Pub Date : 2025-12-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102884
Yifei He, Janet Z. Yang
Plastic pollution is one of the major environmental problems globally. To better understand how to motivate recycle and reuse behaviors through Instagram posts about plastic waste, this study employs a survey experiment based on a sample of US adults (N = 1015). Results demonstrate that concerns about the environmental impact of plastic waste matter more than concerns about the health impact of plastic waste in influencing people's intention to recycle and reuse. Further, putting people in a mental state to care about knowing accurate facts about plastic waste leads them to read the Instagram posts more carefully, more so than priming them to care about their social image. These findings suggest that using accuracy cue leads to more careful reading of a persuasive message about plastic waste reduction, which increases risk perception and contributes to recycle and reuse intentions indirectly.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102880
Judith van de Wetering , Stathis Grapsas , Astrid Poorthuis , Sander Thomaes
Two preregistered randomized experiments (Study 1: N = 381, age 12–17, 47.5 % girls, 90 % Dutch; Study 2: N = 468, age 12–19, 52.8 % girls, 79.7 % Dutch) tested whether educational interventions to promote adolescents' sustainable behavior can be optimized by harnessing their peer status motive. Across studies, Bayesian informative hypothesis testing indicated strong support (PMPs 0.896 to 0.981, BFs 10.02 to 58.03) for the hypothesis that educational messaging promoted adolescents' sustainable dietary behavior and behavior intentions compared to unrelated messaging; that peer norm messaging amplified the motivational effect of education; and that dynamic (“more and more youth choose to eat less meat”) and static (“some youth choose to eat less meat”) norm messaging was equally effective. Effect sizes were small to medium. These findings suggest that educational interventions more effectively promote adolescents’ sustainable behavior when tailored to their developmentally salient peer status motive.
{"title":"Shifting peer norms, shifting behavior? Optimizing educational interventions to promote adolescents’ sustainable dietary choices","authors":"Judith van de Wetering , Stathis Grapsas , Astrid Poorthuis , Sander Thomaes","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two preregistered randomized experiments (Study 1: <em>N</em> = 381, age 12–17, 47.5 % girls, 90 % Dutch; Study 2: <em>N</em> = 468, age 12–19, 52.8 % girls, 79.7 % Dutch) tested whether educational interventions to promote adolescents' sustainable behavior can be optimized by harnessing their peer status motive. Across studies, Bayesian informative hypothesis testing indicated strong support (PMPs 0.896 to 0.981, BFs 10.02 to 58.03) for the hypothesis that educational messaging promoted adolescents' sustainable dietary behavior and behavior intentions compared to unrelated messaging; that peer norm messaging amplified the motivational effect of education; and that dynamic (“more and more youth choose to eat less meat”) and static (“some youth choose to eat less meat”) norm messaging was equally effective. Effect sizes were small to medium. These findings suggest that educational interventions more effectively promote adolescents’ sustainable behavior when tailored to their developmentally salient peer status motive.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102880"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790299","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 : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102879
Amanda Rikner Martinsson , Terese Glatz , Maria Ojala
Addressing climate change requires people in the Global North to avoid high-impact behaviors like car use and air travel. Late adolescents, whose engagement in such behaviors may be restricted by age and parental decision-making, are in a crucial stage for developing a sense of moral responsibility for climate change. Understanding why some adolescents cultivate this responsibility is vital, as responsibility relates to both pro-environmental engagement and well-being. Therefore, this study aims to identify factors associated with late adolescents' sense of moral responsibility. Nature connectedness, parental descriptive norms, and macro climate-change worry have been positively linked to pro-environmental behavior in previous research, but their role in relation to moral responsibility regarding climate change remains less clear. Similarly, the relationship between distancing coping and moral responsibility is yet to be fully understood. In this study we explore ways that these factors are associated with late adolescents’ moral responsibility and examine whether these relationships differ between girls and boys. In 2023, we surveyed 619 Swedish high school students (ages 16–20). We used structural equation modeling to answer our research questions. Connectedness to nature, parental norms, worry, and distancing coping were positively associated with responsibility, with parental norms having a stronger effect for boys. Worry partially mediated how parental norms and nature connectedness related to responsibility, with a stronger mediation effect for girls in the latter relationship. Distancing coping did not moderate the relationship between worry and responsibility. Our findings are interpreted within social-ecological and emotion-norm frameworks, and we suggest promoting responsibility through nature connectedness, role modeling, and constructive worry management. Limitations, including those related to cross-sectional designs, are discussed.
{"title":"Understanding late adolescents’ moral responsibility for climate change: The role of social-ecological factors, worry, and distancing","authors":"Amanda Rikner Martinsson , Terese Glatz , Maria Ojala","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing climate change requires people in the Global North to avoid high-impact behaviors like car use and air travel. Late adolescents, whose engagement in such behaviors may be restricted by age and parental decision-making, are in a crucial stage for developing a sense of moral responsibility for climate change. Understanding why some adolescents cultivate this responsibility is vital, as responsibility relates to both pro-environmental engagement and well-being. Therefore, this study aims to identify factors associated with late adolescents' sense of moral responsibility. Nature connectedness, parental descriptive norms, and macro climate-change worry have been positively linked to pro-environmental behavior in previous research, but their role in relation to moral responsibility regarding climate change remains less clear. Similarly, the relationship between distancing coping and moral responsibility is yet to be fully understood. In this study we explore ways that these factors are associated with late adolescents’ moral responsibility and examine whether these relationships differ between girls and boys. In 2023, we surveyed 619 Swedish high school students (ages 16–20). We used structural equation modeling to answer our research questions. Connectedness to nature, parental norms, worry, and distancing coping were positively associated with responsibility, with parental norms having a stronger effect for boys. Worry partially mediated how parental norms and nature connectedness related to responsibility, with a stronger mediation effect for girls in the latter relationship. Distancing coping did not moderate the relationship between worry and responsibility. Our findings are interpreted within social-ecological and emotion-norm frameworks, and we suggest promoting responsibility through nature connectedness, role modeling, and constructive worry management. Limitations, including those related to cross-sectional designs, are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102879"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737587","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}
Scholarly interest in the link between nature and children's school success has been on the rise. However, most studies have focused primarily on academic achievement, with less attention paid to the learning process. Moreover, the mechanisms connecting nature-related variables—particularly family members' attitudes toward nature—to children's school success remain understudied. This three-year longitudinal study examined two questions: (1) whether children's nature contact mediated the relationships between family members' attitudes toward nature and their learning engagement, learning anxiety and academic achievement; and (2) whether residential green space at different spatial scales moderated these pathways. Data on nature-related and academic variables were collected across three waves for 429 Chinese children (Mage = 9.86, SD = 0.72 at T1), using subjective reports (from children) and objective geospatial data (NDVI). The results indicated that children's nature contact mediated the relationships between family members' attitudes toward nature and their subsequent learning anxiety, learning engagement, and academic achievement. Residential green space within the 500/1000-m range (instead of 50-, 100-, 250-, 300-, or 2000-m ranges) moderated the relationship between nature contact and academic achievement. For those living in lower residential green space within the 500/1000-m range, children with higher levels of nature contact exhibited better academic achievement. These findings highlight the important roles of families' attitudes toward nature, nature contact, and residential green space in school-age children's school success.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102870
Nina Sharp , Mahya Fani , Maryam Anaraki , Mohammed Alrahyani , Ndeye Yague , Sophia Lamp , Jamie Zeitzer
In addition to enabling us to see the world, light has potent impacts on a variety of brain and circadian functions. Whether the daytime pattern of this light exposure has an impact on these downstream functions is not well described. In the present study, we compared the effects of static and dynamic daytime lighting scenarios, matched for average illuminance but differing in temporal distribution, on the sleep, alertness, and cognitive performance of home-based workers residing in the Phoenix metro area, whose home office lighting levels were substantially below those recommended for non-visual responses. The static lighting scenario maintained constant light intensity and correlated color temperature (CCT), whereas the dynamic scenario mimicked daylight by varying light intensity and CCT levels throughout the working hours. In a five-week counterbalanced randomized crossover design, objective sleep, subjective alertness, and cognitive performance under the two lighting interventions were measured in 20 participants. While the different lighting scenarios did not lead to differences in most of the objective sleep outcomes, effects of both lighting conditions were observed on global cognitive scores and specific cognitive domains including working memory. This study provides preliminary evidence that enhancing light exposure in home-based office environments may support the well-being and productivity of remote workers, suggesting a promising area for further research and application.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102852
Zoe Horsham , Sarah Lily Resanovich , Fanny Lalot , Tim Hopthrow , Dominic Abrams
A large-scale field experiment (N = 8948) tested psychological interventions to reduce engine idling at short-wait stops. Persuasive messages based on social influence, informational influence, and identity-based influence/community engagement were displayed at a busy intersection. This study extends previous research by (1) considering shorter waiting times (i.e., red light stops) and (2) investigating the effect of messaging over longer time periods, including post-intervention. Compared to pre-intervention baseline, all messages significantly reduced idling rates in the first phase of the experiment, by 6–16 %. The effect was retained two weeks after signs were removed. In the second phase of the experiment, the most effective message (informational influence) was displayed again over four weeks, revealing a sustained effect on engine idling reduction that persisted one week after the sign was removed. This field experiment supports the efficacy of theory-driven messaging interventions to trigger sustained pro-environmental behavioral changes. Future studies may investigate the generalizability of the present findings to other settings. We highlight implications for psychology-based pro-environmental interventions.
{"title":"Psychological interventions for environmental impact: A field experiment on reducing engine idling","authors":"Zoe Horsham , Sarah Lily Resanovich , Fanny Lalot , Tim Hopthrow , Dominic Abrams","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102852","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102852","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A large-scale field experiment (<em>N</em> = 8948) tested psychological interventions to reduce engine idling at short-wait stops. Persuasive messages based on social influence, informational influence, and identity-based influence/community engagement were displayed at a busy intersection. This study extends previous research by (1) considering shorter waiting times (i.e., red light stops) and (2) investigating the effect of messaging over longer time periods, including post-intervention. Compared to pre-intervention baseline, all messages significantly reduced idling rates in the first phase of the experiment, by 6–16 %. The effect was retained two weeks after signs were removed. In the second phase of the experiment, the most effective message (informational influence) was displayed again over four weeks, revealing a sustained effect on engine idling reduction that persisted one week after the sign was removed. This field experiment supports the efficacy of theory-driven messaging interventions to trigger sustained pro-environmental behavioral changes. Future studies may investigate the generalizability of the present findings to other settings. We highlight implications for psychology-based pro-environmental interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 102852"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623923","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 : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102859
Fahad Asmi , Mark Morrison , Kevin Parton
The Gateway Belief Model offers an elegant solution for shifting public support for climate change (and other) policy. “Gateway” beliefs have direct effects on support for the policy goal and influence other beliefs and attitudes that affect policy support, leading to an impact on policy support that is amplified by the inclusion of both direct and indirect effects. Central to the effectiveness of using the Gateway Belief Model is selecting the correct gateway belief, as well as identifying appropriate mediating variables. Using a sample of 2278 respondents, we proposed and compared three different GBM-inspired models to map public support for climate action. Specifically, we compared the role of confidence in climate science prediction and personal experience of climate change as alternative gateway beliefs, and the role of belief in climate change and perceived threat as mediating variables. We found that experience of climate change is a similarly effective GBM-inspired gateway belief as confidence in scientific prediction, while the perceived threat from climate change is a superior mediating variable. Using mediation analysis, we further analysed the effects from two variables in our revised model and demonstrated that cognitive beliefs (such as perceived threat of climate change) are a much stronger driver of policy support than emotional drivers (i.e., worry about climate change). This is important evidence given that negative emotionally-based climate drivers can produce significant negative effects on community mental health. We also examined whether our findings are robust across gender and political persuasion. While there are significant differences in beliefs and attitudes across these groups, the gateway path effects are consistent across most groups. Our findings highlight the importance in marketing communications of helping people to understand and interpret changes in climate and its consequences (as well as possible adaptation solutions).
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102853
Wenyan Xu , Jibo He , Stephen Law , Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez , Zhaowu Yu , Chun-Yen Chang , Bin Jiang
Impact of eye-level roadside landscapes on urban drivers' emotion states has not been extensively studied, particularly through real-world driving experiments. In this study, each of 34 nonprofessional and local urban drivers were assigned to complete seven 1-h driving tasks on seven routes with seven different levels of greenness in a random order. The range of eye-level greenness is from 25.16 % to 39.21 %. In total, 238 driving sessions were recorded. Immediately before, halfway, and immediately after each drive, participants reported their emotion states, including boredom, anger, frustration, anxiety, and avoidance by answering Visual Analog Scales questionnaires. A multi-factor ANOVA indicated that eye-level green landscapes had a significant effect on drivers' emotion states across the routes after 1 h of driving (F = 2.39, p < .05). The influence of green landscapes followed a pattern of initial stability followed by a marked increase, becoming particularly distinct when the eye-level greenness reached around 39.21 %. Moreover, positive effects of green landscapes were more substantial during longer (60-min) drives than shorter (30-min) ones. These three results suggest curbside green landscapes can significantly slow the decline of positive emotion states caused by the urban road driving and providing a moderate level of greenness is necessary to guarantee a substantial effect. It underscores the unique and critical value of incorporating green landscapes, especially tree canopies, along urban roads to enhance drivers’ emotional health and well-being. Meanwhile, it provides valuable enrichment and challenge to Affective Theory and Cognitive Load Theory.
视距路边景观对城市驾驶员情绪状态的影响尚未得到广泛研究，特别是通过真实驾驶实验。在这项研究中，34名非专业和当地城市司机被随机分配在7条不同绿色水平的7条路线上完成7个1小时的驾驶任务。眼平绿度范围为25.16% ~ 39.21%。总共记录了238次驾驶。在每次开车之前、中途和之后，参与者通过回答视觉模拟量表的问卷，报告他们的情绪状态，包括无聊、愤怒、沮丧、焦虑和逃避。多因素方差分析表明，眼平绿色景观对驾驶员驾驶1 h后的情绪状态有显著影响（F = 2.39, p < 0.05）。绿色景观的影响呈现出一种先稳定后显著增加的模式，当视平度达到39.21%左右时，这种影响变得尤为明显。此外，驾车时间较长的（60分钟）比驾车时间较短的（30分钟）对绿色景观的积极影响更为显著。这三个结果表明，路边绿地景观可以显著减缓城市道路驾驶引起的积极情绪状态的下降，提供适度的绿化水平是保证其实质性效果的必要条件。它强调了在城市道路沿线融入绿色景观，特别是树冠的独特和关键价值，以增强驾驶员的情感健康和福祉。同时，也为情感理论和认知负荷理论提供了有价值的丰富和挑战。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102858
Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.
{"title":"Bridging solitude and connectedness: a neuroscientific case for solitary nature immersion in youth mental health","authors":"Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102858","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102858","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 102858"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145624063","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}
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