (Xiao, Liu & Ting, 2022). In Mexico, as in many countries worldwide, some of the educational changes had to use online education, which, in the case of teachers with pro-environmental behaviors (e.g. in favor of the environment) and leadership, is useful to raise awareness and lead students to develop behaviors that are more supportive of nature (Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021). (Kaiser, et al., 1999). ...
The deep crises that threaten well-being and existence could raise people's awareness and lead them to develop more supportive behaviors, especially towards nature. During the COVID-19 quarantine, remote education promoted the rapprochement of teachers andstudents by sharing personal spaces through video calls. Hence, this research aimed to determine the influence that the pro-environmental behaviors of the teacher as a model influence their students after an online education approachin environmental psychology. For this purpose, a quantitative, cross-sectional study of correlational scope was conducted with 33 college students aged between 19 and 24 years (M=21.69; SD=1.70), 19 women and 14 men, chosen at convenience, to whom the instruments: General Ecological Behavior and Scale Expectation of Environmental Behavior of Others, wereapplied. Obtained data indicate high pro-environmental behavior and intermediate values for the expectation of the teacher's pro-environmental behavior. In addition, a significant positive correlation between both variables (p<0.001, rs=0.54) was found.
... En México, como muchos países del mundo, algunos de los cambios en materia educativa tuvieron que ver con el uso de la educación en línea, la cual, en caso de tratarse de profesores con conductas proambientales (e.g. a favor del ambiente) y liderazgo, resulta de utilidad para sensibilizar y conducir a los estudiantes al desarrollo de comportamientos más solidarios con la naturaleza (Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021 (Kaiser, et al., 1999). ...
... Si bien se identifica que a pesar de que las universidades For conservation actions, it is essential to create educational programs whose technological mediation effectively facilitates the transmission of information and communication (Xiao, Liu & Ting, 2022). In Mexico, as in many countries worldwide, some of the educational changes had to use online education, which, in the case of teachers with pro-environmental behaviors (e.g. in favor of the environment) and leadership, is useful to raise awareness and lead students to develop behaviors that are more supportive of nature (Kesenheimer & Greitemeyer, 2021). (Kaiser, et al., 1999). ...
Las crisis profundas que amenazan el bienestar y la existencia, podrían sensibilizar a las personas y conducirlas al desarrollo de comportamientos más solidarios, especialmente con la naturaleza. Durante la cuarentena por COVID-19, la educación remota favoreció el acercamiento de profesores y alumnos, al compartir espacios personales a través de las videollamadas. Derivado de lo anterior, la presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar cuál es la influencia que tienen los comportamientos proambientales del profesor como modelo, sobre sus alumnos después de una capacitación en psicología ambiental. Para evaluar este efecto, se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, transeccional de alcance correlacional a 33 estudiantes universitarios con edades entre 19 y 24 años (M=21.69; DE=1.70), 19 mujeres y 14 hombres, elegidos a conveniencia, a quienes se les aplicaron las escalas de conductas proambientales (alfa = 0.70) y la de expectativa de comportamiento ambiental de otros (alfa = 0.77), a través de un formulario de Google. Los resultados indican valores altos de conducta proambiental propia e intermedios en las expectativas de comportamiento proambiental del docente. Además, se encontró una correlación significativa de tipo positiva entre las variables (p <.001, r =.54). Como conclusión, se puede afirmar que, a mayor expectativa de comportamiento proambiental de los profesores desde la percepción de los estudiantes, mayor es su conducta proambiental adquirida, lo que podría significar un desafío para las instituciones universitarias y un compromiso para lograr que la educación ambiental indirecta, muestre los resultados esperados para el cumplimiento de las metas ambientales de la agenda pública.
Valuing the benefits of conserving river corridors is essential to recognize the contribution of this natural capital to our well-being. This study aims to quantify the economic value of welfare improvements from the restoration of Atlantic River corridor habitats in Natura 2000 Network sites in the northwest Iberian Peninsula included in the LIFE Fluvial project. The contingent valuation method was used to estimate a discrete choice econometric model of willingness to pay for actions that protect ecosystem benefits associated with riparian forest restoration, and more than 600 residents and visitors in four major project areas were surveyed in 2021. The average willingness to pay was almost € 53 per resident and year (annual benefit to residents for the use, enjoyment and knowledge of the ecosystem services provided by these sites) and € 42 per visitor and year. By extrapolating these values to the population and visitors of the most representative sample areas we got an economic value for this type of conservation action of 4.2 million euros per year, much higher than the cost of implementing the entire project (3.03 million euros).
Sustainable business models can help us move beyond the current consumer society and integrate sustainability into our lifestyles. The COVID-19 crisis was a strong test of sustainability for these models. In our study, we assessed which business models are highly dependent on the economic cycle and are highly embedded in consumer society. We conducted our research at the height of the second wave of the pandemic and asked university students about changes in their consumption patterns and their expectations for the future. We carried out cluster analysis on our sample of 622 respondents. We were interested in the extent to which participation in certain business models could be associated with the rebound effect that could be predicted after the epidemic. The stronger this effect, the more embedded a sustainable business model is in consumer society and the less able it is to reduce its environmental impacts in the long term. We found that resource efficiency, the sharing economy, and digitalization fall into this category. Participation in sufficiency and stewardship-based business models predicted much less rebound impact. These models showed more clearly the sustainability characteristics of sustainable business models.
