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Explaining environmental behavior with values, worldviews, and self-construal: Different sides of the same coin? 用价值观、世界观和自我理解来解释环境行为：同一枚硬币的不同侧面？

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102750

Christian Bretter , Felix Schulz

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Would you put your sustainability on display? Preferences for the visibility of sustainable household energy measures in the Netherlands 你会展示你的可持续发展吗？荷兰对可持续家庭能源措施可见性的偏好

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102748

Han Kyul Yoo , Robert Goedegebure , Michel Handgraaf , Eveline van Leeuwen

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The role of nature connectedness in facial dissatisfaction and body appreciation: The mediating effect of appearance-contingent self-worth in a cross-cultural context 自然连通性在面部不满和身体欣赏中的作用：跨文化背景下外表自我价值感的中介作用

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102739

Jingyuan Yang, Jia Liu, Wenwu Dai, Rui Gao, Zhihui Yang

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The effects of second-order climate beliefs on environmental communication behavior: The mediating role of environmental discussion efficacy 二阶气候信念对环境沟通行为的影响：环境讨论效能的中介作用

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102746

Zeyu Ji , Yuanchao Gong , Jianchi Tian , Zelin Tong , Xiaoming Tian , Yan Sun

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Flexibility mindsets enhance pro-environmental behavioral intentions among those with a low pro-environmental default tendency 在亲环境默认倾向较低的人群中，灵活心态能增强亲环境行为意愿

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102747

Kevin Winter , Laura Henn , Kai Sassenberg

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Development and validation of a scale measuring intrinsic, relational, and instrumental environmental values 开发和验证测量内在的、相关的和仪器环境价值的量表

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102744

Xiaobin Lou , Dongmei Mei , Liman Man Wai Li

{"title":"Development and validation of a scale measuring intrinsic, relational, and instrumental environmental values","authors":"Xiaobin Lou , Dongmei Mei , Liman Man Wai Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102744","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102744","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Schwartz's environmental value theory conceptualizes environmental values as guiding principles shaping people's attitudes and behaviors toward the environment. In contrast, frameworks in environmental ethics and sustainability science define environmental values as the worth humans assign to the environment, categorized into three types: intrinsic, relational, and instrumental. This research distinguished these two approaches and developed the Intrinsic-Relational-Instrumental Environmental Values Scale (IRI-EVS). Across four studies with samples from the USA (Studies 1 and 2), the UK (Study 3, with longitudinal data), and China (Study 4), we found consistent support for this tripartite value structure as empirically traceable. The developed 18-item scale demonstrates high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, structural validity, measurement invariance, construct validity, criterion validity, and incremental validity referring to biospheric value. This research presents a theoretical framework that deepens our understanding of why individuals assign value to the environment and provides a valid tool to advance empirical research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102744"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144916542","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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Extreme weather and climate change attitudes: Limited partisan motivated reasoning in response to Sweden's 2018 heatwave 极端天气和气候变化的态度：对2018年瑞典热浪的有限党派动机推理

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102743

Stefan Linde , Simon Matti

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Climate change information seeking: A scoping review 气候变化信息搜寻：范围审查

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102742

Qixuan Zhang, Gewei Chen, Kim-Pong Tam

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Biospheric values, anxiety, and perceptions of biodiversity loss: A cross-country analysis of conservation behavior 生物圈价值、焦虑和对生物多样性丧失的认知：保护行为的跨国分析

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102731

Annike Eylering , Corinna Hölzl , Anne M. van Valkengoed , Florian Fiebelkorn

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Natural soundscapes are associated with mental well-being via capacity-building and capacity-restoring pathways 自然声景通过能力建设和能力恢复途径与心理健康相关联

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102735

Konrad Uebel , Eleanor Ratcliffe , Claire Buchan , Simon J. Butler , Nicholas Hanley , Anthony Higney , Melissa Marselle

{"title":"Natural soundscapes are associated with mental well-being via capacity-building and capacity-restoring pathways","authors":"Konrad Uebel , Eleanor Ratcliffe , Claire Buchan , Simon J. Butler , Nicholas Hanley , Anthony Higney , Melissa Marselle","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102735","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102735","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soundscapes from natural areas are an important cultural ecosystem service that can promote greater mental health and well-being. However, the mediating pathways by which this occurs are not yet fully understood, limiting their integration into ecosystem service frameworks. We addressed this gap by examining a range of mediating pathways between subjective and objective measures of natural soundscapes and well-being. Using online surveys, a representative UK sample (<em>N</em> = 1529) listened to simulated natural soundscapes with differing levels of three acoustic metrics. Participants completed measures of subjective well-being and perceived restoration, along with perceptions of bird diversity within soundscapes, restorativeness, stress and awe. Structural equation modelling was then used to test the theoretically-indicated pathways between subjective and objective measures of the soundscapes and well-being. Results confirmed biodiversity-health hypotheses: the relationship between perceived bird diversity and well-being was mediated by greater perceived restorative qualities of the soundscape, reduced perceived stress and greater perceptions of awe. Novel mechanistic pathways between acoustic characteristics and well-being were also demonstrated with moderate to high acoustic complexity displaying an indirect effect on well-being via serial mediation pathways: first through higher perceived biodiversity levels, and then either greater perceived restorativeness, reduced perceived stress or increased awe. These results provide new insights into how natural soundscapes can deliver well-being benefits and can inform the management and valuation of soundscapes in natural areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102735"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144911857","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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