暖光和亲环境行为：来自行为任务的支持性证据

IF 7 1区心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102902

Linli Zhou, Cameron Brick, Maien S.M. Sachisthal, Alaa Aldoh, Disa Sauter

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摘要

气候变化是一个高度情绪化的问题。例如，许多人都会经历气候焦虑和生态抑郁等负面情绪。最近的研究强调，积极情绪也会影响个人参与可持续发展和亲环境行为的方式。以一种环保的方式行事可能会引发积极的感觉（温暖的光芒），这可能会推动一个自我强化的积极反馈循环，具有很大的应用价值。然而，以往的研究大多局限于自我报告的亲环境行为，其效度可能较低。在这里，我们使用两个相应的行为任务来研究暖光和亲环境行为之间的关系。在研究1 （n = 237）中，在碳排放任务中做出更亲环境决定的参与者经历了更多的暖光。预先注册的研究2a (n = 803), 2b （n = 953）和3 （n = 849）使用繁琐的环境保护工作任务进行更严格的测试。结果再次显示，在更亲环境的行为之后，会有更多的暖光。此外，任务前的预期温暖光预测亲环境行为，行为努力在预期和体验温暖光之间的关系中起中介作用。总之，这些结果有力地证明了暖光和亲环境行为是相辅相成的。

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Warm glow and pro-environmental behavior: Supportive evidence from behavioral tasks

Climate change is a highly emotional issue. For example, many people experience negative emotions like climate anxiety and eco-depression. Recent work emphasizes that positive emotions also influence how individuals engage with sustainability and pro-environmental behavior. Behaving in an environmentally friendly way may elicit positive feelings (warm glow), which could drive a self-reinforcing positive feedback loop of great applied value. However, previous research has largely been limited to self-reported pro-environmental behavior, which can have low validity. Here, we investigated the relationship between warm glow and pro-environmental behavior using two consequential behavioral tasks. In Study 1 (n = 237), participants who made more pro-environmental decisions in the Carbon Emission Task experienced more warm glow. Pre-registered Studies 2a (n = 803), 2b (n = 953), and 3 (n = 849) used the tedious Work for Environmental Protection Task for a more severe test. Results again showed more warm glow after more pro-environmental behavior. In addition, anticipated warm glow before the task predicted pro-environmental behavior, and behavioral effort mediated the relationship between anticipated and experienced warm glow. Together, these results provide a strong demonstration that warm glow and pro-environmental behavior are mutually reinforcing.

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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