Cooperation and Competition Impact Environmental Action: An Experimental Study in Social Dilemmas

Curtin, Daniel; Jia, Fanli

doi:10.3390/su12031249

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“…In fact, generative concern in relation to environmental issues was first conceptualized as an intrinsic meaning to preserve the natural environment for future generations [ 17 , 18 ]. Several recent studies have found that environmental activists tended to express generativity and cooperativeness as an intrinsic motive to act pro-environmentally in comparison to non-environmental activists [ 12 , 19 ]. Individuals who were experimentally primed to be generative were more likely to donate and donated more of their earnings to an environmental agency as compared to people in the control group [ 20 ].…”

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Meaning in Life Mediates the Association between Environmental Engagement and Loneliness

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Matsuba

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Although the positive outcomes of human–environment interactions have been established, research examining the motivation between engagement in pro-environmental activities and psychological well-being is limited. In this mixed-methods study, the relationship between pro-environmental engagement, meaning in life, and well-being, including loneliness and depression, were investigated in a sample of 112 young adults in Canada. It was found that engaging in pro-environmental activities was negatively associated with loneliness. This association was mediated by meaning in life (e.g., an intrinsic motive of caring for future generations). In addition, qualitative analyses explored how engaging in pro-environmental activities has a meaningful impact on meaning in life, and on well-being. A thematic analysis generated three unique themes: (1) responsibility to teach the next generation about the environment, (2) deep appreciation for and connection to nature, and (3) renewed agency through self-directed learning. Overall, findings suggest that meaning in life is a core motive that underlies the association between environmental engagement and loneliness. The present study enriched the relationship between pro-environmentalism and well-being with a mixed-methods perspective.

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Meaning in Life Mediates the Association between Environmental Engagement and Loneliness

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“…Neaman, Otto, and Vinokur [ 10 ] further demonstrated that prosocial and pro-environmental behaviors are the “two facets of a broader trait”, which, in turn, strengthen the environmental educational programs. Other studies also found a similar pattern between prosocial orientation and specific environmental decision-making such as commuting behaviors [ 11 ], environmental political behaviors [ 12 ], and daily participatory environmental actions [ 13 ].…”

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“…They found no difference between the experimental condition and the control condition regarding participants’ behavioral choices. Similar, Curtin and Jia [ 13 ] primed participants using autobiographical memories, but they did not find the group differences on self-reported pro-environmental actions. These studies suggest that priming social value orientations cannot influence people’s conservational behaviors due to a methodological issue (e.g., priming).…”

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“…The college sample may have a ceiling effect on the leadership PEIs. It is possible for leadership activities to require a high level of time commitment and involvement, which may be derived in the future as a result of personal interest in environmental issues [ 13 ]. Further research should investigate how different environmental actions are developed and socialized [ 33 , 34 , 35 ].…”

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“…Very few studies have explored the relationships between social value orientation and different aspects of environmentalism. In one recent study, Curtin and Jia [ 13 ] asked participants to write personal cooperative and competitive autobiographical memories before answering environmental questionnaires. They found that the participants who were primed with cooperative autobiographical memories scored higher in participatory environmental actions than people who were in the competitive priming group.…”

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Revisiting Social Value Orientations and Environmental Attitude–Identity–Intention in Decomposed Games

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Past research has identified social value orientation (e.g., prosocial vs. proself) as possible underlying facilitators of pro-environmental intentions. However, recent studies have failed to draw a causal relationship using an experimental design such as priming. The current study attempted to address this issue by revisiting the relationship using a decomposed game. In addition, the current study extended the relationship between social value orientation and different aspects of pro-environmentalism (e.g., environmental attitude, identity, and self-reported pro-environmental intention). The “Attitude–Identity–Intention” path was explored in prosocial and proself groups. One hundred and fifty participants completed the decomposed game (prosocial and proself value orientations) and their respective environmental attitude, identity, and self-reported pro-environmental intentions (PEIs) were compared. We found that prosocial participants had higher levels of environmental identity, attitude, and self-reported participatory PEIs than proself participants, but not on the leadership PEIs. In addition, environmental identity mediated the relationship between environmental attitude and self-reported PEIs. This mediation only existed among the prosocial participants. The results suggest that the decomposed game is still a valid measure in social value orientation and the relationship can be extended to different aspects of environmentalism.

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Exploring the influence of human values on perceptions of immigration: an experimental approach

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2024

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Researchers have explored human values can effectively induce changes in attitudes and behaviors toward immigrants. This study compared the impact of different human values (self-transcendence and self-enhancement) on individuals' perceptions toward immigrants. A total of 250 participants were included in the study. Each participant was randomly assigned to one of the following conditions: control condition, priming condition on universalism, benevolence, power, or achievement. All participants completed a Scrambled Sentences Task to prime the value saliency, a Short Schwartz’s Value Survey for the manipulation check, and a questionnaire assessing their perceptions of threat toward immigrants. One-way ANOVAs were conducted between each value priming condition (achievement, benevolence, power, and universalism) and the control condition, along with planned contrasts. The results did not reveal any statistically significant differences between the conditions across the composite scale and subscales (realistic and symbolic threat). Post Hoc tests indicated that individuals who identified as White were more likely to perceive immigrants as threats compared to Blacks and Hispanics, suggesting racial and ethnic background differences in perception. Across all groups, negative correlations were found between threat perceptions and self-transcendent values, while positive correlations were found between threat perceptions and self-enhancement values. Although experimental evidence using Scrambled Sentences Tak for priming human values was not found, the study supports the correlational associations between human values and attitude toward immigrants.

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Cooperation and Competition Impact Environmental Action: An Experimental Study in Social Dilemmas

Cited by 10 publications

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Meaning in Life Mediates the Association between Environmental Engagement and Loneliness

Meaning in Life Mediates the Association between Environmental Engagement and Loneliness

Revisiting Social Value Orientations and Environmental Attitude–Identity–Intention in Decomposed Games

Exploring the influence of human values on perceptions of immigration: an experimental approach

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