Pub Date : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102903
Benjamin Meagher
Interactions with friends are, like all social processes, situated within particular physical places that can either constrain or facilitate different types of social behavior. Certain settings may therefore be uniquely beneficial (i.e., relationally restorative), provided they promote self-disclosure, social support, and reciprocal exchange. In this paper, I propose that territories afford such positive interactions. Across a set of three empirical studies, I test whether the frequency of interacting with friends in one's territory is associated with several relevant relationship outcomes: interpersonal closeness, reciprocal knowledge, and trust. A pair of cross-sectional studies among both U.S. adults (Study 1) and undergraduate students (Study 2) find convergent evidence that the frequency of interacting in territories is predictive of greater closeness and knowledge, even when controlling for the frequency of interacting in other places and mediums (e.g., virtually). Furthermore, a longitudinal analysis of undergraduates (Study 3) finds that an increase of interacting in residences during a given week was also associated with higher levels of both closeness and reciprocal knowledge. These studies provide evidence for viewing the home as a potentially valuable social resource for promoting friendship development and maintenance.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102904
Tiantian Guo , Kaixin Zhong , Chengcheng Li, Yifan Liu, Ao Ren, Feng Kong
Existing studies underscore the importance of pro-environmental behaviour to individuals’ well-being. However, the extent to which this anticipated favourable relationship functions at the within-person level remains an area that warrants further exploration. To gain a deeper understanding of how pro-environmental behaviour is related to well-being, the current work applied a daily diary method to examine both the relationships and the underlying mechanisms. A total of 486 emerging adults from China (Mage = 19.29, SDage = 2.12) participated in the study by completing a daily questionnaire over 14 consecutive days, which yielded 6754 valid diary entries for subsequent analyses. Results from the multilevel lagged analysis demonstrated that pro-environmental behaviour was positively associated with both types of well-being observed the day after. Additionally, the multilevel within-person mediation analysis showed that daily eudaimonic well-being mediated the daily links of pro-environmental behaviour with hedonic well-being. These results align with the positive-activity model and self-determination theory, emphasizing the crucial mediating role of eudaimonic well-being in the within-person link of environmental behaviour with hedonic well-being.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-02DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102900
Maayan Merhav , Dafna Fisher-Gewirtzman
Wayfinding declines with age, often due to impaired landmark-based navigation. Emerging evidence suggests that older adults compensate navigational declines by relying on environmental geometry. This study examined whether geometrical layout can support navigation in aging under ecologically valid conditions. Using immersive virtual reality, young (n = 78) and older (n = 50) adults navigated two shopping arenas differing in geometrical distinctiveness, by altering their level of symmetry: circular (high symmetry) and elliptical (lower symmetry, with added vertical asymmetry). Results revealed that young adults showed enhanced wayfinding accuracy in the elliptical environment, suggesting that reduced symmetry and increased geometric distinctiveness facilitate navigation. Contrary to expectations, older adults' navigation was unaffected by environmental geometry, potentially reflecting age-related declines in visuospatial processing or associative binding. The findings indicate that while geometric cues can enhance wayfinding in young adults, such benefits may not translate to older populations. These insights advance evidence-based environmental design aimed at supporting wayfinding.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102890
Isabel M. Pacheco, Ellen van der Werff, Linda Steg
Environmental problems arise from our current societal and economic systems and could be alleviated by transforming such systems towards more sustainability. Citizens can engage in behaviours promoting such systemic changes. Based on the Systemic Change through Citizen Action framework, we examine different types of circular citizenship behaviours (CCBs) that reflect actions citizens can take to influence other citizens, governments, and businesses to instigate societal change towards sustainability, and more specifically, a circular economy. Specifically, we aim to study to what extent people engage in these actions and which factors increase the likelihood of engagement. A cross-sectional survey with a representative Dutch sample shows that people rarely engage in CCBs aimed at other citizens, and very rarely in CCBs aimed at governments or businesses. Our findings further indicate that an extended value-belief-norm theory is successful in explaining engagement in CCBs, especially CCBs aimed at other citizens. Besides stronger personal norms, stronger biospheric values and higher outcome efficacy also directly relate to more engagement in most CCBs, while stronger hedonic values relate to less engagement. Interestingly, egoistic values are positively related to CCBs, suggesting that CCBs have different qualities from many other pro-environmental behaviours. Our findings highlight much untapped potential for systemic change through citizen action and offer insights into how engagement in CCBs might be promoted.
{"title":"Circular citizenship behaviours to promote systemic change: Influences of values, beliefs, norms, and personal agency","authors":"Isabel M. Pacheco, Ellen van der Werff, Linda Steg","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102890","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102890","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental problems arise from our current societal and economic systems and could be alleviated by transforming such systems towards more sustainability. Citizens can engage in behaviours promoting such systemic changes. Based on the Systemic Change through Citizen Action framework, we examine different types of circular citizenship behaviours (CCBs) that reflect actions citizens can take to influence other citizens, governments, and businesses to instigate societal change towards sustainability, and more specifically, a circular economy. Specifically, we aim to study to what extent people engage in these actions and which factors increase the likelihood of engagement. A cross-sectional survey with a representative Dutch sample shows that people rarely engage in CCBs aimed at other citizens, and very rarely in CCBs aimed at governments or businesses. Our findings further indicate that an extended value-belief-norm theory is successful in explaining engagement in CCBs, especially CCBs aimed at other citizens. Besides stronger personal norms, stronger biospheric values and higher outcome efficacy also directly relate to more engagement in most CCBs, while stronger hedonic values relate to less engagement. Interestingly, egoistic values are positively related to CCBs, suggesting that CCBs have different qualities from many other pro-environmental behaviours. Our findings highlight much untapped potential for systemic change through citizen action and offer insights into how engagement in CCBs might be promoted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102890"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146023434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102898
Christoph Klebl, Jolanda Jetten, Samuel Pearson
Systemic transformation through large-scale policy changes that restructure energy and economic systems is necessary to effectively mitigate climate change. These policies, however, directly challenge existing fossil fuel systems, potentially reducing support among citizens who perceive their economy as dependent on these resources. This study (N = 296), conducted in the United Kingdom, found that individuals who perceived their country as more reliant on fossil fuels were less likely to view systemic change (but not individual behaviour change) as key to addressing climate change and showed lower preference for systemic policies over individual-level policies. These associations remained after controlling for political orientation, household income, or concerns about personal financial consequences of climate policies. These findings reveal that perceived fossil fuel reliance is linked to support for systemic climate action, and point to the importance of climate communication that directly addresses public anxieties about moving away from fossil-based energy systems.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-25DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102886
Iga Stasiak , Izabela Krejtz , Zofia Julia Maciąg , Biljana Basarin , Miroslav Vujcic , Uglješa Stankov , Krzysztof Krejtz
The present systematic review synthesizes the findings of 31 studies that employ the eye-tracking method to investigate visual attention in the context of climate communication. The review clustered the studies into six thematic categories related to the concepts explored: message types, attentional biases, visualizations, consumer packaging, expert systems, and climate-related art. Although fixation-based metrics are widely used, the field underutilizes advanced gaze analyses and overlooks some methodological details, such as sampling rates and calibration protocol, when presenting the eye-tracking method. Most of the studies focused on Western populations, limiting global applicability. This review highlights the potential of eye tracking to improve climate communication and calls for more diverse and methodologically robust research.
{"title":"Eye-tracking research on climate change communication: A systematic review","authors":"Iga Stasiak , Izabela Krejtz , Zofia Julia Maciąg , Biljana Basarin , Miroslav Vujcic , Uglješa Stankov , Krzysztof Krejtz","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102886","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present systematic review synthesizes the findings of 31 studies that employ the eye-tracking method to investigate visual attention in the context of climate communication. The review clustered the studies into six thematic categories related to the concepts explored: message types, attentional biases, visualizations, consumer packaging, expert systems, and climate-related art. Although fixation-based metrics are widely used, the field underutilizes advanced gaze analyses and overlooks some methodological details, such as sampling rates and calibration protocol, when presenting the eye-tracking method. Most of the studies focused on Western populations, limiting global applicability. This review highlights the potential of eye tracking to improve climate communication and calls for more diverse and methodologically robust research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102886"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102897
F. Jones , J.C. Fisher , G.E. Austen , K.N. Irvine , M. Dallimer , L. Croager , M. Nawrath , R.D. Fish , Z.G. Davies
The benefits of nature for human health and wellbeing are well documented. However, nature is not homogenous, and there remains a gap in our understanding of the role biodiversity (the diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems) plays specifically. BIO-WELL, a psychometric scale, asks people to consider themselves in a forest (ex situ), measuring human wellbeing across five domains for 17 biodiversity metric and attribute stem questions. Here, we adapt and validate BIO-WELL for use in situ with 510 participants in British forests during spring and summer. We found good internal consistency, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses reaffirmed 1-factor structures for most stem questions (construct validity); variability in model fit statistics for some of the biodiversity stem questions indicates uncertainty in how they were conceived by participants. We found strong concurrent validity, meaning the scale is suitable and reliable for use in situ. Perceived variety of sounds, smells, and colours were positively associated with BIO-WELL scores. People who felt visiting the outdoors was an important of their life also scored higher. Participants reported higher BIO-WELL scores in relation to the diversity of, and interactions between, species in spring compared to summer, which is perhaps attributable to seasonal differences in ecological processes. There was no difference in BIO-WELL scores between people who reported sensory impairments. The scale can be deployed to generate empirical evidence to support policy and practice decision-making for planning and managing natural environments for both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing.
{"title":"Testing the BIO-WELL scale in situ: measuring human wellbeing responses to biodiversity within forests","authors":"F. Jones , J.C. Fisher , G.E. Austen , K.N. Irvine , M. Dallimer , L. Croager , M. Nawrath , R.D. Fish , Z.G. Davies","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102897","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102897","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The benefits of nature for human health and wellbeing are well documented. However, nature is not homogenous, and there remains a gap in our understanding of the role biodiversity (the diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems) plays specifically. BIO-WELL, a psychometric scale, asks people to consider themselves in a forest (<em>ex situ</em>), measuring human wellbeing across five domains for 17 biodiversity metric and attribute stem questions. Here, we adapt and validate BIO-WELL for use <em>in situ</em> with 510 participants in British forests during spring and summer. We found good internal consistency, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses reaffirmed 1-factor structures for most stem questions (construct validity); variability in model fit statistics for some of the biodiversity stem questions indicates uncertainty in how they were conceived by participants. We found strong concurrent validity, meaning the scale is suitable and reliable for use <em>in situ</em>. Perceived variety of sounds, smells, and colours were positively associated with BIO-WELL scores. People who felt visiting the outdoors was an important of their life also scored higher. Participants reported higher BIO-WELL scores in relation to the diversity of, and interactions between, species in spring compared to summer, which is perhaps attributable to seasonal differences in ecological processes. There was no difference in BIO-WELL scores between people who reported sensory impairments. The scale can be deployed to generate empirical evidence to support policy and practice decision-making for planning and managing natural environments for both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102897"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102896
Danielle Goldwert , Madalina Vlasceanu
Source attribution can play a critical role in the credibility, acceptance, and incorporation of information, especially in polarized contexts. Here, we experimentally test how 12 different information sources impact the credibility of climate change information, and result in the incorporation of climate information into the beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences of people varying along political ideologies. In a sample of 9076 U.S. residents recruited on Prolific, we found that source credibility strongly influences climate beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences. We also found that scientists and grassroots community advocates are rated as the most credible sources of climate information, and fossil fuel companies or Republican political leaders as the least credible. However, despite differences in source credibility, information provided by different sources was not differentially incorporated into participants’ belief systems, nor did it differentially influence their behavioral commitments or policy preferences. We discuss these findings in the context of climate communication efforts.
{"title":"The role of information source in climate beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences","authors":"Danielle Goldwert , Madalina Vlasceanu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102896","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102896","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Source attribution can play a critical role in the credibility, acceptance, and incorporation of information, especially in polarized contexts. Here, we experimentally test how 12 different information sources impact the credibility of climate change information, and result in the incorporation of climate information into the beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences of people varying along political ideologies. In a sample of 9076 U.S. residents recruited on Prolific, we found that source credibility strongly influences climate beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences. We also found that scientists and grassroots community advocates are rated as the most credible sources of climate information, and fossil fuel companies or Republican political leaders as the least credible. However, despite differences in source credibility, information provided by different sources was not differentially incorporated into participants’ belief systems, nor did it differentially influence their behavioral commitments or policy preferences. We discuss these findings in the context of climate communication efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102896"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102893
Elisabeth Glunz , Anna Heidenreich , Lars Gerhold
Among the pressing challenges of climate adaptation is understanding and addressing perceptions and behaviour related to heat stress. Protective behaviour theories suggest that exposure to heat shapes perceptions, which can influence behaviour and, in turn, lead to changes in heat-related situational characteristics (e.g., moving to a cooler place). This mobile experience sampling study aims to identify the dynamic interplay between situational variations in exogenous heat stress, appraisals, affect, and behaviour. Firstly, we hypothesised that people adjust their threat appraisal to situational heat exposure, warnings, and protective activity and place characteristics (sensitivity hypothesis). Secondly, we expected that increased negative affect, threat appraisal, and coping appraisal precede protective behavioural changes (motivational hypothesis). Additionally, we explored whether reappraisals and affective alterations follow behavioural change (reappraisal hypothesis). By integrating meteorological and intensive longitudinal survey data, we collected a final sample of 4387 observations from 134 participants. We used dynamic multilevel models on determinants of within-person changes in appraisal and behavioural characteristics. The results largely support our sensitivity hypothesis, as changes in threat appraisal are associated with situational heat stress, warnings, and protective characteristics. Whereas we found no evidence that appraisals or affect had a motivating effect preceding behavioural change, people reappraised temperatures as less threatening, less negative, and perceived themselves as better able to adjust after making protective behavioural changes. These findings suggest that situational factors are essential for explaining threat appraisal and thus underline the importance of longitudinal monitoring in research and heat action plans. While our findings do not support the notion that appraisals and affect motivate short-term heat-protective behavioural changes, we discuss the relevance of context-sensitive and flexible capacity-building, which can be influenced, for example, by warnings and urban planning measures.
{"title":"Adapting to the heat of the moment: A mobile experience sampling study on the dynamics of heat stress, appraisals, affect, and behaviour","authors":"Elisabeth Glunz , Anna Heidenreich , Lars Gerhold","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102893","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102893","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Among the pressing challenges of climate adaptation is understanding and addressing perceptions and behaviour related to heat stress. Protective behaviour theories suggest that exposure to heat shapes perceptions, which can influence behaviour and, in turn, lead to changes in heat-related situational characteristics (e.g., moving to a cooler place). This mobile experience sampling study aims to identify the dynamic interplay between situational variations in exogenous heat stress, appraisals, affect, and behaviour. Firstly, we hypothesised that people adjust their threat appraisal to situational heat exposure, warnings, and protective activity and place characteristics (sensitivity hypothesis). Secondly, we expected that increased negative affect, threat appraisal, and coping appraisal precede protective behavioural changes (motivational hypothesis). Additionally, we explored whether reappraisals and affective alterations follow behavioural change (reappraisal hypothesis). By integrating meteorological and intensive longitudinal survey data, we collected a final sample of 4387 observations from 134 participants. We used dynamic multilevel models on determinants of within-person changes in appraisal and behavioural characteristics. The results largely support our sensitivity hypothesis, as changes in threat appraisal are associated with situational heat stress, warnings, and protective characteristics. Whereas we found no evidence that appraisals or affect had a motivating effect preceding behavioural change, people reappraised temperatures as less threatening, less negative, and perceived themselves as better able to adjust after making protective behavioural changes. These findings suggest that situational factors are essential for explaining threat appraisal and thus underline the importance of longitudinal monitoring in research and heat action plans. While our findings do not support the notion that appraisals and affect motivate short-term heat-protective behavioural changes, we discuss the relevance of context-sensitive and flexible capacity-building, which can be influenced, for example, by warnings and urban planning measures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102893"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102891
Kim-Pong Tam , Xoni Kwan Ki Ma , Ying Caden Lam , Cho Nam Erin Ng
Nature connectedness has gained recognition for its profound benefits to individuals' well-being and the planet's health. Despite existing evidence on factors associated with it, an integrated understanding of how nature connectedness develops within family contexts remains underexplored. To address this gap, we propose the Intergenerational Pathway to Nature Connectedness, a model that comprehensively elucidates the intergenerational processes through which parents' nature experiences during their own childhood influence their children's nature connectedness. Utilizing survey data with a sample of over 2357 parent-child dyads, we observed significant relationships among four key variables: parental childhood experience with nature, parental nature connectedness at present, child engagement in nature experience, and child nature connectedness. Results suggest that parents who have more experience with nature during their own childhood are more likely to possess strong connectedness with nature presently, which, in turn, motivate them to arrange more nature experience for their children, cultivating similar connectedness in them. The proposed intergenerational pathway contributes to the literature by providing an integrated framework for understanding the familial processes underlying connections to nature and presenting practical implications for intervention strategies.
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