Individual traits are associated with pro‐environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences

IF 4.2 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION People and Nature Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI:10.1002/pan3.10581
Helen Dunne, Francesca Lionetti, M. Pluess, Annalisa Setti
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Despite growing concern about climate change, there remains a significant gap between individuals' environmental concern and their actual behaviour. Humans' personal relationship with nature is a key contributor to pro‐environmental behaviour (PEB), which may account for this gap. Those individuals with high levels of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), approximately 25%–30% of the population, have a particularly strong connection with the natural world and have a ‘pause to check’ attitude that may make them more prone to consider future consequences of actions. We hypothesise that (1) a disposition to experience awe, characterizing high SPS, mediates the association between the trait and connectedness to nature (CN); (2) SPS is associated with PEB, and CN mediates the association; and (3) consideration for future consequences also mediates the association between high SPS and PEB. 807 participants completed an online survey including validated measures of SPS, CN, awe, PEB and consideration for future consequences. Correlational and mediational analyses were performed to test the hypotheses. The study showed that the relationship between SPS and CN was mediated by awe. The relationship between SPS and PEB was independently mediated by CN and consideration for future consequences. Policy implications. The UN Sustainable Development Goals were set to reduce inequalities (SDG 10) by considering individual differences, as well as improving climate action (SDG 13). This study shows that psychological dimensions such as sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) are linked to pro‐environmental behaviour (PEB) through future‐oriented thinking and feeling connected with nature. These results also suggest that cultivating connectedness to nature and training those with lower SPS to consider future consequences of actions may be a potential avenue to improve PEB. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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个人特征与亲环境行为有关:环境敏感性、与自然的联系以及对未来后果的考虑
尽管人们对气候变化的关注与日俱增,但个人对环境的关注与其实际行为之间仍存在巨大差距。人类与自然的个人关系是亲环境行为(PEB)的关键因素,这可能是造成这种差距的原因。那些具有高度感官处理敏感性(SPS)的人(约占总人口的 25%-30%)与自然世界有着特别紧密的联系,并且具有 "暂停检查 "的态度,这可能会使他们更容易考虑行动的未来后果。我们的假设是:(1) 体验敬畏的倾向是高 SPS 的特征,它介导了该特征与与自然的联系(CN)之间的关联;(2) SPS 与 PEB 相关,而 CN 介导了该关联;(3) 对未来后果的考虑也介导了高 SPS 与 PEB 之间的关联。807 名参与者完成了一项在线调查,其中包括对 SPS、CN、敬畏、PEB 和对未来后果的考虑的有效测量。研究表明,SPS 和 CN 之间的关系是由敬畏感中介的。研究表明,SPS 与 CN 之间的关系受敬畏感的影响,而 SPS 与 PEB 之间的关系则受 CN 和对未来后果的考虑的影响。联合国可持续发展目标旨在通过考虑个体差异来减少不平等(可持续发展目标 10),以及改善气候行动(可持续发展目标 13)。本研究表明,感官处理敏感性(SPS)等心理维度通过面向未来的思考和与自然的联系与亲环境行为(PEB)相关联。这些结果还表明,培养与自然的联系并训练那些感官处理敏感度较低的人考虑行动的未来后果,可能是改善亲环境行为的潜在途径。
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