Green dreams are made of this: Futures consciousness and proenvironmental engagement.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12799

Fanny Lalot,Sanna Ahvenharju,Outi Uusitalo

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Abstract

Futures consciousness (FC) refers to the capacity to understand, anticipate and prepare for the future. As a form of future orientation, it encompasses five interrelated dimensions of time perspective, agency beliefs, openness to alternatives, systems perception and concern for others. We present here cross-sectional evidence that FC is related to greater environmental engagement, above and beyond other future orientation constructs. In two pre-registered studies (one convenience student sample and one representative sample; N = 1041), we found that respondents with higher futures consciousness reported greater proenvironmental behaviour (consumption behaviour, land stewardship, social environmentalism and environmental citizenship). FC proved a better predictor of proenvironmental behaviour than the Zimbardo Inventory's Future Time Perspective and the Consideration for Future Consequences Scale (Study 1). FC was also related to stronger biospheric values (Study 2). However, it was not significantly related to personal environmental footprint (derived from a 16-item calculator). Strikingly, the environmental footprint was also unrelated to the Proenvironmental Behaviour Scale, which could point to a lack of correspondence between measures of proenvironmental propensity and impact. We discuss implications for future-thinking research and interventions aiming to improve futures consciousness.

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绿色梦想由此而生：未来意识和环保参与。

未来意识（FC）是指理解、预测和准备未来的能力。作为未来导向的一种形式，它包括五个相互关联的维度：时间视角、代理信念、对替代方案的开放性、系统感知和对他人的关注。我们在此提供的横断面证据表明，未来导向与更多的环境参与相关，超越了其他未来导向构建。在两项预先登记的研究中（一项是方便学生抽样调查，一项是代表性抽样调查；N = 1041），我们发现，具有较高未来意识的受访者报告了更多的亲环境行为（消费行为、土地管理、社会环保主义和环境公民意识）。事实证明，未来意识比津巴多量表的未来时间视角和未来后果考虑量表（研究 1）更能预测亲环境行为。未来责任感还与更强的生物圈价值观有关（研究 2）。然而，它与个人环境足迹（由 16 个项目的计算器得出）并无明显关系。令人吃惊的是，环境足迹与亲环境行为量表也没有关系，这可能表明亲环境倾向与影响之间缺乏对应关系。我们讨论了未来思维研究和旨在提高未来意识的干预措施的意义。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Social Psychology publishes work from scholars based in all parts of the world, and manuscripts that present data on a wide range of populations inside and outside the UK. It publishes original papers in all areas of social psychology including: • social cognition • attitudes • group processes • social influence • intergroup relations • self and identity • nonverbal communication • social psychological aspects of personality, affect and emotion • language and discourse Submissions addressing these topics from a variety of approaches and methods, both quantitative and qualitative are welcomed. We publish papers of the following kinds: • empirical papers that address theoretical issues; • theoretical papers, including analyses of existing social psychological theories and presentations of theoretical innovations, extensions, or integrations; • review papers that provide an evaluation of work within a given area of social psychology and that present proposals for further research in that area; • methodological papers concerning issues that are particularly relevant to a wide range of social psychologists; • an invited agenda article as the first article in the first part of every volume. The editorial team aims to handle papers as efficiently as possible. In 2016, papers were triaged within less than a week, and the average turnaround time from receipt of the manuscript to first decision sent back to the authors was 47 days.