Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102866
Xiaoyu Dai , Angela K.-y. Leung
As personal and household consumption activities significantly contribute to global environmental degradation (Trudel, 2019), effective strategies to shift consumer preferences toward more sustainable products are urgently needed to tackle impending ecological threats. In this context, this research examines multicultural experience as a potential driver of green consumption. We argue that multicultural experience fosters a heightened desire to both fit in and stand out, which in turn drives green consumption. Study 1 (N = 340) and Study 2 (N = 345) employed cross-sectional designs and showed that multicultural experience directly predicted higher green consumption intention and more frequent green consumption behaviors, and was indirectly associated with green consumption through the dual motivation for assimilation and differentiation. Study 3 (N = 292) employed an experimental design in which participants recalled either multicultural or shopping experiences. The results indicated that recalling multicultural experience induced significantly higher levels of dual motivation for assimilation and differentiation, which, in turn, predicted stronger green consumption intention. Across three studies conducted with adults in the U.S., multicultural experience was consistently found to have a positive indirect effect on green consumption through the dual motivation for assimilation and differentiation, supporting the hypothesized mediation model.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102869
Junyan Ye , Xinzhen Bai , Fu Li , Matthew H.E.M. Browning , Theodore Eisenman , Jie Yin , Liyan Xu
Exposure to actual and virtual nature can reduce stress, but it is largely unknown what dimensions of such experience are beneficial for health. Among the qualities of a nature experience that may translate to stress recovery are the “leafiness” of vegetation and the representation of vegetation present in the landscape. This experimental study investigates the independent effects of these two qualities with urban designers and the general public using virtual reality (VR). We compared the effects of leafiness (with vs. without green leaves) and representation style (realistic with leaves vs. Minecraft with leaves vs. polygonal with leaves) on stress recovery. One hundred and sixteen Chinese participants were exposed to an acute stressor and randomly assigned to one of the four virtual environments during their stress recovery. We measured electrodermal activity (EDA), salivary cortisol levels (SC), electroencephalogram (EEG), blood pressure (BP) data, and self-assessment questionnaires to assess stress recovery. Our results showed that realistic vegetation with leaves facilitated stress recovery effect better than realistic vegetation without leaves. Additionally, realistic vegetation with leaves facilitated stress-recovery comparable to Minecraft style vegetation, and better than polygonal vegetation. These results suggest that landscape architects, urban designers, and virtual environment creators should focus not only on the leafiness of vegetation but also the realism of vegetation—prioritizing natural elements that exhibit life-like, realistic features that align with biophilia principles.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102868
Haoning Liu , Yue Qi , Yan Lou , Xinzhe Xu , Xiao Yu
This study investigated the longitudinal interplay between climate change risk perception (CCRP) and environmental attitude (EA) and their joint contributions to pro-environmental behavior (PEB) among early adolescents. The study involved 942 adolescents, with measurements taken over three waves over 1.5 years. Cross-lagged panel modeling revealed reciprocal associations between CCRP and EA, both positively predicting PEB. Parallel process latent class growth modeling identified four co-developmental trajectories. Adolescents in the “risk sensitive/attitude-detached” and “moderately stabilized” groups showed higher PEB than those in the “progressively disengaged” group; the former also outperformed the “consistently engaged” group. These findings highlight the value of integrating variable- and person-centered approaches and suggest that heuristic-driven processes (e.g., CCRP) may exert a stronger effect on adolescent PEB than systematic processes (e.g., EA).
{"title":"Reciprocal dynamics of climate change risk perception and environmental attitude in early adolescence: Association with pro-environmental behavior","authors":"Haoning Liu , Yue Qi , Yan Lou , Xinzhe Xu , Xiao Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102868","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the longitudinal interplay between climate change risk perception (CCRP) and environmental attitude (EA) and their joint contributions to pro-environmental behavior (PEB) among early adolescents. The study involved 942 adolescents, with measurements taken over three waves over 1.5 years. Cross-lagged panel modeling revealed reciprocal associations between CCRP and EA, both positively predicting PEB. Parallel process latent class growth modeling identified four co-developmental trajectories. Adolescents in the “risk sensitive/attitude-detached” and “moderately stabilized” groups showed higher PEB than those in the “progressively disengaged” group; the former also outperformed the “consistently engaged” group. These findings highlight the value of integrating variable- and person-centered approaches and suggest that heuristic-driven processes (e.g., CCRP) may exert a stronger effect on adolescent PEB than systematic processes (e.g., EA).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102868"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145685299","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 : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102862
Edward Edgerton , Jim McKechnie , John Maltby
Educational research has demonstrated the importance of variables such as Socioeconomic Status (SES), Gender and Attendance in relation to academic achievement. In addition, research has also highlighted the importance of the physical learning environment in relation to academic achievement and in particular objective characteristics such as temperature, air quality and noise. The way in which students subjectively perceive their school environment has received less attention. However, one recent study has demonstrated how students’ subjective perceptions of their physical school environment, along with SES, Gender and Attendance, are all significantly related to academic achievement. The current study applies a new and distinct methodological approach to an existing data set to develop a psychological model of the physical environment to uncover latent factors which may be important in describing the relationship between the environment and academic performance.
The study was conducted on data from 387, S5 students in five secondary schools in Scotland. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the underlying factor structure of the original 60 item questionnaire that was used to measure students’ perceptions of their school environment. Multiple regression analyses were then conducted to investigate the relationship between SES, Gender, Attendance and the new factors identified in the factor analysis, with academic achievement.
The factor analysis identified a nine-factor model that reflects distinct dimensions of the physical and social aspects of the school and provides a comprehensive understanding of how students experience their surroundings. The multiple regression analyses confirmed that SES, Gender, and Attendance were significant predictors of academic achievement and that the inclusion of the nine factors explained an additional 11 % of the variance in academic achievement.
The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of how this psychological model of the physical school environment could be used to inform future educational design, policy, and interventions.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102867
Joshua L. Schneider , Jana M. Iverson
How do caregivers design environments for infants? Using a mixed methods approach, we examined how 52 mothers of 12-month-old pre-walking versus walking infants constructed a new play space. Mothers arranged large foam blocks in an empty lab playroom and discussed their design process during open-ended interviews. Mothers of pre-walkers created expansive layouts with multiple block groupings scattered across the room. In contrast, mothers of walkers built concentrated areas (half the size) surrounded by an abundance of open floor space. When reflecting on their designs, mothers' explanations echoed the spaces they created. Most mothers discussed their infants' postural and locomotor skills, unique personalities, everyday experiences at home or in childcare centers, and the characteristics of the blocks. But more mothers of pre-walkers emphasized exploration—promoting travel and discovery—than mothers of walkers. The characteristics of mothers’ environments, however, did not shape the quantity of infant locomotor exploration: Walkers spent more time in motion and traveled greater distances than pre-walkers, regardless of differences in environmental layout. Findings highlight the importance of viewing infant development as a process embedded within the physical environment.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102863
Xiaojie Du , Shuai Yuan , Tommy L.H. Lam , Matthew H.E.M. Browning , Zheng Tan
{"title":"Concordance between psychological and physiological measures of nature contact's mental benefits: A systematic review and exploratory synthesis","authors":"Xiaojie Du , Shuai Yuan , Tommy L.H. Lam , Matthew H.E.M. Browning , Zheng Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102863","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102863","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102863"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790298","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}
Marine environments are essential for both humans and nature. To promote their protection, it is crucial to understand how people value these environments and how this relates to their sense of personal responsibility to protect marine environments (i.e., marine personal norm). Two typologies of values are particularly relevant: basic human values, which represent what people generally find meaningful in life, and marine value orientations, which reflect what individuals deem important about the marine environment. We reason that basic human values and marine value orientations are distinct yet related constructs, and hypothesise that basic human values, via marine value orientations, predict the marine personal norm. Despite providing key insights into how abstract values translate to more concrete beliefs about actions, these associations have hardly been researched. To address this identified research gap, this study employed a large-scale survey of 1477 Belgian participants, including 815 tourists and 662 coastal residents.
Linear regression analyses revealed that basic human values and marine value orientations were indeed related but distinct constructs, each being correlated with each other, but also contributing to the explanation of the marine personal norm. Specifically, a multi-group structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis showed that individuals with stronger biospheric or altruistic values (i.e., concern for nature and others) held a stronger marine personal norm. Moreover, this relationship was (partially) mediated by heightened intrinsic and nature-relational value orientations (valuing the sea's intrinsic worth and people's connection to it, respectively). Furthermore, stronger hedonic values (i.e., concern for pleasure and comfort) were also indicative of a stronger marine personal norm, and this relationship was fully mediated by strengthened nature-relational value orientations. Additional relationships between basic human values and value orientations were found, but these did not extend to the marine personal norm. Although residents scored significantly higher than tourists on biospheric values, all marine value orientations, and the personal norm, the conceptual framework with its relationships was consistent across residents and tourists. This research enhances theoretical understanding of how basic human values and value orientations relate to each other and to feelings of responsibility to protect marine environments. In addition, it provides practical insights for engaging the public in marine conservation efforts.
{"title":"A deep dive below the human surface: The effect of basic human values on coastal residents' and tourists’ marine personal norm, mediated by marine value orientations","authors":"Catho Vermeulen , Veroline Cauberghe , Thijs Bouman , Sara Vandamme","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Marine environments are essential for both humans and nature. To promote their protection, it is crucial to understand how people value these environments and how this relates to their sense of personal responsibility to protect marine environments (i.e., marine personal norm). Two typologies of values are particularly relevant: basic human values, which represent what people generally find meaningful in life, and marine value orientations, which reflect what individuals deem important about the marine environment. We reason that basic human values and marine value orientations are distinct yet related constructs, and hypothesise that basic human values, via marine value orientations, predict the marine personal norm. Despite providing key insights into how abstract values translate to more concrete beliefs about actions, these associations have hardly been researched. To address this identified research gap, this study employed a large-scale survey of 1477 Belgian participants, including 815 tourists and 662 coastal residents.</div><div>Linear regression analyses revealed that basic human values and marine value orientations were indeed related but distinct constructs, each being correlated with each other, but also contributing to the explanation of the marine personal norm. Specifically, a multi-group structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis showed that individuals with stronger biospheric or altruistic values (i.e., concern for nature and others) held a stronger marine personal norm. Moreover, this relationship was (partially) mediated by heightened intrinsic and nature-relational value orientations (valuing the sea's intrinsic worth and people's connection to it, respectively). Furthermore, stronger hedonic values (i.e., concern for pleasure and comfort) were also indicative of a stronger marine personal norm, and this relationship was fully mediated by strengthened nature-relational value orientations. Additional relationships between basic human values and value orientations were found, but these did not extend to the marine personal norm. Although residents scored significantly higher than tourists on biospheric values, all marine value orientations, and the personal norm, the conceptual framework with its relationships was consistent across residents and tourists. This research enhances theoretical understanding of how basic human values and value orientations relate to each other and to feelings of responsibility to protect marine environments. In addition, it provides practical insights for engaging the public in marine conservation efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102865"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790297","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 : 2025-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102861
Karri Neldner , Luke Maurits , Magie Junker , Lara Abbas , Nayrouz Abbas , Arianna Abis , Federica Amici , Bernardo Arroyo-Garcia , Negar Asghari , Giovanna Barragán Pardo , Zhen Zhang , Junior Peña Chumacero , Ardain Dzabatou , Dustin Eirdosh , Susan Hanisch , Tom Herrnsdorf , Tom Hovehne , Alicia Junker , Patricia Kanngiesser , Felipe Villa Larens , Katja Liebal
The way humans relate to other animals is fundamentally shaped by whether we perceive ourselves as unique, with feelings and thoughts not shared by other animals. How beliefs about animals’ ability to feel and think develop across cultures remains largely unexplored. We asked children and adolescents (4–17 years, N = 1025) and adults (N = 190) from 33 urban and rural communities across 15 countries whether animals have thoughts or feelings (judgments of presence), and whether those thoughts or feelings are human-like (judgments of similarity). Bayesian analyses revealed that participants generally ascribed non-human animals the ability for thoughts and feelings. However, they universally denied that animals have human-like thoughts, with these beliefs emerging early in development across all societies and remaining stable across the lifespan. There was more cultural variation found in whether participants attributed human-like feelings to animals. Human mental exceptionalism appears to be a human universal and is restricted to human-like thoughts. Implications for human-animal relationships and ethical considerations for the treatment and conservation of other animals are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102857
Donato Liloia , Gabriele Filomena
Navigation in urban environments requires high-order cognitive processes and flexible spatial strategies to handle their structural complexity and rich sensory inputs. Despite extensive psychobiological research, the precise large-scale neural substrates supporting spatial navigation in urban environments remain only partially understood, also due to methodological variability across studies. Advances in functional neuroimaging have enabled the detailed mapping of brain activity during navigation, highlighting the role of the hippocampal-entorhinal system. However, additional cortical and subcortical areas are implicated, reflecting the multifaceted nature of urban wayfinding involving route- and survey-based strategies. This meta-analysis synthesises 27 years of task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography research by analysing 26 experimental contrasts with 296 healthy adults performing urban navigation tasks. Using the Signed Differential Mapping-Permutation of Subject Images method, we identified a consistent neural network encompassing bilateral median cingulate cortex, supplementary motor areas, parahippocampal gyri, hippocampi, retrosplenial cortex, precuneus, prefrontal regions, cerebellar lobule VI, and striatum. Sub-analyses revealed both common and distinct activations for route- and survey-based navigation strategies. In addition to common engagement of the parahippocampal place area and retrosplenial cortex, route-based strategies recruited the right inferior frontal gyrus, whereas survey-based strategies showed activations in the thalamus and insula. No significant influence of sex, age, or sample size was found. These findings advance understanding of how the brain supports navigation in complex urban settings and highlight possible targets for future research into spatial deficits and the development of navigational aids.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102848
Ava Disney , Kelly S. Fielding , Winnifred R. Louis
Understanding who is currently (dis)engaged with environmental issues is important in targeting efforts to increase the momentum of environmentalism. However, previous research examining the sociodemographic groups associated with environmental (dis)engagement has produced inconsistent results. We contend that one reason for these inconsistencies is that the linear relationships between environmental engagement and independent sociodemographic groups that have been analysed in conventional approaches (e.g., regression) do not capture the roles of non-monotonic relationships and intersectional sociodemographic groups. To address these limitations of past research, we conducted latent profile analyses using data from Australia (N = 1074), New Zealand (N = 969) and the United States (N = 1780) to understand how groups differ in their environmental beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. We found that the most engaged and least engaged subgroups across all three countries are consistent with past research: an Environmental Activists profile associated with left-leaning, highly educated, White women; and a Disengaged Skeptics profile associated with right-leaning, older, less educated, White men. Going beyond the findings of past research, our latent profile analyses reveal a number of profiles with comparatively moderate levels of environmental engagement and conflicting attitudes and actions, associated with younger people, parents, and people of colour or with immigrant backgrounds. We discuss the theoretical implications of our novel findings for past research and the practical implications of our findings for strategic pro-environmental campaigns.
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