The Effect of Empathy in Proenvironmental Attitudes and Behaviors

By J. Berenguer. 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Marketing

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Saving Mr. Nature: Anthropomorphism enhances connectedness to and protectiveness toward nature (2013, background): “Similarly, when people take the perspective of animals being harmed and consider their emotional experiences, they become more concerned about them (e.g., Berenguer, 2007; Schultz, 2000).”
Growing Up Green : Becoming an Agent of Care for the Natural World (2009, background): “…the intention to engage with nature or protect it is predicted by measures of emotional and cognitive connection: empathy for other living things (Berenguer, 2007), emotional affinity with nature (Kals, Schumacher, & Montada, 1999), ecocentric perspective-taking (Schultz, 2000), and a sense of…”
Warm glow vs. altruistic values: How important is intrinsic emotional reward in proenvironmental behavior? (2017, background): “A stream of empirical evidence has supported altruistic values specifically as an antecedent of proenvironmental behavior (Bamberg, 2003; Berenguer, 2007; Stern & Dietz, 1994).”
Empathy, place and identity interactions for sustainability (2019, background): “Enhancing empathy is often portrayed as a means to acknowledge otherness and transcend difference across social and spatial boundaries by creating mutual identities (Schultz, 2000; Berenguer 2007; Czap et al., 2012; Pahl and Bauer, 2013).”
Feelings for the Suffering of Others and the Environment (2016, background): “So far, research has shown that specific compassion for the environment fosters proenvironmental tendencies (e.g., Berenguer, 2007, 2010; Tam, 2013).”
Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions (2015, background): “Although these investigators used scales that assess feelings of empathy towards humans, the results suggest that empathic concern can also be felt toward the environment, hence motivating people to protect it (Berenguer, 2007; 2010).”
Empathy for Animals: A Review of the Existing Literature (2018, background): “Furthermore, research by Schultz (2000) and later replicated by Berenguer (2007) found that participants prompted to take the perspective of an animal, or empathize with it, experienced increased biocentric concern and increased commitment to take conservation action on behalf of the animal.”
Impact of Garden-Based Learning on Academic Outcomes in Schools (2013, neutral): “…Hendren, 1998; O’Brien & Shoemaker, 2006; Robinson & Zajicek, 2005; Sheffield, 1992; Simone, 2003); (b) positive environmental attitude and empathy (Berenguer, 2007; Dirks & Orvis, 2005; Skelly & Zajicek, 1998; Waliczek & Zajicek, 1999); (c) increased food literacy and healthy eating habits…”
Overcoming the Distance (2013, background): “Finally, Berenguer (2007) compared objective with perspective-taking instructions for either a dead bird or cut-down trees.”
Experiencing Nature: Embodying Animals in Immersive Virtual Environments Increases Inclusion of Nature in Self and Involvement With Nature (2016, background): “For instance, several studies have asked participants to take the perspective of a bird in an oil spill to induce proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors (Berenguer, 2007; Schultz, 2000; Sevillano, Aragones, & Schultz, 2007).”
Comparative Study Between the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Value–Belief–Norm Model Regarding the Environment, on Spanish Housewives' Recycling Behavior (2012, background): “The idea that moral aspects are closely related to environmental behavior has frequently been applied in environmental behavior studies (Berenguer, 2007; García-Mira & Real- Deus, 2001).”
The Effect of Empathy in Environmental Moral Reasoning (2010, methodology): “Apart from the research already mentioned, other works based on the altruistic approach (Berenguer, 2007; Shelton & Rogers, 1981; Schultz, 2000) have also emerged as extremely useful in explaining environmental behaviors and attitudes using the model of altruistic and prosocial behavior (Batson,…”