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{"title":"A large-scale study of binding communication to promote ecological Behavior: the commitment technique combined with persuasive communication in mass media streaming","authors":"Benjamin Aubert-Teillaud ,&nbsp;Maxime Mauduy ,&nbsp;David C. Vaidis","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102723","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102723","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The climate emergency necessitates the adoption of effective communication strategies. While persuasive communication is easily scalable, its effectiveness at changing behavior is limited. In contrast, commitment techniques, such as foot-in-the-door and low-ball techniques, are more effective for behavior change but harder to scale. In this study, we test the effectiveness of combining a commitment strategy with persuasive communication in the streaming broadcast of an audiovisual show. Study 1, conducted in an “as if\" setting with a full experimental design (<em>N</em> = 1003), showed that incorporating a commitment strategy into persuasive communication effectively promoted pro-ecological behavior, although it did not lead to a significant change in attitudes. In Study 2, conducted in an ecological setting during a live broadcast of an international rugby tournament (<em>N</em> = 240,245), we showed that combining commitment and persuasive strategies increased the intention to engage in behaviors that reduce digital pollution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102723"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144890075","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":"Place attachment(s) and addiction to virtual places: A longitudinal analysis","authors":"Izabela Lassota,&nbsp;Tomasz Oleksy,&nbsp;Małgorzata Gambin,&nbsp;Anna Wnuk","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102726","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102726","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While prior research has primarily examined relations between quality of real-life relationships and addiction to virtual places, the role of one's connection to physical environments remains unexplored. This study is the first to investigate whether different types of place attachment—the emotional and cognitive bond with physical spaces—predicts addiction to virtual places over time. We conducted a three-wave longitudinal panel survey (T1 = 1110, T2 = 434, T3 = 378) on a sample of Polish young adults (18–30), representative in terms of age, gender, and place of residence. We identified four distinct addiction trajectories through growth mixture modeling: low-stable, low-worsening, high-decreasing, and moderate-decreasing. Our findings reveal that active place attachment acts as a potential protective factor, being associated with the low-stable trajectory. In contrast, traditional attachment and relative place attachments were linked to the moderate-decreasing and high-decreasing trajectories, suggesting initially higher addiction levels and highlighting their potential role as risk factors for virtual addiction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102726"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842562","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":"Conserving nature, resisting change: Political conservatism and evasion of anti-systemic environmentalisms","authors":"Trevor S. Lies ,&nbsp;Syed Muhammad Omar ,&nbsp;Harrison J. Schmitt ,&nbsp;Glenn Adams","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102724","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102724","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conventional wisdom and scientific research suggest that political conservatism is at odds with support for environmentalism. Across two survey studies and an experiment (total N = 1995) we consider the possibility that this relationship varies by environmentalism type and ethnic-racial category. Whereas political conservatism was negatively related to support for environmentalism, this relationship was significantly weaker for initiatives that prioritize conservation of supposedly pristine nature (Wilderness Preservation; WP) than initiatives that advocate techno-fixes to ecological degradation (Ecomodernism; EM) or acknowledge and address power structures and the suffering of marginalized groups (Environmental Justice; EJ; Studies 1–3), and these patterns were generally more pronounced among White compared to Black and Latine participants (Studies 2 and 3). Study 3 provides causal evidence that the relationship of conservatism with support varies by environmentalism type and shows that this relationship varies by ethnic-racial category. Mediation analyses reveal that the weaker relationship of conservatism with WP support (versus EM and EJ) stemmed in part from the perception of EM and especially EJ as threats to U.S. society. We emphasize the importance of foregrounding sociocultural context in the study of political ideology, ‘polarization,’ and environmentalism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102724"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144863737","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":"Enhancing perceived effectiveness can increase climate policy acceptance","authors":"Kevin E. Tiede ,&nbsp;Hellen Temme ,&nbsp;Lena Lehrer ,&nbsp;Cornelia Betsch","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102725","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102725","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Public acceptance is crucial for the successful implementation of climate policies; hence, it is essential to understand its determinants and how to boost it. In this research, we aim to test the causality of perceived effectiveness on policy acceptance. For this purpose, we experimentally manipulated perceived effectiveness by providing information about the objective effectiveness of a climate policy. In a preregistered experiment (<em>N</em> = 953; T1), participants were asked about the perceived effectiveness and acceptance of a speed limit on German highways. Beforehand, participants in the information condition were given details about the speed limit's effectiveness in terms of CO₂ reductions, whereas those in the control condition were not. Participants were asked about the perceived effectiveness and policy acceptance again 1.5 years later (<em>n</em> = 334; T2). We found that providing vs. not providing such information led to higher perceived effectiveness but not greater policy acceptance at T1. However, among those participants without prior knowledge of the speed limit's effectiveness, providing the information positively affected both perceived effectiveness and policy acceptance at T1. Among those people who learned about the effectiveness of the policy at T1, perceived effectiveness and policy acceptance were higher when they could (vs. could not) recall the effectiveness information after 1.5 years (i.e., at T2). Our results suggest that perceived effectiveness causally affects policy acceptance in the climate domain. Explaining the objective effectiveness of climate policies—and doing so in such a way that people can remember the information over time—thus offers a promising approach for policymakers to increase public acceptance of climate policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102725"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144885593","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":"Evidence for motivated control? Climate change related distress is positively associated with domain-specific efficacy beliefs and climate action","authors":"Daniel Hanss ,&nbsp;Charles A. Ogunbode ,&nbsp;Rouven Doran ,&nbsp;Johanna E. Renkel ,&nbsp;Helena Müller ,&nbsp;Mai Albzour ,&nbsp;Rahkman Ardi ,&nbsp;Arin Ayanian ,&nbsp;Aydın Bayad ,&nbsp;Karlijn L. van den Broek ,&nbsp;JohnBosco C. Chukwuorji ,&nbsp;Violeta Enea ,&nbsp;Mai Helmy ,&nbsp;Mehmet Karasu ,&nbsp;Kehinde Aderemi Ojewumi ,&nbsp;Samuel Lins ,&nbsp;Michael J. Lomas ,&nbsp;Winfred Mbungu ,&nbsp;Ginés Navarro-Carrillo ,&nbsp;Charles Onyutha ,&nbsp;Radha Yadav","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102695","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102695","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent cross-sectional and experimental research has found measures of climate change related distress to be positively associated with measures of efficacy beliefs. Authors of some of these studies have interpreted this finding in terms of motivated control, that is, people who experience climate change related distress are motivated to believe that they can help mitigate climate change. We extend this notion of motivated control by assuming that efficacy beliefs flowing from climate change related distress play a role in encouraging climate action. In two cross-sectional studies, we investigate this assumption: Study 1 used data from a multi-country study and found that negative emotions regarding climate change were positively associated with climate action and both individual and collective efficacy. Furthermore, we found evidence for an indirect effect of negative emotions on climate action via efficacy beliefs (individual and collective). Study 2 conceptually replicated this mediation effect, using data from a sample of citizens in Germany and a different measure of distress, focusing on climate change worry. Additional exploratory analyses revealed that the association with individual efficacy was stronger for more adaptive forms of climate change worry, compared to less adaptive forms. We conclude that our findings provide correlational support for motivated control being one of the psychological processes – and efficacy beliefs being one of the person-level factors – that account for adaptive behavioral reactions to climate change related distress. Experimental and longitudinal studies are needed to further substantiate this conclusion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102695"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144858429","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":"Longitudinal effects of nature connectedness on interpersonal relationships and mental health in Chinese primary school children","authors":"Shuo Dong ,&nbsp;Yuehan Wang ,&nbsp;Xiaoyu Ma,&nbsp;Muyan Liu,&nbsp;Mingyu Li,&nbsp;Mi Luo,&nbsp;Yingjie Liu,&nbsp;Jianing Liu,&nbsp;Xiao Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102721","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102721","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nature connectedness, a critical psychological construct reflecting individuals' emotional and cognitive bonds with the natural environment, has been linked to children's social and mental health. However, longitudinal research on its developmental trajectory and differential impacts remains scarce, particularly in non-Western contexts. This longitudinal study (<em>N</em> = 357 Chinese primary school children; 192 girls, T1 mean age = 10.44 ± 0.52 years old) employed latent growth modeling to examine how initial levels and growth rates of nature connectedness predict parent-child relationships, teacher-student relationships, peer relationships, and mental health over one year. The results indicated that after controlling for gender, age, and family socioeconomic status: (1) The development of nature connectedness in primary school children followed a linear upward trend, with individual differences in nature connectedness narrowing over time, exhibiting a compensatory pattern. (2) Both the initial levels and the growth rate of nature connectedness significantly and positively predicted parent-child relationships, teacher-student relationships, and mental health one year later, but not peer relationships. (3) The initial levels and growth rate of nature connectedness exerted cumulative effects on parent-child relationships and teacher-student relationships while influencing mental health through a stress-amplification model. The study advances theoretical frameworks on the benefits of nature contact theory, stress reduction theory, and attention restoration theory and suggests that targeted intervention programs should be implemented for children with varying initial levels and growth rates of nature connectedness to enhance their interpersonal relationships and mental health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102721"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779305","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":"Man or bear? How gender affects experiences of natural environments with varying levels of vegetation density and different danger threats","authors":"Anna Bornioli ,&nbsp;Birgitta Gatersleben","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102722","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102722","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perceived safety is a crucial aspect of environmental experiences in natural environments. While it is well established that dense vegetation and danger threats can hinder safety perceptions of natural environments, relatively little research has examined the role of gender in environmental experiences of these features during nature visits. In parallel, the recent “Man or bear” trend on social media has sparked conversation among the general public, as it appeared that women are more afraid of encountering a stranger in the woods than a bear. This study aims to explore the role of gender in perceptions of danger, fear and preferences in natural environments and how it may interact with density of vegetation and the presence of different danger threats. It is based on three experiments conducted with adults predominantly from the Southeast of England. In Studies 1 (n = 269) and 2 (n = 414) participants were shown a slide show of woodlands with varying levels of density. We examined perceptions of, and anticipated experiences in perceptions of danger, fear and preferences in natural environments with three levels of density (open, medium, and dense), with Study 2 being a replication of Study 1. Studies 1 and 2 both indicated that women were more likely to experience fear, feel at risk in natural environments than men, and more likely to express concerns about dangers. Based on the effect sizes, social dangers emerged as a key concern for women. Study 2 also found evidence that the effects of density were stronger among women than among men. In Study 3, 300 participants watched videos of woodlands under five different social and physical danger scenarios, and we assessed the impact of density and different dangers on perceptions of fear, risk and preferences. We found, again, that women felt more fearful in all environments, especially dense settings and those with social danger threats, while men's experiences were not impacted by danger threats. Overall, the results indicate that women's experiences of nature can be affected by safety concerns to a larger extent than men's, and that these concerns are related to the density of vegetation and the presence of dangers. Social threats emerged as a key barrier for women's (but not men's) enjoyment of nature, and also significantly more important than other types of dangers, including animal threats. In order to ensure nature experiences which are universally positive, it is crucial for land managers to address these safety concerns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102722"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144810469","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":"Spillover from general and specific pro-environmental behavior to climate-friendly choices and policy Acceptance: The mediating role of psychological engagement","authors":"John Thøgersen ,&nbsp;Ting Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on pro-environmental transformations of the consumption pattern has investigated the dynamics of “behavioral spillover” in the form of either a specific pro-environmental behavior triggering another or as the gradual emergence of an increasingly pro-environmental pattern of behavior reflecting increasing environmental commitment. In this article, we draw on consumer engagement research to combine and compare these two approaches, also contributing to the scant research on consumer engagement in climate change and related issues. Specifically, we study impacts of consumers’ use of public transport, cycling, and general pro-environmental behavior on their willingness to adopt new, more climate-friendly transport and travel options and accept new climate-friendly transport policy, including possible mediation through psychological environmental engagement and pro-environmental self-identity. Residents of Denmark (N_wave1 = 537, N_wave2 = 413) and China (N = 1020) were surveyed, and structural equation modelling was used to analyze the data. The study reveals that general pro-environmental behavior increases the willingness to adopt new climate-friendly transport and travel options and acceptance of climate policy regulating transport, partly mediated through psychological environmental engagement, in both Denmark and China. There are only small and scattered impacts of the use of public transport and cycling on psychological environmental engagement or the willingness to adopt or accept. These findings suggest that companies and policymakers should focus more on promoting and facilitating general pro-environmental behavior than on identifying specific behaviors that can be used as “wedges” to promote the adoption and acceptance of new and emerging climate-friendly products, services, and policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102718"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767107","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":"Faith, growth, and ethics: cross-cultural analysis of religiosity and environment protection vis-a-vis economic priorities among Muslims","authors":"Muhammad Bilal Zafar ,&nbsp;Mohd Fauzi Abu-Hussin","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102716","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102716","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the relationship between religiosity and pro-environmental behavior among Muslims across different national contexts, with a particular focus on the trade-off between environmental protection and economic growth. Using data from the 7th Wave of the World Values Survey (2017–2022), the analysis includes 20,716 Muslim respondents from 46 countries and applies multilevel logistic regression to account for both individual- and country-level variation. The findings show that religiosity is a strong positive predictor of pro-environment behavior in Muslim-majority countries, where environmental ethics are often reinforced through public religious norms. In non-Muslim-majority countries, religiosity shows no meaningful or negative association with environmental concern, likely reflecting its more private or constrained expression. Subgroup models confirm this contextual moderation. Education and income both exhibit positive associations with pro-environment behavior, while age follows a curvilinear trend. Urban residency is associated with lower environmental concern in Muslim-majority settings but not in others. The results highlight the relevance of cultural-religious context in shaping value-based environmental action and point to the role of education and religious discourse in advancing sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102716"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757779","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":"Climate Privilege: Defensive disbelief in climate change science","authors":"Geoffrey D. Munro,&nbsp;Jasmine F. Edun,&nbsp;Nick Mehiel","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two studies investigated climate privilege--an idea derived from existing research on racial and economic privilege. U.S. citizens consume a larger than average amount of fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. Furthermore, poorer countries feel more of an impact from the negative consequences that result from climate change than rich countries like the U.S. In the current research, we presented information to three groups of U.S. college students (Study 1) and on-line workers (Study 2). The Climate Change group received basic information about the negative consequences of climate change (with no focus on the U.S.). The Climate Privilege group received information focusing on U.S. citizens' disproportionate contribution to climate change. The control group received no information about climate change. Participants then completed questionnaires assessing their opinions about climate change. Republicans and Independents (but not Democrats) in Study 1 reported less climate-friendly opinions in the Climate Privilege group compared to the Climate Change group, and conservatives (but not liberals) in Study 2 reported less climate-friendly opinions in the Climate Privilege group compared to the control group. This study links prior research on socioeconomic privilege to the climate crisis and helps explain why widespread reduction of fossil fuel usage is difficult.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"106 ","pages":"Article 102714"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757895","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}