The value of environmental self-identity: The relationship between biospheric values, environmental self-identity and environmental preferences, intentions and behaviour

By E. van der Werff, L. Steg, K. Keizer. 2013

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Citations in the corpus

Preference and lifestyle heterogeneity among potential plug-in electric vehicle buyers (2015, background): “Proenvironmental self-concept or identity is closely related to the concept of biospheric values, which also predicts engagement in proenvironmental behavior (van der Werff et al., 2013).”
Where do biospheric values come from? A connectedness to nature perspective (2017, background): “Van der Werff, Steg, and Keizer (2013; 2014) replicated these findings in the environmental domain.”
Don't be satisfied, identify! Strengthening positive spillover by connecting pro-environmental behaviors to an “environmentalist” label (2016, methodology): “Similarly, labeling people “environmentalists” should directly strengthen their environmental self-identity, defined as the extent to which you view yourself as the kind of person who acts environmentally-friendly (van der Werff et al., 2013b).”
Follow the signal : When past pro-environmental actions signal who you are (2014, methodology): “These items were adapted from previous research and proved to be a valid measure (e.g., Fielding, McDonald, & Louis, 2008; Terry, Hogg, &White, 1999; Van der Werff et al., 2013, 2014).”
Values, Norms, and Intrinsic Motivation to Act Proenvironmentally (2016, background): “In this case, intrinsic motivation is likely to be obligation-based rather than enjoyment-based: Rather than engaging in specific behaviors because they are pleasurable as such, people feel obliged to follow their principles, norms, and values to engage in proenvironmental actions, and doing so elic”