Pub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.1177/00139165241274623
Leejiah Dorward, Harriet Ibbett, Asri A. Dwiyahreni, Edward Kohi, Karlina Prayitno, Stephen Sankeni, Joseph Kaduma, Rose Mawenya, Jesca Mchomvu, Humairah Sabiladiyni, Andie Wijaya Saputra, Jatna Supriatna, Tyassanti Trywidiarini, Freya A. V. St John
Working mostly in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries, environmental psychologists have developed scales assessing relationships between pro-environmental beliefs and behaviors. Working in Tanzanian and Indonesian protected area landscapes, containing important biodiversity and conflict over human-nature interactions, we investigate the utility of the New Ecological Paradigm for measuring pro-environmental beliefs and understanding support for protected area regulations. We found the New Ecological Paradigm ineffective at measuring pro-environmental beliefs in both countries; in Tanzania due to acquiescence bias, and in Indonesia exploratory factor analysis supported none of the original factors, with 4 of 15 statements loading onto a novel “eco-fragility” factor. Individual statements in both countries and the eco-fragility factor in Indonesia were weakly correlated with support for protected area regulations, highlighting while elements of the New Ecological Paradigm can improve understanding of support for protected area regulations, care must be taken when applying psychometric tools in novel cultural contexts.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.1177/00139165241274496
Dominic Lemken, Aline Simonetti, Gloria Sindermann, Ana Ines Estevez Magnasco
Overconsumption of meat remains common in Western diets. In a cafeteria setting, we assessed the impact of two interventions on reducing meat consumption: forced active choice (explicitly choosing meat portion size) and default nudge (offering a reduced meat portion with an opt-out option). Our field study, involving 5,966 food choices and feedback from 125 cafeteria users, revealed both interventions were effective and perceived as ethical. Across 11 meat dishes, both interventions increased the selection of reduced meat portions. Notably, the default nudge had a more substantial impact, with 90.6% opting for reduced portions compared to 38.5% for active choice. Interestingly, gender differences are most pronounced during the active choice phase and reduced through a default condition. We predict that in biased food choice environments where one option is clearly favored, differences in food choices influenced by socio-demographic factors are likely to diminish.
{"title":"Evidence on the Effectiveness-Acceptance Trade-Off Between Forced Active Choice and Default Nudging: A Field Study to Reduce Meat Consumption in Cafeterias","authors":"Dominic Lemken, Aline Simonetti, Gloria Sindermann, Ana Ines Estevez Magnasco","doi":"10.1177/00139165241274496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241274496","url":null,"abstract":"Overconsumption of meat remains common in Western diets. In a cafeteria setting, we assessed the impact of two interventions on reducing meat consumption: forced active choice (explicitly choosing meat portion size) and default nudge (offering a reduced meat portion with an opt-out option). Our field study, involving 5,966 food choices and feedback from 125 cafeteria users, revealed both interventions were effective and perceived as ethical. Across 11 meat dishes, both interventions increased the selection of reduced meat portions. Notably, the default nudge had a more substantial impact, with 90.6% opting for reduced portions compared to 38.5% for active choice. Interestingly, gender differences are most pronounced during the active choice phase and reduced through a default condition. We predict that in biased food choice environments where one option is clearly favored, differences in food choices influenced by socio-demographic factors are likely to diminish.","PeriodicalId":48374,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Behavior","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-17DOI: 10.1177/00139165241277347
Kyle Smith, Shane Boehne, Bynum B. Boley, Gino J. D’Angelo
While many environmental psychologists have relied on the Wildlife Value Orientations (WVOs) scale to understand the individual patterns in cognitions and behaviors related to wildlife, limits in scope constrain its application across other topics. Conversely, Ecological Dominance Orientation (EDO), defined as preference to maintain an anthropocentric arrangement between humans and the natural environment, has demonstrated applicability across a variety of contexts. Despite both constructs being applied in the field, the relationship between the two constructs remains understudied. We sought to understand the associations between EDO and WVO within the context of support for lethal control of deer within two communities located in Georgia, USA. Results suggest that EDO strongly predicted WVOs and had a strong, positive direct and indirect effect on support for lethal control. Future research centered on EDO may help bridge our understanding of individuals’ beliefs about wildlife and other parts of the natural world.
尽管许多环境心理学家依靠野生动物价值取向量表来了解与野生动物相关的认知和行为的个体模式，但其范围的局限性限制了它在其他主题中的应用。相反，生态主导取向（EDO）被定义为偏好在人类与自然环境之间保持以人类为中心的安排，已被证明适用于各种情况。尽管这两个概念都被应用于该领域，但这两个概念之间的关系仍未得到充分研究。我们试图在美国佐治亚州的两个社区中，在支持对鹿进行致命控制的背景下，了解 EDO 和 WVO 之间的关系。结果表明，EDO 对 WVO 有很强的预测作用，并对致死控制的支持率有很强的、积极的直接和间接影响。未来以 EDO 为中心的研究可能有助于我们了解个人对野生动物和自然世界其他部分的信念。
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Pub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1177/00139165241277340
Andrés M. Urcuqui-Bustamante, Katherine C. Perry, Jessica E. Leahy, Allison M. Gardner, Carly Sponarski
The incidence of Lyme disease (LD) has grown over time despite extensive awareness campaigns of disease risk. While previous research has explored public knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward tick-borne diseases, there is minimal research in understanding preventive behavior among individuals frequently engaging in outdoor recreation. This study addresses this gap by investigating the perceptions of LD preventive behavior, focusing on psychosocial factors influencing behavior. Utilizing an integrative framework incorporating the Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory, we examined outdoor recreationist performance of three key preventive behaviors: tick checks, tick repellent use, and protective clothing. Data were collected through intercept surveys at Bradbury Mountain State Park (Maine, US). Findings indicate that tick-related knowledge and experience have a limited impact on preventive behavior, while efficacy beliefs and perceived benefits significantly influence behavior. In this paper we discuss the implications of these factors to both theory and practice in LD prevention studies.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1177/00139165241275482
Douglas Houston, Omar Pérez Figueroa, Ariane Jong-Levinger, Jochen E. Schubert, Brett F. Sanders
Communities near the wildland urban interface (WUI) are exposed to a mix of three interconnected hazards (wildfire, flood, and mudslide), and understanding multi-hazard perceptions is critically important for emergency preparation and hazard mitigation—particularly given the WUI’s rapid expansion and intensifying environmental hazards. Based on a survey of residents living near recent burn scars in Southern California, we document cross-over effects in hazard perceptions, where resident experience with one hazard was associated with greater hazard rankings for other hazards. Additionally, for all three hazards analyzed we document perceptions of increasing hazard levels with increasing spatial scales (home, near-home, neighborhood, and community), providing evidence of spatial optimism, or the tendency to discount proximate hazards. This study stresses the importance of using a multi-hazard and multi-scale approach for understanding and responding to local level environmental hazards.
{"title":"Spatial Optimism and Cross-Over Effects in the Perceptions of Interconnected Wildfire, Flood, and Mudslide Hazards","authors":"Douglas Houston, Omar Pérez Figueroa, Ariane Jong-Levinger, Jochen E. Schubert, Brett F. Sanders","doi":"10.1177/00139165241275482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241275482","url":null,"abstract":"Communities near the wildland urban interface (WUI) are exposed to a mix of three interconnected hazards (wildfire, flood, and mudslide), and understanding multi-hazard perceptions is critically important for emergency preparation and hazard mitigation—particularly given the WUI’s rapid expansion and intensifying environmental hazards. Based on a survey of residents living near recent burn scars in Southern California, we document cross-over effects in hazard perceptions, where resident experience with one hazard was associated with greater hazard rankings for other hazards. Additionally, for all three hazards analyzed we document perceptions of increasing hazard levels with increasing spatial scales (home, near-home, neighborhood, and community), providing evidence of spatial optimism, or the tendency to discount proximate hazards. This study stresses the importance of using a multi-hazard and multi-scale approach for understanding and responding to local level environmental hazards.","PeriodicalId":48374,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Behavior","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142197334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1177/00139165241270613
Fabrizio Scrima, Marcello Nonnis, Alessandro Lorenzo Mura, Elena Foddai, Liliane Rioux, Ferdinando Fornara
For a long time, care environments have been characterized as "inhuman," with their place meaning linked to illness and suffering. This study aims to analyze the shift in the meaning of the hospital space, investigating the impact of a permanent art gallery in a hospital's Gynecology Department on employees' well-being. Employing a quasi-experimental design, a final sample of 116 hospital employees (81 in the control group and 74 in the experimental group) completed self-report measures before and after the installation. Three self-report measurements were conducted at approximately 45-day intervals. The intervention resulted in an immediate increase in aesthetic experience, confirming an emotional involvement. Additionally, the art gallery demonstrated delayed positive effects on restorativeness after 45 days, positively affecting affective commitment and work engagement. These findings highlight the potential of art interventions in healthcare settings to enhance employees' well-being, suggesting implications for organizational design and employee satisfaction.
{"title":"Changing the “Meaning of Place” Within a Hospital: The Impact of Establishing an Art Gallery on Esthetic Experience, Restorativeness, Affective Commitment, and Work Engagement of Healthcare Personnel","authors":"Fabrizio Scrima, Marcello Nonnis, Alessandro Lorenzo Mura, Elena Foddai, Liliane Rioux, Ferdinando Fornara","doi":"10.1177/00139165241270613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241270613","url":null,"abstract":"For a long time, care environments have been characterized as \"inhuman,\" with their place meaning linked to illness and suffering. This study aims to analyze the shift in the meaning of the hospital space, investigating the impact of a permanent art gallery in a hospital's Gynecology Department on employees' well-being. Employing a quasi-experimental design, a final sample of 116 hospital employees (81 in the control group and 74 in the experimental group) completed self-report measures before and after the installation. Three self-report measurements were conducted at approximately 45-day intervals. The intervention resulted in an immediate increase in aesthetic experience, confirming an emotional involvement. Additionally, the art gallery demonstrated delayed positive effects on restorativeness after 45 days, positively affecting affective commitment and work engagement. These findings highlight the potential of art interventions in healthcare settings to enhance employees' well-being, suggesting implications for organizational design and employee satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":48374,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Behavior","volume":"52 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142225112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1177/00139165241245823
Flavia Gheller, Gaia Spicciarelli, Pietro Scimemi, Barbara Arfé
Noise exposure may interfere with concentration, learning, and executive functions. In children, in particular, the non-auditory consequences of acoustically inadequate conditions are a serious concern. This systematic review examined the evidence from 26 studies investigating the effects of noise on primary school children’s cognitive and academic performance. The reviewed studies show that speech noise significantly impairs children’s verbal working memory. Meanwhile, non-speech environmental noise appears to notably affect academic performance, particularly in reading. Other types of non-speech noise may, instead, even improve the cognitive performance of children, although only for children with low attentional skills. However, only a few studies have compared the impacts of speech and non-speech noise or explored noise effects across various cognitive tasks. And finally, there’s a shortage of both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies assessing developmental effects. Overall, this scarcity limits the ability to draw robust conclusions about noise effects on children’s cognitive and academic abilities.
{"title":"The Effects of Noise on Children’s Cognitive Performance: A Systematic Review","authors":"Flavia Gheller, Gaia Spicciarelli, Pietro Scimemi, Barbara Arfé","doi":"10.1177/00139165241245823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241245823","url":null,"abstract":"Noise exposure may interfere with concentration, learning, and executive functions. In children, in particular, the non-auditory consequences of acoustically inadequate conditions are a serious concern. This systematic review examined the evidence from 26 studies investigating the effects of noise on primary school children’s cognitive and academic performance. The reviewed studies show that speech noise significantly impairs children’s verbal working memory. Meanwhile, non-speech environmental noise appears to notably affect academic performance, particularly in reading. Other types of non-speech noise may, instead, even improve the cognitive performance of children, although only for children with low attentional skills. However, only a few studies have compared the impacts of speech and non-speech noise or explored noise effects across various cognitive tasks. And finally, there’s a shortage of both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies assessing developmental effects. Overall, this scarcity limits the ability to draw robust conclusions about noise effects on children’s cognitive and academic abilities.","PeriodicalId":48374,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Behavior","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140826812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-08DOI: 10.1177/00139165241245814
Cassandra L. Svelnys, Angela J. Narayan
Neighborhood safety (NS) has important implications for mental health, yet research is needed to clarify how different constructs that measure NS associate with mental health problems. Research is particularly underdeveloped on NS among low-income, postpartum individuals, who may experience greater vulnerability. This study examined two measures of NS, self-reported and coder-rated, and their associations with prenatal and postnatal depression and PTSD symptoms, and lifetime adversity. Participants were 121 perinatal individuals living in a major metro area. Both types of NS were significantly intercorrelated. Neither prenatal nor postnatal depression symptoms predicted self-reported or coder-rated NS. However, higher lifetime adversity and higher postnatal PTSD symptoms predicted lower self-reported postnatal NS (but not coder-rated NS). After controlling for prenatal PTSD symptoms, lower self-reported NS also predicted higher postnatal PTSD symptoms. Findings underscore the importance of focusing on individuals’ lived experiences in their neighborhoods to understand links between perceptions of NS and PTSD symptoms.
{"title":"Neighborhood Safety and Perinatal Mental Health","authors":"Cassandra L. Svelnys, Angela J. Narayan","doi":"10.1177/00139165241245814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241245814","url":null,"abstract":"Neighborhood safety (NS) has important implications for mental health, yet research is needed to clarify how different constructs that measure NS associate with mental health problems. Research is particularly underdeveloped on NS among low-income, postpartum individuals, who may experience greater vulnerability. This study examined two measures of NS, self-reported and coder-rated, and their associations with prenatal and postnatal depression and PTSD symptoms, and lifetime adversity. Participants were 121 perinatal individuals living in a major metro area. Both types of NS were significantly intercorrelated. Neither prenatal nor postnatal depression symptoms predicted self-reported or coder-rated NS. However, higher lifetime adversity and higher postnatal PTSD symptoms predicted lower self-reported postnatal NS (but not coder-rated NS). After controlling for prenatal PTSD symptoms, lower self-reported NS also predicted higher postnatal PTSD symptoms. Findings underscore the importance of focusing on individuals’ lived experiences in their neighborhoods to understand links between perceptions of NS and PTSD symptoms.","PeriodicalId":48374,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140566062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-08DOI: 10.1177/00139165241245815
Avin Khalilollahi, Dena Kasraian, Astrid D. A. M. Kemperman, Pieter van Wesemael
This paper provides an in-depth understanding of children’s perspectives toward playing on three interactive playgrounds located in a schoolyard in Enschede, a city located in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the Twente region. The COM-B model of behavior change is used to explore children’s perspectives. This model defines behavior as the result of an interaction between three components that generate behavior: Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation. The perceptions and experiences of 27 children aged 8 to 12 from playing on these interactive playgrounds are investigated through go-along group interviews and focus group discussions. Based on our findings, we list key issues and general recommendations for designing interactive playgrounds for children’s outdoor play based on children’s perspectives. These key issues and recommendations are beneficial for practitioners, and in particular, interactive designers who develop interactive playgrounds that stimulate children’s outdoor play behavior.
{"title":"Interactive Playgrounds and Children’s Outdoor Play Behavior: Children’s Perspectives","authors":"Avin Khalilollahi, Dena Kasraian, Astrid D. A. M. Kemperman, Pieter van Wesemael","doi":"10.1177/00139165241245815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241245815","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an in-depth understanding of children’s perspectives toward playing on three interactive playgrounds located in a schoolyard in Enschede, a city located in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the Twente region. The COM-B model of behavior change is used to explore children’s perspectives. This model defines behavior as the result of an interaction between three components that generate behavior: Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation. The perceptions and experiences of 27 children aged 8 to 12 from playing on these interactive playgrounds are investigated through go-along group interviews and focus group discussions. Based on our findings, we list key issues and general recommendations for designing interactive playgrounds for children’s outdoor play based on children’s perspectives. These key issues and recommendations are beneficial for practitioners, and in particular, interactive designers who develop interactive playgrounds that stimulate children’s outdoor play behavior.","PeriodicalId":48374,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Behavior","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140566122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-08DOI: 10.1177/00139165241245829
Li Deng, Hope Hui Rising, Chao Gu, Anju Bimal
Traffic noise is a significant risk factor for adverse health outcomes. Despite burgeoning interest in reducing the harmful health effects of traffic noise, research on the influence of physical and psychoacoustic attributes has been sparse. Consequently, this study examines the impacts of various acoustic attributes on mitigating stress response to traffic noise using dependent variables derived from electrodermal activity. The results indicate that: (a) mixing water sound (noise) at a low signal-to-noise ratio effectively mitigated stress response to traffic noise (signal), whereas mixing white noise with high fractal complexity (noise) significantly induced stress; and (b) sound pressure and acoustic sharpness significantly reduced stress response to traffic noise. Conversely, attributes such as high fractal complexity, moderate and high signal-to-noise ratios, acoustic loudness, and mean frequency significantly increased stress. This research offers a viable blueprint for creating evidence-based noise mitigation strategies that focus on intervention sound attributes.
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