It is a moral issue: The relationship between environmental self-identity, obligation-based intrinsic motivation and pro-environmental behaviour

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

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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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).”
Feel good, stay green: Positive affect promotes pro-environmental behaviors and mitigates compensatory “mental bookkeeping” effects (2018, unknown): “…self-identity was measured using three items ( “ Acting environmentally-friendly is an important part of who I am ” , “ I am the type of person who acts environmentally-friendly ” , “ I see myself as an environmentally-friendly person ” ) developed by Van der Werff, Steg, and Keizer (2013).”
The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda (2020, background): “Furthermore, moral integrity also has been discussed as crucial to put those values into practice during situations of conflicting interests (Van der Werff et al. 2013).”
Home and away: cross-contextual consistency in tourists’ pro-environmental behavior (2020, methodology): “For example, Van der Werff et al. (2013) found that people who were reminded of their previous PEBs (strengthening their sense of pro-environmental identity) tended to make more pro-environmental choices than people reminded of non PEBs.”
Effects of Monetary Versus Environmental Information Framing: Implications for Long-Term Pro-Environmental Behavior and Intrinsic Motivation (2018, unknown): “…integration of pro-environmental motivation into one’s lifestyle: the performance of more difficult behaviors (e.g., Green-Demers et al., 1997; Séguin et al., 1998) and the promotion of further pro-environmental behavior in other domains (e.g., Pelletier et al., 1998; van der Werff et al., 2013).”
Values, Norms, and Intrinsic Motivation to Act Proenvironmentally (2016, background): “More specifically, people who strongly endorse biospheric values are more likely to see themselves as people who act proenvironmentally (57, 58).”