Elevating nature: Moral elevation increases feelings of connectedness to nature

Moreton, Sam G; Arena, Andrew F.; Hornsey, Matthew J.; Crimston, Charlie R.; Tiliopoulos, Niko

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101332

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“…Connectedness to nature (i.e. feeling a connection or affinity to nature) influences attitudes and behaviours that support the sustainable use of natural environments (Martin et al 2016 ; Moreton et al 2019 ; Song et al 2019 ). For example, personal attachment to the marine environment is central to the development of marine citizenship (McKinley and Fletcher 2012 ).…”

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Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement

Kelly

Evans

Alexander

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Improved public understanding of the ocean and the importance of sustainable ocean use, or ocean literacy, is essential for achieving global commitments to sustainable development by 2030 and beyond. However, growing human populations (particularly in mega-cities), urbanisation and socioeconomic disparity threaten opportunities for people to engage and connect directly with ocean environments. Thus, a major challenge in engaging the whole of society in achieving ocean sustainability by 2030 is to develop strategies to improve societal connections to the ocean. The concept of ocean literacy reflects public understanding of the ocean, but is also an indication of connections to, and attitudes and behaviours towards, the ocean. Improving and progressing global ocean literacy has potential to catalyse the behaviour changes necessary for achieving a sustainable future. As part of the Future Seas project (https://futureseas2030.org/), this paper aims to synthesise knowledge and perspectives on ocean literacy from a range of disciplines, including but not exclusive to marine biology, socio-ecology, philosophy, technology, psychology, oceanography and human health. Using examples from the literature, we outline Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement

Kelly

Evans

Alexander

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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“…In this regard, moral elevation is a less threatening awerelated emotion which has also been suggested to be the functional opposite of disgust (Sherman & Haidt, 2011) and is thus a strong contender for increasing connectedness to nature. Along these lines, recent work by Moreton, Arena, Hornsey, Crimston, and Tiliopoulos (2019) found across two studies that moral elevation increased feelings of connectedness to nature. These findings provide further evidence for the role of social cognition in connectedness to nature, and, along with Yang et al (2018) provide the most direct evidence suggesting that self-transcendent positive emotions can facilitate connectedness to nature.…”

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Can self-transcendent positive emotions facilitate bonds with nature?

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Self-transcendent positive emotions play a foundational role in social cognition through binding humans to others. In this article, theoretical and emerging empirical evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that self-transcendent positive emotions may also facilitate bonds with the natural world. This is suggested to occur due to the ability of self-transcendent emotions to direct attention away from the self, facilitate connections with novel social targets, and reduce defensive distancing from nature caused by death anxiety and disgust. It is concluded that further research is needed to clarify the effects of discrete self-transcendent emotions on connectedness to nature, as well as the magnitude and duration of these effects.

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“…Those individuals who feel deep connectedness to nature often show stronger ecological concern, more positive affect to eco-friendly products, stronger relationship closeness, and a higher likelihood to engage in pro-environmental consumption [ 12 , 17 , 18 , 33 ]. Besides, according to [ 34 ], pro-environmental behavior can be interpreted as pro-social behavior. As pro-social behavior is a behavior that benefits others, it often evokes a feeling of pride, and thus based on the evidence and assertion of the above-mentioned studies, we developed the following hypotheses:…”

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Sustainable Choices and Behaviors among Eco-Friendly Museum Travelers: Exploring the Drivers of Sacrifice, Visit, Pay, and WOM Intentions

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Lho

Kim

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IJERPH

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This research developed a sturdy theoretical framework that offers a better comprehension regarding customer approach intentions for eco-friendly museum products. Using a quantitative process, the apparent role of ecological value, connectedness to nature, social pressure, pro-environmental reputation was explored. Data quality testing demonstrated the validity of the construct measures. The critical mediating nature of customer-product relationship quality and feeling of pride was unveiled by conducting a structural analysis. In addition, the feeling of pride was a prominent factor determining sacrifice, visit, pay, and word of mouth (WOM) intentions. Social pressure played a major role in building relationship quality, whereas pro-environmental reputation was a key contributor to increase the feeling of pride. The model contained a strong prediction power for intentions. Results of this study contribute to enriching the extant knowledge regarding customer pro-environmental decision-making process, which is helpful for an eco-friendly museum and its success.

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Elevating nature: Moral elevation increases feelings of connectedness to nature

Cited by 37 publications

References 57 publications

Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement

Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement

Can self-transcendent positive emotions facilitate bonds with nature?

Sustainable Choices and Behaviors among Eco-Friendly Museum Travelers: Exploring the Drivers of Sacrifice, Visit, Pay, and WOM Intentions

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