Does personality mediate the relationship between sex and environmentalism?

Desrochers, Jessica; Albert, Graham; Milfont, Taciano L.; Kelly, Benjamin; Arnocky, Steven

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.04.026

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“…Finally as we did not find an overall gender difference, the results suggest that public policymakers should target both men and women with their sustainability efforts. This finding builds on the work done by Desochers et al (2019) by extending it to a seniorspecific sample in the USA.…”

Section: Theoretical and Public Policy Implicationssupporting

confidence: 68%

“…Specifically, research suggests that females are more concerned about the environment (Carlsson-Kanyama et al 2010;Xiao and McCright 2015;Zelezny et al 2000), are more likely to hold sustainable attitudes (Dietz et al 2002;Luchs and Mooradian 2012;McCright 2010), and are more likely to participate in pro-environmental behaviours (Luchs and Mooradian 2012;Zelezny et al 2000) and that these relationships occur crossnationally (Riley et al 2012). Others, however, suggest that "perhaps personality mediates the effect of gender on sustainable consumer behaviour" in explaining gender differences in sustainability (Desochers et al 2019;Gifford and Nilsson 2014, p. 147).…”

Section: Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…138). By using a national sample comprised of American seniors, our research builds on the research on personality and seniors' sustainability done by Gordon-Wilson and Modi (2015), and the work of Desochers et al (2019), and Luchs and Mooradian (2012) through further examination of the impact of gender and personality on sustainable behaviour (SB). Due to the literature containing inconsistent findings with demographic variables impacting on sustainability (Diamantopoulos et al 2003), we consider future time perspective (FTP) by addressing seniors who think about and plan for the future.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Impact of Future Time Perspective and Personality on the Sustainable Behaviours of Seniors

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This study examined a national sample of American seniors to determine the influence of future time perspective (FTP) and personality traits on their sustainable behaviours. Based on a sample of 520 seniors, the study found a significant positive relationship between FTP and sustainable behaviours. FTP fully mediates the impact of the conscientiousness personality trait on sustainable behaviours and partially mediates the impact of the openness and agreeableness personality traits on seniors' sustainable behaviours. The results contribute to the extant literature by explaining that the three personality traits influence sustainable behaviours through seniors' future time perspective. The results suggested the need for policy to focus on seniors' future time perspective and to prioritise more conscientious, open, and agreeable personality traits when encouraging American seniors to adopt sustainable behaviours.

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“…The present contribution focuses only on results and measures related to Research Question 1. (Desrochers et al, 2019). These coefficients are a) likely due to a strong heterogeneity of the items that carry information about several sub-facets of the personality dimensions and must b) be interpreted alongside a strong retest-reliability (> .70 over a two-month periods) and convincing associations with other measures indicating the same dimensions (De Vries, 2013).…”

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Following the crowd in times of crisis: Descriptive norms predict physical distancing, stockpiling, and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Janke²

2021

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Individuals engage in a variety of behavioral responses to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, from complying with or transgressing against physical distancing regulations, to stockpiling or prosocial behavior. We predicted that particularly descriptive social norms are important in driving pandemic-related behavior as they offer guidelines in times of insecurity and crisis. To investigate this assumption, we conducted a longitudinal survey with two measurement points (n = 1907) in Germany during spring 2020. Results show that descriptive norms (perceived behavior of close others) positively predicted future transgression against distancing regulations, stockpiling, and prosocial behavior over time. In our analysis, we account for previous behavior as well as other potential predictors (subjective threat, personality). In sum, our findings highlight the power of descriptive norms in increasing compliance with pandemic-related regulations and promoting future prosocial behavior.

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“…Personality has been posited as a more fundamental explanation of the widely reported gender difference in environmentalism. Women tend to demonstrate more pro-environmental behaviours Running head: Predictors of environmental attitudes (Milfont and Schultz 2018;Zelezny, Poh-Pheng, and Aldrich 2000), but this may be explained by women also scoring higher on such traits as conscientiousness, agreeableness, and neuroticism (Desrochers et al 2019). While these traits may directly shape attitudes and behaviours related to the environment, they may also have indirect effects through shaping other beliefs and affiliations.…”

Section: Individual Differencesmentioning

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Psychological and Theological Predictors of Environmental Attitudes among a Sample of UK Churchgoers

Village

2020

J. Empir. Theol.

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This paper builds on previous studies of UK churchgoers by examining the factors that predict concern for the environment and willingness to make sacrifices to preserve it. A sample of 825 churchgoers from a range of denominations completed a questionnaire that contained items used to assess psychological preferences, biblical literalism, and a range of theological stances toward creation. Psychological variables showed both direct and indirect effects on environmentalism that were in line with previous work by environmental psychologists. Indirect effects were related to the way that some psychological type preferences either shape biblical interpretation or are associated with religious conservatism. Religious affiliation had no direct effects on environmentalism, but did have indirect effects through literalism and religious conservatism. Beliefs about dominion and eschatology directly reduced concern, but dominion was also positively associated with stewardship, which emerged as the main promoter of both concern and sacrifice.

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Does personality mediate the relationship between sex and environmentalism?

Cited by 64 publications

References 36 publications

The Impact of Future Time Perspective and Personality on the Sustainable Behaviours of Seniors

The Impact of Future Time Perspective and Personality on the Sustainable Behaviours of Seniors

Following the crowd in times of crisis: Descriptive norms predict physical distancing, stockpiling, and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

Psychological and Theological Predictors of Environmental Attitudes among a Sample of UK Churchgoers

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