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{"title":"Integrating perceived environmental quality with objective greenness: A GEMA study of adults’ emotional well-being in rural settings","authors":"Shang-Ti Chen ,&nbsp;Li Yi ,&nbsp;Sicheng Wang ,&nbsp;Chih-Hsiang Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102887","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102887","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Research on the relationship between greenness and emotional well-being has often focused on between-person associations, paying only limited attention to real-time, within-person dynamics. This study addresses this gap by using the geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) methodology to assess the real-time, within-person impact of objective (i.e., normalized difference vegetation index [NDVI]) and subjective (i.e., perceived restorative environments; PRE) measures of environments, alongside outdoor leisure activities, on positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) among adults in Taiwan.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Our analytical sample included 160 adults in Taiwan (58.1 % female, aged 18–60, <em>M</em> = 22.09, <em>SD</em> = 5.54), who completed ecological momentary assessment (EMA) surveys measuring their PRE, outdoor leisure activities, PA, and NA 3 times daily for 7 days. As the participants answered the surveys, their smartphones automatically recorded their geolocation data, which were subsequently linked to 30 × 30 m NDVI data to derive a measure of ambient greenness exposure. Multilevel modeling was used to examine the between- and within-person associations of NDVI greenness, PRE, and outdoor leisure activities with affect, adjusting for covariates (i.e., age, sex, educational attainment, marital status, living arrangements, presence of chronic diseases, body mass index, smoking status, and alcohol consumption). The interaction between outdoor leisure and PRE was also tested to predict momentary affect.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Participants submitted responses to 2935 EMA prompts (87.4 % response rate). Higher PRE and engagement in outdoor leisure were associated with higher PA and lower NA, whereas higher NDVI was unexpectedly linked to lower PA and higher NA. The PRE × outdoor leisure interaction did not reach statistical significance after accounting for random slopes (<em>b</em> = 0.12, <em>p</em> = .06), but the estimated effect followed the expected direction, suggesting that the inverse association between PRE and NA was somewhat weaker during leisure episodes compared with non-leisure moments.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>PRE and outdoor leisure activities are associated with higher momentary PA and lower NA, but NDVI greenness is not. This suggests fostering individuals’ connections to and enhancing their experiences within green spaces may be important ways to maximize the emotional benefits of green spaces. Overall, our GEMA approach provides valuable insights into real-time associations between greenness exposure and well-being that can be applied to develop targeted environmental-based interventions for mental health promotion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102887"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790296","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":"Shifting peer norms, shifting behavior? Optimizing educational interventions to promote adolescents’ sustainable dietary choices","authors":"Judith van de Wetering ,&nbsp;Stathis Grapsas ,&nbsp;Astrid Poorthuis ,&nbsp;Sander Thomaes","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two preregistered randomized experiments (Study 1: <em>N</em> = 381, age 12–17, 47.5 % girls, 90 % Dutch; Study 2: <em>N</em> = 468, age 12–19, 52.8 % girls, 79.7 % Dutch) tested whether educational interventions to promote adolescents' sustainable behavior can be optimized by harnessing their peer status motive. Across studies, Bayesian informative hypothesis testing indicated strong support (PMPs 0.896 to 0.981, BFs 10.02 to 58.03) for the hypothesis that educational messaging promoted adolescents' sustainable dietary behavior and behavior intentions compared to unrelated messaging; that peer norm messaging amplified the motivational effect of education; and that dynamic (“more and more youth choose to eat less meat”) and static (“some youth choose to eat less meat”) norm messaging was equally effective. Effect sizes were small to medium. These findings suggest that educational interventions more effectively promote adolescents’ sustainable behavior when tailored to their developmentally salient peer status motive.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102880"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790299","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":"Intergenerational pathway to nature connectedness","authors":"Kim-Pong Tam ,&nbsp;Xoni Kwan Ki Ma ,&nbsp;Ying Caden Lam ,&nbsp;Cho Nam Erin Ng","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nature connectedness has gained recognition for its profound benefits to individuals' well-being and the planet's health. Despite existing evidence on factors associated with it, an integrated understanding of how nature connectedness develops within family contexts remains underexplored. To address this gap, we propose the Intergenerational Pathway to Nature Connectedness, a model that comprehensively elucidates the intergenerational processes through which parents' nature experiences during their own childhood influence their children's nature connectedness. Utilizing survey data with a sample of over 2357 parent-child dyads, we observed significant relationships among four key variables: parental childhood experience with nature, parental nature connectedness at present, child engagement in nature experience, and child nature connectedness. Results suggest that parents who have more experience with nature during their own childhood are more likely to possess strong connectedness with nature presently, which, in turn, motivate them to arrange more nature experience for their children, cultivating similar connectedness in them. The proposed intergenerational pathway contributes to the literature by providing an integrated framework for understanding the familial processes underlying connections to nature and presenting practical implications for intervention strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102891"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840496","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 role of information source in climate beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences","authors":"Danielle Goldwert ,&nbsp;Madalina Vlasceanu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102896","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102896","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Source attribution can play a critical role in the credibility, acceptance, and incorporation of information, especially in polarized contexts. Here, we experimentally test how 12 different information sources impact the credibility of climate change information, and result in the incorporation of climate information into the beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences of people varying along political ideologies. In a sample of 9076 U.S. residents recruited on Prolific, we found that source credibility strongly influences climate beliefs, behavioral commitments, and policy preferences. We also found that scientists and grassroots community advocates are rated as the most credible sources of climate information, and fossil fuel companies or Republican political leaders as the least credible. However, despite differences in source credibility, information provided by different sources was not differentially incorporated into participants’ belief systems, nor did it differentially influence their behavioral commitments or policy preferences. We discuss these findings in the context of climate communication efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102896"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884312","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":"Reciprocal dynamics of climate change risk perception and environmental attitude in early adolescence: Association with pro-environmental behavior","authors":"Haoning Liu ,&nbsp;Yue Qi ,&nbsp;Yan Lou ,&nbsp;Xinzhe Xu ,&nbsp;Xiao Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102868","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the longitudinal interplay between climate change risk perception (CCRP) and environmental attitude (EA) and their joint contributions to pro-environmental behavior (PEB) among early adolescents. The study involved 942 adolescents, with measurements taken over three waves over 1.5 years. Cross-lagged panel modeling revealed reciprocal associations between CCRP and EA, both positively predicting PEB. Parallel process latent class growth modeling identified four co-developmental trajectories. Adolescents in the “risk sensitive/attitude-detached” and “moderately stabilized” groups showed higher PEB than those in the “progressively disengaged” group; the former also outperformed the “consistently engaged” group. These findings highlight the value of integrating variable- and person-centered approaches and suggest that heuristic-driven processes (e.g., CCRP) may exert a stronger effect on adolescent PEB than systematic processes (e.g., EA).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102868"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145685299","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":"Building spaces for play: Mothers design different environments for pre-walking and walking infants","authors":"Joshua L. Schneider ,&nbsp;Jana M. Iverson","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102867","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102867","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How do caregivers design environments for infants? Using a mixed methods approach, we examined how 52 mothers of 12-month-old pre-walking versus walking infants constructed a new play space. Mothers arranged large foam blocks in an empty lab playroom and discussed their design process during open-ended interviews. Mothers of pre-walkers created expansive layouts with multiple block groupings scattered across the room. In contrast, mothers of walkers built concentrated areas (half the size) surrounded by an abundance of open floor space. When reflecting on their designs, mothers' explanations echoed the spaces they created. Most mothers discussed their infants' postural and locomotor skills, unique personalities, everyday experiences at home or in childcare centers, and the characteristics of the blocks. But more mothers of pre-walkers emphasized exploration—promoting travel and discovery—than mothers of walkers. The characteristics of mothers’ environments, however, did not shape the quantity of infant locomotor exploration: Walkers spent more time in motion and traveled greater distances than pre-walkers, regardless of differences in environmental layout. Findings highlight the importance of viewing infant development as a process embedded within the physical environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102867"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840501","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":"Developing a psychological understanding of students’ perceptions of their school environment and the relationship with academic achievement","authors":"Edward Edgerton ,&nbsp;Jim McKechnie ,&nbsp;John Maltby","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102862","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102862","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Educational research has demonstrated the importance of variables such as Socioeconomic Status (SES), Gender and Attendance in relation to academic achievement. In addition, research has also highlighted the importance of the physical learning environment in relation to academic achievement and in particular objective characteristics such as temperature, air quality and noise. The way in which students subjectively perceive their school environment has received less attention. However, one recent study has demonstrated how students’ subjective perceptions of their physical school environment, along with SES, Gender and Attendance, are all significantly related to academic achievement. The current study applies a new and distinct methodological approach to an existing data set to develop a psychological model of the physical environment to uncover latent factors which may be important in describing the relationship between the environment and academic performance.</div><div>The study was conducted on data from 387, S5 students in five secondary schools in Scotland. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the underlying factor structure of the original 60 item questionnaire that was used to measure students’ perceptions of their school environment. Multiple regression analyses were then conducted to investigate the relationship between SES, Gender, Attendance and the new factors identified in the factor analysis, with academic achievement.</div><div>The factor analysis identified a nine-factor model that reflects distinct dimensions of the physical and social aspects of the school and provides a comprehensive understanding of how students experience their surroundings. The multiple regression analyses confirmed that SES, Gender, and Attendance were significant predictors of academic achievement and that the inclusion of the nine factors explained an additional 11 % of the variance in academic achievement.</div><div>The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of how this psychological model of the physical school environment could be used to inform future educational design, policy, and interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102862"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737585","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":"From processing motivation to environmental behavioral intention","authors":"Yifei He,&nbsp;Janet Z. Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plastic pollution is one of the major environmental problems globally. To better understand how to motivate recycle and reuse behaviors through Instagram posts about plastic waste, this study employs a survey experiment based on a sample of US adults (<em>N</em> = 1015). Results demonstrate that concerns about the environmental impact of plastic waste matter more than concerns about the health impact of plastic waste in influencing people's intention to recycle and reuse. Further, putting people in a mental state to care about knowing accurate facts about plastic waste leads them to read the Instagram posts more carefully, more so than priming them to care about their social image. These findings suggest that using accuracy cue leads to more careful reading of a persuasive message about plastic waste reduction, which increases risk perception and contributes to recycle and reuse intentions indirectly.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102884"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737581","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":"Testing the BIO-WELL scale in situ: measuring human wellbeing responses to biodiversity within forests","authors":"F. Jones ,&nbsp;J.C. Fisher ,&nbsp;G.E. Austen ,&nbsp;K.N. Irvine ,&nbsp;M. Dallimer ,&nbsp;L. Croager ,&nbsp;M. Nawrath ,&nbsp;R.D. Fish ,&nbsp;Z.G. Davies","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102897","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102897","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The benefits of nature for human health and wellbeing are well documented. However, nature is not homogenous, and there remains a gap in our understanding of the role biodiversity (the diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems) plays specifically. BIO-WELL, a psychometric scale, asks people to consider themselves in a forest (<em>ex situ</em>), measuring human wellbeing across five domains for 17 biodiversity metric and attribute stem questions. Here, we adapt and validate BIO-WELL for use <em>in situ</em> with 510 participants in British forests during spring and summer. We found good internal consistency, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses reaffirmed 1-factor structures for most stem questions (construct validity); variability in model fit statistics for some of the biodiversity stem questions indicates uncertainty in how they were conceived by participants. We found strong concurrent validity, meaning the scale is suitable and reliable for use <em>in situ</em>. Perceived variety of sounds, smells, and colours were positively associated with BIO-WELL scores. People who felt visiting the outdoors was an important of their life also scored higher. Participants reported higher BIO-WELL scores in relation to the diversity of, and interactions between, species in spring compared to summer, which is perhaps attributable to seasonal differences in ecological processes. There was no difference in BIO-WELL scores between people who reported sensory impairments. The scale can be deployed to generate empirical evidence to support policy and practice decision-making for planning and managing natural environments for both biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102897"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840494","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":"Engaging the unengaged: Differential effects of AI-driven climate communication across audiences","authors":"Adéla Plechatá ,&nbsp;Guido Makransky ,&nbsp;Robert Böhm","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the urgent need for widespread climate action, current communication approaches have a limited impact, especially on less engaged audiences. To address this issue, we examined the effectiveness of AI-driven climate communication in influencing pro-environmental intentions and intentions to adapt to climate change (Study 1; laboratory setting, <em>N</em> = 178), as well as participants’ likelihood of engaging with the communication material in the first place (Study 2; online setting, <em>N</em> = 295). In Study 1, both AI-driven and textual climate communication formats increased pro-environmental and adaptation intentions from pre- to post-intervention. Importantly, the effectiveness of the different communication formats depended on audience characteristics: the textual communication was more effective for highly climate-curious participants, while the AI-driven communication was more effective for individuals less curious about climate change. Study 2 further showed that AI-driven climate communication was perceived as more engaging than a comprehensive textual scientific climate report. This was particularly pronounced for participants with lower climate change curiosity and threat beliefs. We conclude that more experiential communication formats like AI-driven climate communication may help engage and impact previously unengaged audiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48439,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Psychology","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102892"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840495","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}