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{"title":"Assessment of the Hogg eco-anxiety scale (HEAS): psychometric validation and associated characteristics in Brazilian adolescents","authors":"Alicia Matijasevich ,&nbsp;Mariana Otero Xavier ,&nbsp;Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues ,&nbsp;Ana Isabel Ribeiro ,&nbsp;Ana Henriques ,&nbsp;Maria Pastor-Valero ,&nbsp;Iná S. Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102792","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102792","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Eco-anxiety is an increasingly common emotional response to climate and ecological crises. Our aim was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) Portuguese version; examine sex invariance; and investigate socioeconomic and health-related and psychological characteristics associated with eco-anxiety among Brazilian adolescents belonging to the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort, at 18 years of age. The psychometric properties of the HEAS were evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis. Differences in mean eco-anxiety scores across categories of maternal and adolescent characteristics were examined using one-way ANOVA. Associations with continuous independent variables were explored using correlation analyses. Adjusted analyses were conducted using a hierarchical model in a multivariate linear regression. The total HEAS score showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's <em>α</em> = .875), with all dimensions also reliable (affective symptoms: <em>α</em> = .81; rumination: <em>α</em> = .79; behavioral symptoms: <em>α</em> = .71; and anxiety about personal impact: <em>α</em> = .77). Factor loadings and item means were consistent across sexes. In adjusted models, considering total HEAS score, higher eco-anxiety levels were found among females, adolescents whose mothers had lower education levels or were non-white, and those whose mothers experienced depression symptoms. Lower eco-anxiety levels were observed among adolescents with higher self-esteem and emotional regulation, while higher levels were found among those with a more external locus of control and greater perceived stress. Our results support the four-factor model of the scale and indicate that the HEAS is valid for assessing eco-anxiety in adolescents from southern Brazil. The validated scale can facilitate future research and interventions aimed at mitigating eco-anxiety in Brazil.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102792"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221088","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}

{"title":"Exposure to nature scenes mitigates the adverse effects of adolescents’ social ostracism","authors":"Adrián Moll ,&nbsp;Silvia Collado ,&nbsp;Eleanor Ratcliffe ,&nbsp;Miguel Ángel Sorrel ,&nbsp;José Antonio Corraliza","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102790","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102790","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ostracism is a socially painful and detrimental experience commonly suffered in daily life. The objective of this study is to examine the possible restorative effects that visual exposure to nature has on adolescents who suffer from ostracism. We conducted a 2 (Ostracism: social exclusion/inclusion) x 2 (Environmental condition: natural; non-natural) x 3 (Time: baseline; manipulation; intervention) experiment. We measured positive affect, perceived social competence, and attention at three different time periods. At T0, baseline levels were measured; at T1, ostracism was induced; and at T2, restoration was induced via the presentation of natural stimuli and non-natural stimuli. Participants were 304 Spanish adolescents (<em>M</em>_age = 14.66 years; <em>SD</em> = 1.39). Our findings show that participants' positive affect and perceived social competence were depleted in the social exclusion condition but attention remained virtually the same. From T1 to T2, ostracized participants’ positive affect and perceived social competence improved after exposure to nature scenes. Attention improved independently of the kind of stimuli participants were exposed to, probably due to a learning effect. Altogether, these findings suggest that visual nature exposure can be a potential positive mechanism for adolescents to recover diminished resources due to social ostracism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102790"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221213","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}

{"title":"Seeking external recognition or pursuing internal satisfaction: The mechanism of social comparison in social media on digital green intention","authors":"Zhiping Hou ,&nbsp;Benyue Liu ,&nbsp;Yong Li ,&nbsp;Shengxiang She","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102789","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102789","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the proliferation of social media, digital green behavior has increasingly become an important means of environmental communication. However, the mechanisms behind individuals' motivations to showcase green behavior on social media and their subsequent behavioral impacts have not been systematically explored. This study focuses on the formation and transformation process of digital green intention in the social media environment, developing a two-stage theoretical model and conducting three experiments. The findings are as follows (1) Upward (vs. downward): social comparison more readily stimulates externally recognition-oriented (vs. internally satisfaction-oriented) digital green intention. (2) Social norm perception significantly moderates the relationship between social comparison and digital green intention (3) Externally recognition-oriented (vs. internally satisfaction-oriented). digital green intention more effectively promotes conspicuous (vs. altruistic) prosocial behavior. (4) Green self-efficacy plays a significant mediating role in the path through which digital green intention influences altruistic prosocial behavior, but the mediating effect is not significant in the path leading to conspicuous prosocial behavior. (5) Social norm perception moderates the relationship between digital green intention and conspicuous prosocial behavior, but the moderating effect is not significant in the path affecting altruistic prosocial behavior. This study extends the theoretical boundary of digital green behavior research and provides differentiated governance insights for optimizing social media platform designs, formulating green communication strategies, and implementing environmental policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102789"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221089","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}

{"title":"The bidirectional relationship between interpersonal climate change discussion and climate change anxiety","authors":"Hoi-Wing Chan ,&nbsp;Kim-Pong Tam ,&nbsp;Xue Wang ,&nbsp;Ying-yi Hong","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102785","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102785","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emerging research has suggested that people may experience anxiety and distress about climate change (i.e., climate change anxiety), even for those who are not directly affected by extreme weather events. While previous research has demonstrated the benefit of interpersonal climate change discussion in promoting climate change beliefs, the literature has yet to examine the relationship between interpersonal climate change discussion and climate change anxiety. On the one hand, such discussion may increase people's exposure to climate change information and make them more focused on it, which possibly triggers more anxiety. On the other hand, previous studies suggest that climate change anxiety can be a normal and adaptive response to climate change, which motivates people to engage in behaviors aiming to address climate change. It is thus possible that climate change anxiety would promote interpersonal climate change discussion. In this research, we test this bidirectional relationship using a two-wave longitudinal design. Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed a positive bidirectional longitudinal link in both the U.S. and China, suggesting a potential feedback loop between climate change anxiety and interpersonal climate change discussion. Climate change anxiety would relate to more frequent engagement in interpersonal climate change discussions, and yet such discussion would relate to more anxiety responses. Our findings thus indicate the need to examine under what circumstances interpersonal climate change discussion would be an adaptive rather than a maladaptive strategy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102785"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221087","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}

{"title":"Preventing suicide naturally: Connection with nature attenuates suicidal thoughts (Mostly) by decreasing entrapment","authors":"Dan Zhao ,&nbsp;Ying Yang ,&nbsp;Constantine Sedikides ,&nbsp;Yusen Han ,&nbsp;Xiangqing Hou ,&nbsp;Li Yang ,&nbsp;Leyao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102786","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102786","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the severity of suicide, identifying risk and prevention factors is high on the research agenda. We posit that connection with nature curtails suicidal thoughts. In particular, connection with nature can help individuals feel meaningful, improve their depressive mood, and avoid a sense of entrapment—factors that influence suicidal thoughts. Across nine studies (total <em>N</em> = 4093), we demonstrated that connection with nature can weaken suicidal thoughts, mainly through decreased entrapment relative to lower meaning in life or attenuated depressive mood. Although the observed effect has boundary conditions (connection with withered nature), these findings are independent of methodology (cross-sectional, field quasi-experimental, longitudinal, and laboratory experimental designs) or samples (a mix of university students and community members—all from China). The findings have implications for nature connectedness-based suicide theory as well as practitioners and policy-makers tasked with containing suicide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102786"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159516","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}

{"title":"Long-term effects of social norm interventions on pro-environmental behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Frederike K. Lemmel ,&nbsp;Thole H. Hoppen ,&nbsp;Nexhmedin Morina","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102784","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102784","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anthropogenic climate change poses a serious threat to human health, economic stability, and biodiversity, underscoring the growing importance of interventions that promote pro-environmental behaviour. Previous meta-analyses suggest that social norm interventions, which inform individuals about behavioural norms or societal attitudes towards specific behaviours, are effective in the short-term. However, further research is needed to determine whether effects are sustained over time. Our systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the long-term effectiveness of controlled field experiments employing social norm interventions for pro-environmental behaviours. It included a search from induction to February 4th, 2025 in Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC, PsycInfo, and OSF Preprints. We included 24 publications reporting on 25 studies in the narrative review, ten of which were incorporated into the quantitative synthesis. The random-effects meta-analysis yielded a small but significant effect (<em>g</em> = −0.07; <em>95 %CI</em> = −0.11 to −0.03, <em>p</em> = .0022; <em>I</em>² = 76 %) compared to passive control conditions (M follow-up 22.05 months; SD = 19.04). Of the 15 studies reviewed narratively, 13 reported reductions in consumption behaviours ranging from −0.081 % to 30 % and were thus largely consistent with the results of the meta-analysis. Given their their low cost and scalability, even small effects may yield meaningful societal impact. The pooled effect should be interpreted with caution, as the meta-analysis included only ten studies and exhibited substantial heterogeneity among them. Future research should explore strategies to enhance the long-term effectiveness of social norm interventions and potential moderators and mediators.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102784"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221090","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}

{"title":"The impact of nature in challenging times: Comparing direct and mediated nature experiences for well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and in palliative care","authors":"Janine N. Blessing ,&nbsp;Anja Kalch ,&nbsp;Joachim Rathmann ,&nbsp;Melissa Reismüller ,&nbsp;Irmtraud Hainsch-Müller","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102782","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102782","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nature plays an important role in human life, helping to reduce stress and enhance well-being, particularly during difficult times. However, accessing natural environments can be difficult at times, including during the COVID-19 pandemic or while in palliative care. Mediated nature experiences, e.g. watching documentaries, looking at photos or listening to nature sounds, offer an alternative way to connect with nature despite possible barriers. Yet, their impact remains underexplored. No studies have directly compared the impact of direct versus mediated nature on palliative care patients and individuals in other difficult situations. We conducted 12 semi-structured qualitative interviews with palliative care patients and 18 interviews with members of the general public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings indicate that mediated nature can improve well-being and contribute to better health. For palliative care patients, engaging with nature through media is particularly meaningful, providing a connection to inaccessible places and evoking memories of past experiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102782"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159517","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}

{"title":"How self-efficacy and response efficacy change with risk and adaptation behaviors during tropical cyclones","authors":"Natalie Herbert ,&nbsp;Michelle Ng ,&nbsp;Julie Demuth ,&nbsp;Andrea Schumacher ,&nbsp;Hugh Walpole ,&nbsp;Rebecca Morss ,&nbsp;Gabrielle Wong-Parodi","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102781","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102781","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental hazards are made worse in a changing climate, and adaptation may hinge on whether individuals can effectively act. One of the most powerful antecedents to personal action is efficacy (self and response), but past research on efficacy's role in personal adaptation does not explore its relationship to time and changing risk as dynamic factors associated with adaptation. In this study, we investigate the relationship between efficacy and adaptation behavior alongside changes in personal risk during tropical cyclones (TCs) in the days between TC prediction to landfall. From our analysis of three (2020–2022) TCs in the U.S. that threatened 4,306 participants, we demonstrate that (1) time moderates the positive association between momentary levels of personal risk and response efficacy and (2) adaptation behaviors positively associate with momentary levels of response efficacy, but not self-efficacy. Rather than measuring efficacy as a static force, our approach demonstrates the potential for longitudinal studies to improve theory and practice for socio-cognitive theories of personal adaptation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102781"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145109310","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}

{"title":"Effective, fair or Intrusive? The role of futures consciousness in environmental policy acceptance","authors":"Sanna Ahvenharju ,&nbsp;Fanny Lalot ,&nbsp;Juulia Räikkönen","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102777","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102777","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the current environmental crisis unfolds, there is an increasing call for stronger governmental action to accelerate societal transformation. The challenge lies in better identifying and understanding the factors that influence public acceptance of new environmental policies, particularly those targeting consumer behavior. Future orientation is recognized as one of the factors that motivate individuals to protect the environment and promote transformation towards biodiversity-respecting futures. This article examines whether individual differences in futures consciousness – a multicomponent conceptualization of future orientation with special emphasis on considering collective futures – translate into greater acceptance of consumer-targeted environmental policies. Two preregistered studies, one involving a convenience student sample from the UK (<em>N</em> = 266) and the other a representative sample of the Finnish population (<em>N</em> = 2005), explored respondents' futures consciousness and their perceptions of the effectiveness, fairness, intrusiveness, and their acceptance of selected pro-environmental policies. Results showed that futures consciousness was positively related to policy acceptance, and this effect was fully mediated by perceptions of policy effectiveness and fairness (Studies 1–2), but not intrusiveness (Study 2). These results highlight the potential role of futures education in tackling political divides and supporting transformation towards sustainable planetary futures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102777"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145109309","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}

{"title":"“Crikey! Let's keep it cozy like a joey in a pouch” can humour or compassion encourage sustainable heater use at hotels?","authors":"Danyelle Greene ,&nbsp;Anna K. Zinn ,&nbsp;Qingqing Chen ,&nbsp;Reza Serati ,&nbsp;Marius Portmann ,&nbsp;Sara Dolnicar","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102779","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The management of room temperatures plays a crucial role in both environmental impact and energy costs. Small changes, such as reducing heating by 1 °C, can save around 6 % on electricity. In hotels, it is especially challenging to entice people to adjust their heating and cooling behaviours because they are not directly responsible for the incurred costs. Despite the significant impact, there is a notable scarcity of interventions aimed at encouraging sustainable air conditioner use among guests. Most pro-environmental behaviour change interventions in tourism focus on environmental messaging and negative appeals, with mixed effectiveness. Positive emotions like amusement (humour) and self-transcendent emotions (compassion) have been largely overlooked but have shown potential in other research contexts. The current series of studies assesses the comparative effectiveness of messages designed to trigger humour, compassion, and environmental beliefs on sustainable air conditioner use. In Study 1, we develop and evaluate four alternative messages for each theoretical construct. We use the most effective message for each construct (e.g., the most amusing humour message) in Studies 2 and 3. Study 2 serves as a manipulation check to ensure the messages effectively trigger the intended theoretical constructs. It also assesses behavioural intentions and emotional reactions. Study 3 tests the impact of the interventions on behaviour in a quasi-experimental field study. Study 2 shows that each message effectively strengthens its respective theoretical construct (e.g., the environmental message strengthened environmental beliefs). The field study demonstrates that all three messages, along with a basic behaviour instructions message, increase sustainable air conditioner use. The humour message had an advantage over the others, being positively perceived by participants and not causing any negative reactions. Therefore, framing sustainable air conditioner use instructions humorously appears to be a promising strategy in the hotel context. While our humour message is tailored to the Australian winter context, future research should explore the applicability of humour-based interventions in diverse cultural and climate settings to enhance sustainable air conditioner practices globally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102779"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159519","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}