Mental health and subjective environmental awareness: Individual behavioral, spillover, and intergenerational effects

IF 7.3 1区心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-25 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102899

Jianda Wang , Rabindra Nepal , Senmiao Yang , Kangyin Dong

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Abstract

Amidst escalating environmental challenges, the linkage between mental health and ecological behaviors has become a critical area of research. This study delves into how mental well-being influences an individual's subjective environmental awareness, employing data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey. The empirical evidence presented herein reveals that enhancements in individual mental health positively impact subjective environmental awareness. Furthermore, increasing education and household income establishes the mediating effect between mental health and subjective environmental awareness. The analysis also identifies variations in these effects based on different ages and household registration types. Additionally, the findings indicate that the beneficial impact of improved mental health on subjective environmental awareness extends through spillover and intergenerational effects. These results contribute to the ongoing discourse on sustainable behavior and highlight the potential role of psychological well-being in fostering environmental sustainability.

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心理健康与主观环境意识：个体行为、溢出效应和代际效应

在不断升级的环境挑战中，心理健康与生态行为之间的联系已成为一个重要的研究领域。本研究利用中国家庭调查小组（CFPS）的调查数据，深入探讨了心理健康如何影响个人的主观环境意识。本文提出的实证证据表明，个人心理健康的增强对主观环境意识有积极的影响。此外，教育程度的提高和家庭收入的增加在心理健康与主观环境意识之间建立了中介作用。该分析还确定了不同年龄和户籍类型对这些影响的差异。此外，研究结果表明，心理健康改善对主观环境意识的有益影响通过溢出效应和代际效应扩展。这些结果有助于可持续行为的持续话语，并强调心理健康在促进环境可持续性方面的潜在作用。

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

10.60

自引率

8.70%

发文量

140

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space