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Thanks to all who graciously contributed ideas, references and suggestions to our earlier request for current research with environmental implications. As you can see, we have received quite a volume of responses.
As promised, here is a compilation of all suggestions, referemces, abstracts, etc. In an effort to facilitate follow-up requests, I've included the primary researcher's contact information where possible.
Thanks again to you all.
--Kelli Craig-Henderson
--Amber Story
Social Psychology program
National Science Foundation
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Cindy Frantz and Steve Mayer (both at Oberlin College) have a line of personality/social psych research on the human-natural environment interface.
Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M. (2004). The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals' feeling in community with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology 24 (2004) 503–515.
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David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics
Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
davidstodolsky@mac.com Skype: davidstodolsky
An overview would be (among others):
Moser, G. & Uzzell, D. (2003). Environmental psychology. in: Millon, T., & Lerner, M.J. (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 5: Personality and Social Psychology, New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp 419-445
Useful hints can be found in:
C. Spielberger (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, London: Elsevier
Sincerely
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Prof. Dr Gabriel Moser
Université Paris-Descartes / Paris-Descartes University
CNRS Laboratoire de Psychologie Environnementale UMR 8069
71 av; Edouard Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt France
tel. +33 (0)1 55 20 58 51 ; Fax: +33 (0)1 55 20 57 40
www.lpenv.org
http://www.iaps-association.org/
My colleague’s (Dr. Andreas Homburg) work is social psychological research focusing on environmental issues. Unfortunately, many of his publications are in German language. But the following are or will be published in English. Maybe they are interesting for you.
· Homburg, A. & Prose, F. (1997). Selected social psychological contributions to climate protection processes on the community level. In N. Russel, H. Byron, A. Dixon & J. Richardson (Eds.), Technology, the environment and us. Proceedings of the Sixth IRNES Conference (pp.159-164). London: Imperial College, Graduate School of the Environment
· Homburg, A., Stolberg, A. & Wagner, U. (under rev.). Coping with global environmental change.
· Homburg. A. & Stolberg, A. (2006). Explaining pro-environmental behavior with a cognitive theory of stress. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 26, 1-14.
Best regards
Hinna
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Hinna Wolf
Arbeitsgruppe Sozialpsychologie
Fachbereich Psychologie
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Gutenbergstraße 18
35037 Marburg/Lahn
Tel.: 06421-28-23625
Fax: 06421-28-23789
Email: hinna.wolf@staff.uni-marburg.de
http://www.sozialpsychologie-marburg.de
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there is plenty of social psychological work on this topic. Just as an example there is some research on the role of social norms in explaining pro-environmental behavior by individuals:
* The Cialdini group's work on norms and littering, e.g.,
Kallgren, C. A., Reno, R. R., & Cialdini, R. B. (2000). A focus theory of normative conduct: When norms do and do not affect behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 1002-1012.
* The work on excuses and justifications for the explanation of
environmentally harmful - non-normative - behaviour, e.g.,
Hunecke, M., Blöbaum, A., & Matthies, E. (2001). Responsibility and environment: Ecological norm orientation and external factors in the domain of travel mode choice behavior. ; Environment and Behavior, 33, 830-852.
Fritsche, I. (2005). Predicting deviant behavior by neutralization:
Myths and findings. Deviant Behavior, 26, 483-510.
* In this context, also Sebastian Bamberg's Research on the relationship between pro-environmental attitudes and respective behavior should be mentioned, e.g., Bamberg, S., Ajzen, I., & Schmidt, P. (2003). Choice of travel mode in the theory of planned behavior: The roles of past behavior, habit, and
reasoned action. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 25, 175-187.
What might also be an interesting kind of research is the work on identity and the environment, e.g., Clayton, S., & Opotow, S. (Eds.) (2003). Identity and the natural environment. The psychological significance of nature. Cambridge, MA:
MIT-Press.
Best,
Immo.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS’
POLICY AGENDAS: A STUDY OF POPULAR CONCERN ABOUT
GLOBALWARMING
JON A. KROSNICK1, ALLYSON L. HOLBROOK2, LAURA LOWE3
and PENNY S. VISSER4
1Departments of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University 432
McClatchy Hall, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
E-mail: krosnick@stanford.edu
2Departments of Public Administration and Psychology, Survey Research Laboratory, MC336,
University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 S Peoria St., Sixth Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
E-mail: allyson@uic.edu
3NFO Ad: Impact, 44 Montgomery St., Suite 2090, San Francisco, CA 94104
E-mail: LALOWE@nfor.com
4Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
E-mail: pvisser@uchicago.edu
Abstract. This article proposes and tests a model of the causes and consequences of Americans’
judgments of the national seriousness of global warming. The model proposes that seriousness judgments
about global warming are a function of beliefs about the existence of global warming, attitudes
toward it, the certainty with which these beliefs and attitudes are held, and beliefs about human responsibility
for causing global warming and people’s ability to remedy it. The model also proposes
that beliefs about whether global warming is a problem are a function of relevant personal experiences
(with the weather) and messages from informants (in this case, scientists), that attitudes toward
global warming are a function of particular perceived consequences of global warming, and that
certainty about these attitudes and beliefs is a function of knowledge and prior thought. Data from
two representative sample surveys offer support for all of these propositions, document effects of
national seriousness judgments on support for ameliorative efforts generally and specific ameliorative
policies, and thereby point to psychological mechanisms that may be responsible for institutional
Public Understand. Sci. 9 (2000) 239–260. Printed in the UK PII: S0963-6625(00)13976-1
The impact of the fall 1997 debate about global warming on
American public opinion
Jon A. Krosnick, Allyson L. Holbrook and Penny S. Visser
Although global warming has been the subject of some public discussion since the turn of the
20th Century, it was pushed into the national spotlight during the fall of 1997, when President
Bill Clinton’s administration instigated a campaign to build public support for the Kyoto treaty.
To examine the effect of this campaign and the debate it sparked, we conducted two national
surveys, one immediately before and the other immediately after the campaign. We addressed
three questions: (1) What were Americans’ beliefs and attitudes about global warming before the
debate? (2) Did the debate catch the public’s attention? and (3) Did the debate change people’s
beliefs and attitudes about global warming? We found that a majority of the American general
public and of the global warming “issue public” endorsed the views advocated by President Clinton
before the media campaign began. The debate did attract people’s attention and strengthened the
public’s beliefs and attitudes. The debate produced almost no changes in public opinion when the
nation’s population is lumped together. But beneath this apparently calm surface, strong Democrats
came to endorse the positions advocated by the Clinton administration, while strong Republicans
were less inclined to endorse the administration’s views.
Here are some references to articles on the social
psychology of (1) pro-environmental travel decisions;(2) water
conservation and (3) recycling. I hope you find them interesting.
Joireman, J., Van Lange, P., & Van Vugt, M (2004). Who cares about the
environment? Consideration of future consequences as determinant of
travel mode choice. Environment and Behavior, 36, 187-206
J.K. Lyas, P.J.Shaw & M. van Vugt (2004). Provision of feedback to
promote householders' use of a kerbside recycling scheme: a social
dilemma perspective. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management
30, 7-18.
Van Vugt, M. (2002). Central, individual or collective control? Social
dilemma strategies for natural resource management. American Behavioral
Scientist, 45, 783-800.
Van Vugt, M. (2001). Community identification moderating the impact of
financial incentives in a natural social dilemma' A water shortage .
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1440-1449.
Joireman, J. Van Lange, P., & Van Vugt, M., Wood, A., Leest, T., &
Lambert, C. (2001). Structural solutions to social dilemmas: A field
study on commuter's willingness to fund improvements in public transit.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 504-526.
Van Vugt, M. and Samuelson, C. D. (1999). The impact of metering in a
natural resource crisis: A social dilemma analysis. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 731-745.
Van Vugt, M., Van Lange, P. A. M., Meertens, R. M. and Joireman, J. A.
(1996). Why structural solutions to social dilemmas might fail: A field
experiment on the first carpool priority lane in Europe. Social
Psychology Quarterly, 59, 364-374.
Van Vugt, M., Meertens, R. M. and Van Lange, P. A. M. (1995). Car
versus public transportation? The role of social value orientations in
a real-life social dilemma. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25,
258-278.
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Mark Van Vugt
Professor of Social Psychology
Centre for the Study of Group Processes
Department of Psychology
University of Kent at Canterbury
CT2 7NP Canterbury, United Kingdom
+44(0)1227-827468/3961(secr)/7030(fax)
mvv@kent.ac.uk
http://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/department/people/van-vugtm/personal
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Nature is scary, disgusting, and uncomfortable.
by Robert D. Bixler and Myron F. Floyd
The relationships between fear expectancy, disgust sensitivity, desire for modern comforts,
preference for wildland and built environments and related activities were examined. Using
population of predominantly suburban and rural eighth-grade students (n = 450), all three
variables were found to be significantly related to preferences for wildland environments,
recreational activities, and vocational preferences. Those with high fear expectancy, disgust
sensitivity, and desire for modern comforts were more likely to prefer manicured park settings
and urban environments and to dislike wildland environments. They were also more likely
prefer indoor social recreation activities and express significantly less interest in future
working in outdoor environments. Finally, they were less likely to prefer appropriate water
for conducting an aquatic entomology lab. Studying negative perceptions may complement
existing environmental preference research, which has tended to focus on why people prefer
certain environments.
Environment and Behavior July 1997 v29 n4 p443(25)
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIALIZATION
Quantitative Tests of the Childhood Play
Hypothesis
ROBERT D. BIXLER is an assistant professor of park and protected area management
at Clemson University, with in interest in the development of environmental and
recreational preferences.
MYRON F. FLOYD is an associate professor at the University of Florida
Gainesville, with an interest in the role of race and ethnicity in recreation behavior.
WILLIAM E.HAMMITTis a professor of park and protected area management at
Clemson University, with an interest in recreation behavior and ecology.
ABSTRACT: Two studies with adolescent youth (N = 1,376, N = 450) help clarify the
relationship between childhood play experiences in wild environments and later environmental
preferences in the life domains of work, leisure, and school. Respondents
reporting having played in wild environments had more positive perceptions of natural
environments, outdoor recreation activities, and future indoor/outdoor occupational
environments. No significant differences were found for preferences for
environmental sciences activities conducted in schools. Results suggest that childhood
play in wildland environments is related to environmental competencies and
preferences but not necessarily an intellectual interest in environmental sciences or
environmentalism.
Comparative optimism for environmental risks
Sabine Pahla,_, P.R. Harrisb, Helen A. Toddb, D.R. Rutterc
aInstitut fuer Psychologie I, Lehrstuhl fuer Sozialpsychologie, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Bismarckstrasse 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
bCentre for research in Social Attitudes, Psychology Department, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TP, UK
cDepartment of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NP, UK
Available online 11 March 2005
Abstract
The present research tested whether people display comparative optimism for environmental risks and the link between
comparative optimism and pro-environmental activity. Study 1 found comparative optimism for water pollution, air pollution and
nuclear energy in normal conditions, but not when participants were asked to think about pollution arising from a hypothetical
accident. In Study 2, both environmental activists and nonactivists displayed comparative optimism for a list of 22 environmental
risks. However, comparative optimism was not associated with self-reported pro-environmental behaviour. Instead, absolute
perceived risk, ecological attitude and social value orientation were associated with behaviour. Furthermore, when controlling for
group membership, the effect of absolute risk disappeared. These findings are used to address ways in which pro-environmental
behaviour might be encouraged.
r 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserve
European Journal of Social Psychology
Eur. J. Soc. Psychol. (in press)
Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.372
How malleable is comparative self-positivity? The effects of
manipulating judgemental focus and accessibilityy
SABINE PAHL1*z AND J. RICHARD EISER2
1University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
2University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Abstract
The present research investigated accessibility effects on comparative self-positivity in the environmental
domain. In a pretest we established comparative self-positivity and a focus effect for
environmental awareness. In the main study we aimed at shifting these effects by manipulating the
accessibility of harmful behaviours of either the self or the typical student before obtaining
comparative judgements. Specifically, we used two types of accessibility manipulations: anchoring
and ease of retrieval. We predicted that judgements would be affected by content in the anchoring
paradigm but by subjective ease in the ease of retrieval paradigm. We found the predicted pattern of
effects, but it was strongest when participants focused on the typical student. The findings contribute to
our understanding of the mechanisms underlying comparative biases and may have applied implications.
Copyright # 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A good place to start is the following website:
http://www.conservationpsychology.org/resources/articles/
Not all of the articles are social psychological research, and it
certainly doesn't include all the relevant articles. But it's a good
resource.
Susan
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Susan Clayton
Professor of Psychology
The College of Wooster
930 College Mall
Wooster, OH 44691
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/sclayton
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm also attaching three articles. The first is a chapter from a recent book
titled "Applied Psychology: New Frontiers and Rewarding Careers" that
highlights some of the work done by social psychologists in the
environmental arena. The second is an article that's currently "in press" in
Psychological Science that examines the role of social norms in household
energy conservation. The third is a chapter that emerged from a NAS panel
on new strategies to promote conservation. Full references for these
chapters are appended below.
Some lines of inquiry:
1. Studies of social influence, designed to uncover basic processes involved
in persuasion, and also for the practical purpose of motivating
environmental behavior.
For a review, see Chapter 9 in my book on Social Psychology: An Applied
Perspective (Prentice-Hall, 2000).
2. Studies of attitudes about environmental issues. This would include
public opinion and psychometrics, social-psychological models about why
people develop the attitudes they do, implicit attitudes about environmental
issues, environmental attitudes and self concept, culture and environmental
attitudes, and research on the relationship between values, attitudes, and
behavior.
For a review, see Chapter 16 in my book on Attitudes and Opinions (2005,
Erlbaum). Attached.
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Wesley Schultz, Professor
Department of Psychology
California State University
San Marcos, CA 92069 USA
O: 760.750.8045; FAX:760.750.3418
www.csusm.edu/schultz
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References:
Oskamp, S., & Schultz, P. W. (2006). Using psychological science to achieve
ecological sustainability. In S. Donaldson, D. Berger, & K. Pezdek (Eds.),
Applied psychology: New frontiers and rewarding careers (pp. 81-106).
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Schultz, P. W. (2002). Knowledge, education, and household recycling:
Examining the knowledge-deficit model of behavior change. In T. Dietz & P.
Stern (Eds.), New tools for environmental protection (pp. 67-82). Washington
DC: National Academy of Sciences.
Schultz, P. W., & Oskamp, S. (2000). Social psychology: An applied
perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Zelezny, L., & Schultz, P. W. (2000). Promoting environmentalism. [Special
Issue]. Journal of Social Issues.
Oskamp, S., & Schultz, P. W. (2005). Attitudes and opinions (3rd ed.).
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Schultz, P. W., Nolan, J., Cialdini, R., Goldstein, N., & Griskevicius, V.
(in press). The constructive, destructive, and reconstructive power of
social norms. Psychological Science.
Division 34 (pop and environmental psychology of Am.Psych.Assoc.) and
edra (environmental design research association), most environmental
psychologists were trained as social psychologists. there's a lot of
literature -- you could look at the major textbook, lead author is paul
bell (i think the list of authors is "bell, fisher, baum and
somebody"). i believe the title is "environmental psychology"
i publish in both env behavior change (recycling, reducing use of toxic
products, increasing use of transit) and "urban design" (to understand
alternatives to sprawl growth).
here are selections from my vita - i **'d my favorites. i'm currently
finishing up an expanded version of werner, byerly and sansone (2004).
i can send pdf's of any if you're interested.
Gillilan, S., Werner, C. M., Olson, L., & Adams, D. (1996). Teaching
the concept of PREcycling: A campaign and evaluation. Journal of
Environmental Education, 28, 11-18.
Werner, C. M., Turner, J., Shipman, K., Twitchell, S. F., Dickson, B.
R., Bruschke, G. V., & von Bismarck, W. B. (1996). Commitment,
behavior, and attitude change: An analysis of voluntary recycling.
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15, 197-208.
Werner, C. M., Brown, B. B., & Altman, I. (1997). Environmental
psychology. In J. W. Berry, M. H. Segall, & C. Kagitcibasi (Eds.),
Handbook of cross-cultural psychology: Volume 3. Social behavior and
applications, (2nd ed., pp. 255-290). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and
Bacon.
**Werner, C. M., & Makela, E. (1998). Motivations and behaviors that
support recycling. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 373-386.
Werner, C. M., Rhodes, M. U., & Partain, K. K. (1998). Designing
effective instructional signs with schema theory: Case studies of
polystyrene recycling. Environment and Behavior, 30, 709-735.
Werner, C. M. (1999). Psychological perspectives on sustainability.
In E. Becker & T. Jahn (Eds.) Sustainability and the social sciences: A
cross-disciplinary approach to integrating environmental considerations
into theoretical reorientation (pp. 223-242). London, England: ZED
books.
Werner, C. M. (1999). Changing environmental behaviors. In W. Hacker
& M. Rinck (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Congress of the German
Psychological Association (pp. 144-153). Lengerich, Berlin: Pabst
Science Publishers.
Werner, C. M., & Altman, I. (2000). Humans and nature: Insights from
a transactional view. In S. Wapner, J. Demick, T. Yamamoto, & H.
Minami (Eds.) Theoretical perspectives in environment-behavior
research: Underlying assumptions, research problems, and methodologies
(pp. 21-37). New York: Plenum Press.
**Werner, C. M., & Adams, D. (2001). Changing homeowners’ behaviors
involving toxic household chemicals: A psychological, multilevel
approach. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 1, 1-31. [Also
available at www.spssi.org].
**Werner, C. M., Stoll, R., Birch, P., & White, P. H. (2002).
Clinical validation and cognitive elaboration: Signs that encourage
sustained recycling. Basic and Applied Psychology, 24, 185-203.
**Werner, C. M. (2003). Changing homeowners’ use of toxic household
products: A transactional approach. Journal of Environmental
Psychology, 23, 33-45.
**Brown, B. B., Werner, C. M. & Kim, N. (2003, August). Personal and
contextual factors supporting the switch to transit use: Evaluating a
natural transit intervention. Analyses of Social Issues and Public
Policy, 3(1), 139-160.
Werner, C. M., Byerly, S., White, P. H., & Kieffer, M. (2004).
Validation, persuasion and recycling: Capitalizing on the social
ecology of newspaper use. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 26,
183-198.
**Werner, C. M., Byerly, S., & Sansone, C. (2004). Changing
intentions to use toxic household products through guided group
discussion. In B. Martens & A. Keul (Eds.), Special Issue 18th IAPS
Conference. Evaluating for Innovation: Social Design of Sustainable
Places [Special Issue]. Revista psihologie aplicata, 6(3-4), (Journal
of Applied Psychology),147-156. Editura Universitatii de Vest: Vienne.
Clayton, S., & Opotow, S. (2003). Identity and the natural environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT press
Brown, B., Werner, C.M., & Kim, N.(2003). Personal and contextual
supports to change to transit use: Evaluating a natural transit
intervention. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy,3, 139-160.
Gardner, G., & Stern, P. Environmental problems and human behavior,
2002, Pearson,(ISBN: 0-536-68633-5). (Paul Stern is with the
National Research Council.)
The book is relatively comprehensive, and reviews a great deal of
published research in several disciplines. However, there is a fairly
large amount of social-psychological research discussed in Chapter 6,
and a lesser amount in Chapters 4, 5, and 7. Paul and I hope you find
the material usefu.
KIRK WARREN BROWN and TIM KASSER
ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL
WELL-BEING COMPATIBLE? THE ROLE OF VALUES,
MINDFULNESS, AND LIFESTYLE
(Accepted 20 December 2004)
ABSTRACT. Happiness and ecological well-being are often portrayed as conflictual
pursuits, but they may actually be complementary. In samples of adolescents
(Study 1) and adults (Study 2), we tested this proposition and examined
the role of three factors in promoting both subjective well-being (SWB)
ecologically responsible behavior (ERB). In both studies, individuals higher
SWB reported more ERB. An intrinsic value orientation (Studies 1 and 2)
dispositional mindfulness (Study 2) related to higher SWB and ERB, while
lifestyle of voluntary simplicity (Study 2) related to higher ERB. Further analyses
showed that the compatibility of SWB and ERB was explained by intrinsic values
and mindfulness. These findings offer clues to a sustainable way of life
enhances both personal and collective well-being.
INTRODUCTION
Social Indicators Research (2005) 74: 349–368 _ Springer 2005
DOI 10.1007/s11205-004-8207-8
The Clayton & Brook (2005) article reviews some previous research on the social psychology of environmental issues and presents a model attempting to integrate this work; the Saunders, Brook, & Myers (2006) article presents an overview of “Conservation Psychology” (including both social and other psychological approaches) for conservation biologists and practitioners; Brook (2005, my dissertation) and Crocker, Brook, Niiya, & Villacorta (in press, Journal of Personality) explore the effects of contingent self-worth on self-regulation of behavior, including environmental conservation behavior (Brook, 2005, Study 4; a manuscript including this and another study is currently in preparation to submit for publication); Brook, Zint, & DeYoung (2003) and Opotow & Brook (2003) explore the behavioral consequences of intergroup conflict over environmental issues.
Many relevant articles on the social psychology of environmental issues are included in this list: http://www.conservationpsychology.org/resources/articles/. I'd also suggest looking at Jon Krosnick and colleagues' recent work on the social psychology of climate change.
In addition, this new website (http://www.teachgreenpsych.com/) provides resources for teaching the psychology of environmental issues, including syllabi (http://www.teachgreenpsych.com/tg_syllabi.html) with many pertinent references.
Amara Brook, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Psychology Department
Santa Clara University
The Pursuit of Self-Esteem:
Contingencies of Self-Worth and Self-Regulation
Jennifer Crocker, Amara T. Brook, Yu Niiya, and Mark Villacorta
University of Michigan
In Press, Journal of Personality
Abstract
Successful self-regulation is defined as the willingness to exert effort toward one’s most important goals, while taking setbacks and failures as opportunities to learn, identify weaknesses and address them, and develop new strategies toward achieving those goals. Contingencies of self-worth can facilitate self-regulation, because people are highly motivated to succeed and avoid failure in domains of contingency. However, because boosts in self-esteem are pleasurable and drops in self-esteem are painful, protection, maintenance, and enhancement of self-esteem can become the overriding goal. Several pitfalls for self-regulation can result, especially when tasks are difficult and failure is likely. In this article, we describe a program of research examining these self-regulation pitfalls associated with contingent self-worth, and suggest that learning orientations, particularly the willingness to embrace failure for the learning it affords, foster successful self-regulation even in people with highly contingent self-esteem.
Using Psychology to Save Biodiversity and Human
Well-Being
CAROL D. SAUNDERS,∗ AMARA T. BROOK,† AND OLIN EUGENE MYERS JR.‡
∗Department of Conservation Psychology, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL 60513, U.S.A.,
email casaunde@brookfieldzoo.org
†Psychology Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, U.S.A.
‡Department of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, U.S.A.
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005, pp. 87--102
Can Psychology Help Save the World? A Model
for Conservation Psychology
Susan Clayton∗
The College of Wooster
Amara Brook
The University of Michigan
Conservation psychology is defined as psychological research oriented toward
understanding why people help or hurt the natural environment and promoting
environmentally sustainable practices (Saunders, 2003). Despite a growing body
of research, the field is largely unfamiliar to many psychologists and to those
working in the environmental field. Here we make a case for the importance
of conservation psychology and describe a model for the social psychology of
conservation behavior that focuses on situational context, existing schemas, and
personal motives. We hope this model will be useful for policymakers and will
prompt new psychological research on the topic of conservation.
There are, of course, literally hundreds of studies of social influences
on environmental issues. To keep it simple, one could look at several
chapters in my textbook http://www.optimalenvironments.com/optimalbooks.htm
or Stern and Gardner's book called Environmental Problems and Human Behavior
or at the January 2007 special issues of the Journal of Social Issues (forthcoming),
and five previous special issues in that journal:
The Journal of Social Issues devoted five earlier issues to environmental problems, viz. in 1981
to “Energy conservation” (vol. 37, no. 2), in 1989 to “Managing the environment” (vol. 45, no. 1), in
1994 to ”Green justice: Conceptions of fairness and the natural world” (vol. 50, no. 3), in 1995 to
“Psychology and the promotion of a sustainable future” (vol. 51, no 4), and in 2000 to “Promoting
environmentalism” (vol. 56, no. 3). Oskamp (2000) pleaded for social-science support of
sustainable development, referring to the “threat of population growth”, the “trap of overconsumption”,
and the “tragedy of underconservation”. In the Annual Review of Psychology, Stern (1992) defined a
clear position for psychology in research on global change, mitigation and adaptation. The American
Psychologist (May 2000) carried a special section on “Psychology and sustainable development”. In a
recent special of Umweltpsychologie (2006, 1), several authors put forward sustainable development as a
new challenge for psychology, while indicating distinct lines of relevant research.
Robert Gifford
Of course, I agree with Jerry Gardner’s suggestion that you look at our textbook, which provides a good entrée into this literature. But I have to ask about your question, too. One can apply social psychological theory and method to environmental problems, and I have been doing this for many years, but if the interest is in the problems, I think it is a mistake to privilege a certain subdiscipline. Social psychology is a good source of ideas for examining individual attitudes and behavior, but even for that part of the environmental problematique, it is not the only useful source of insight. There is a continuing stream of relevant research by social psychologists--much of the best of it from Europe these days.
If I had a better understanding of what you are looking for and why, I would be glad to offer additional ideas. There is quite a body of potentially relevant work, including a number of publications of a group I work with at the National Research Council, the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change. Of these, I particularly note:
Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions (1992)
Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions (1997)
New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures (2002)
The Drama of the Commons (2002)
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Associate Professor
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P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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The Journal of Social Issues, published by Blackwell and sponsored by
the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) is a
source for such work. Each issue of the journal is devoted to a specific
social issue. The Fall 2000 issue focused on promoting environmentalism.
You can see the table of contents here:
http://www.spssi.org/fall2000.htm The first issue of 2007 will be on
environmental sustainability.
Journal of Social Issues, 2007, no. 1
HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Draft Table of contents (Oct. 2006)
Issue editors: Charles Vlek and Linda Steg
University of Groningen Department of Psychology, Grote Kruisstraat 2/I, 9712 TS The Netherlands
phone +31 50 363 6443/6482, fax: +31 50 363 4581/6304, c.a.j.vlek@rug.nl, e.m.steg@rug.nl
DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Human behavior and environmental sustainability: Problems, driving forces and research themes (Charles Vlek, Linda Steg)
Environmental risk, stress and annoyance
2. Judgmental discounting and environmental risk perception: Dimensional similarities, domain differences and implications for sustainability (Laurie Hendrickx, Alexander Gattig)
3. Annoyance caused by environmental noise: Elements for evidence-based noise policies (Henk Miedema)
Evaluation of urban environment and nature experiences
4. Inhabitants’ and experts’ assessments of environmental quality for urban sustainability (Mirilia Bonnes, David Uzzell, Giuseppe Carrus, Tanika Kelay)
5. Preference for nature in urbanized societies: Stress, restoration, and the pursuit of sustainability (Agnes Van den Berg, Terry Hartig, Henk Staats)
Behavioral processes and determinants
6. Simulating human behavior for understanding and managing environmental resource use (Wander Jager, Hans-Joachim Mosler)
7. Normative, gain and hedonic goal-frames guiding environmental behavior (Siegwart Lindenberg, Linda Steg)
Environmental behavior change and technology
8. Travel demand management targeting reduced private car use: Effectiveness, public acceptability and political feasibility (Tommy Gärling, Geertje Schuitema)
9. Technology's four roles in understanding individuals' conservation of natural resources (Cees Midden, Florian Kaiser, Teddy McCalley)
Multidisciplinary research and the future of environmental psychology
10. Practice and outcomes of multidisciplinary research for environmental sustainability (Anton J.M. Schoot Uiterkamp and Charles Vlek)
11. Environmental psychology and sustainable development: Expansion, maturation and challenges (Robert Gifford)
Social-Environmental Research Reports
Richard Katzev, Ph.D.
Public Policy Research
www.publicpolicyresearch.net
Katzev, R., Cooper, L. and Fisher, P. The effect of feedback and social reinforcement on residential electricity consumption. Journal of Environmental Systems, 1981, 10, 215-227.
Bachman, W. and Katzev, R. The effects of non-contingent free bus tickets and commitment on urban bus ridership. Transportation Research, 1982, 16A, 103-108.
Katzev, R. and Johnson, T. A social psychological analysis of residential electricity consumption: The impact of minimal justification techniques. Journal of Economic Psychology, Should make certain this reference is not divided between pages1983, 3, 267-284. Reprinted in P. Ester, G. Gaskell, B. Joerges, G. Midden, F. van Raaij and T. Vries. Consumer Behavior and Energy Policy. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1984.
Pardini, A. and Katzev, R. The effect of strength of commitment on newspaper recycling. Journal of Environmental Systems, 1983-84, 13, 245-254.
Katzev, R. and Averill, A. The effect of knowledge of the bystander intervention phenomenon on subsequent helping behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 1984, 123, 223-230.
Katzev, R. and Johnson, T. Comparing the effectiveness of monetary incentives and the foot-in-the-door technique on residential energy conservation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1984, 14, 12-27.
Katzev, R. and Johnson, T. Promoting Energy Conservation: An Analysis of Behavioral Research. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1987.
Katzev, R. The impact of commitment in promoting consumer energy conservation. In E. Monnier, G. Gaskell, P. Ester, B. Joerges, B. Lapillonne, C. Midden & L. Puiseux. Consumer Behavior and Energy Policy: An International Perspective. New York: Praeger, 1986.
Katzev, R. & Pardini, A. The impact of commitment and token reinforcement procedures in promoting and maintaining recycling behavior. Journal of Environmental Systems, 1987-88, 17, 93-113.
Katzev, R. & Wang, T. Group commitment and resource conservation: Two field experiments on promoting recycling. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1990, 20, 265-275.
Komor, P. & Katzev, R. Behavioral determinants of energy use in small commercial buildings: Implications for energy efficiency. Energy Systems and Policy, 1990. 12, 233-242.
Katzev, R. The impact of energy efficient office lighting systems on satisfaction and productivity. Environment & Behavior, 1992, 24, 778-797.
Katzev, R. The reactions of household residents to low flow shower heads. Journal of Environmental Systems, 1991-92, 21, 157-156.
Katzev, R. & Messer, B. Determinants of participation in multi-family recycling programs. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1993, 23, 374-385.
Katzev, T. & Wang, T. Can commitment change behavior?: Case study of environmental actions. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 1994, 9, 13-26.
Katzev, R. & Wagner, C. Car sharing: More mobility, preservation of the environment, and savings in your pocket. The Urban Transportation Monitor, April 26, 1996.
Katzev, R. & Wagner, C. Car sharing takes off in Europe. Urban Ecologist, 1996, Number 3, 13.
Katzev, R. Car sharing: Breaking out of the transportation trap. World Transport Policy and Practice, 1998, 3, No 4.
Katzev, R. The adoption of car sharing in Portland, Oregon: Case study of the diffusion process. World Transport Policy and Practice, 1999, 5, Number 3, 41-46.
Katzev, R, Brook, D. & Nice, M. The Effects of Car Sharing on Travel Behavior: Analysis During CarSharing Portland's First Year. World Transport Policy & Practice, 2001, 6, Number 3, 22-28.
Katzev, R. (2003). Car sharing: A new approach to urban transportation problems. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy. Vol. 3, Issue 1, 65-86. http://www.asap-spssi.org/vol3i1a.htm
Dietz, Thomas, Amy Fitzgerald, and Rachel Shwom. 2005. "Environmental Values." Annual Review of Environment and Resources 30:335-372.
Stern, Paul C. 2000. "Toward a Coherent Theory of Environmentally Significant Behavior." Journal of Social Issues 56:407-242.
and various contributions in:
Dietz, Thomas and Paul C Stern. 2002. "New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information and Voluntary Measures." Washington, D.C: National Academy Press.
and
Brewer, Garry D and Paul C Stern. 2005. "Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities." Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
If you are interested in this in a programmatic way, the Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change at the NRC has done a number of reports touching on the issue and is the leading body of senior environmental social scientists.
Tom Dietz, Professor of Sociology and Crop and Soil Sciences
Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program
environment.msu.edu
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By Ehor Boyanowsky, Ph.D:
Aggression in the heat of passion and in cold blood: The Ecs-
TC Syndrome. Int'l J of Law and Psychiatry, 22 (3-4) 257-271, 1999
Cutting a deal with Attila: Confrontation, capitulation and resolution in environmental conflict published in J A Wainwright (ed) Every Grain of Sand, Wilfred Laurier Press, 2005.
Ebenbach, D. H., & Moore, C. F. (2000). Judgments and the environment: Incomplete information, inferences, and individual differences. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 81, 1-27.
Kortenkamp, K. V., & Moore, C. F. (2001). Eco-centrism and anthropocentrism: Moral reasoning about ecological commons dilemmas. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 21, 261-272.
Rauwald, K. S., & Moore, C. F. (2002) Environmental attitudes as predictors of policy support across three cultures. Environment and Behavior, 34, 709-739.
Moore, C. F. (2003). Silent scourge: Children, pollution, and why scientists disagree. New York: Oxford University Press.
Dilworth-Bart, J.E. & Moore, C.F. (2006). Mercy mercy me: Social injustices and the prevention of environmental pollutant exposures among ethnic minority and poor children. Child Development, 77, 247-265.
Kortenkamp, K.V. & Moore, C.F. (2006). Time, uncertainty, and individual differences in decisions to cooperate in resource dilemmas. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 603-615
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http://www.silentscourge.com/Children_and_Pollution.html
Colleen F. Moore, Professor
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
Psychology Department
1202 W. Johnson St.
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
608 263-4868 (work) 608 249-7511 (home)
cfmoore@wisc.edu
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In response to your request for published research related to social psychology and the environment, here are some articles from the past decade. In addition, we have a manuscript forthcoming from an EPA-funded project in which we examined an economic model and the Theory of Planned Behavior as predictors of parents' decisions about mitigating environmental risks to infants. Specifically, we asked parents about the relative weights of health risks and economic costs of mitigating the risk related to nitrates in drinking water, which can cause "blue baby syndrome" and neurological damage in infants under one year old. We also asked about their knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, perceived control, and perceived social norms (the components of the Theory of Planned Behavior) related to the problem. The economic model accounted for 13% of the variance in mitigation decisions, and the TPB elements explained an additional 10%.
Paul Bell, Professor
Department of Psychology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876
paul.bell@colostate.edu
970.491.7215
Mace, B. L., Bell, P. A., Loomis, R. J, & Haas, G. E. (2003). Source attribution of helicopter noise in pristine national park landscapes. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 21(3), 97-119.
Mace, B. L., Bell, P. A., & Loomis, R. J. (2004). Visibility and natural quiet in national parks and wilderness areas: Psychological considerations. Environment and Behavior, 36, 5-31.
Brown, T. C., Peterson, G. L., Brodersen, R. M., Ford, V., & Bell, P. A. (2005). The judged seriousness of an environmental loss is a matter of what caused it. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 13-21.
Clarke, A., Bell, P. A., & Peterson, G. L. (1999). The influence of attitude priming and social responsibility on the valuation of environmental public goods using paired comparisons. Environment and Behavior, 31, 838-857.
Asmus, C. L., & Bell, P. A. (1999). Effects of environmental odor and coping style on negative affect, anger, arousal, and escape. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 245-260.
Mace, B. L., Bell, P. A., & Loomis, R. J. (1999). Aesthetic, affective, and cognitive effects of noise on natural landscape assessment. Society & Natural Resources, 12, 225-242.
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Here's a miscelaneous list of published articles/chapters that may be of
interest to you. They are not exclusively social psychological but contain
relevant features. Some are empirical, others are theoretical in nature.
Hines, J.M., Hungerford, H.R., & Tomera, A.N. (1986). Analysis and
synthesis of research on responsible environmental behavior: A
meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 18, 1-8.
Hoogland, C.T., de Boer, J, & Boersema, J.J. (2005). Transparency of the
meat chain in the light of food culture and history. Appetite, 45, 15-23.
Kollmuss, A., & Agyeman, J. (2002). Mind the gap: Why do people act
environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?
Environmental Education Research, 8, 239-260.
Moscardo, G., & Pearce, P.L. (1986). Visitor centres and environmental
interpretation: An exploration of the relationships among visitor enjoyment,
understanding and mindfulness. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 6,
89-108.
Rosenberg, E.L. (2004). Mindfulness and consumerism. In T. Kasser and A.D.
Kanner, Psychology and Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a
Materialistic World. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Schultz, P.W., & Zelezny, L. (2003). Reframing environmental messages to be
congruent with American values. Human Ecology Review, 10, 2003.
Sia, A.P., Hungerford, H.R.,, & Tomera, A.N. (1985). Selected predictors of
responsible environmental behavior: An analysis. Journal of Environmental
Education, 17, 31-40.
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