Understanding green purchase behavior through death anxiety and individual social responsibility: Mastery as a moderator

Rahimah, Anni; Khalil, Shadab; Cheng, Julian Ming Sung; Tran, Mai Dong; Panwar, Vinod

doi:10.1002/cb.1733

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“…Consumer behaviours that are focused on harming the environment as little as possible (e.g., replacing your energy-lurking household appliance for an energy-efficient appliance, showering less long) or benefiting the environment (e.g.,refraining from purchasing Author Note: This research was supported by University of Bath research scholarship awarded to Dr Alina Mia Udall. environmentally harmful products, donating money to environmental charities) are typically regarded as "pro-environmental behaviour" (PEB; e.g., Gilal, Zhang, Gilal, & Gilal, 2019;Nguyen, Lobo, Nguyen, Phan, & Cao, 2016;Rahimah, Khalil, Cheng, Tran, & Panwar, 2018), as PEB is defined as those behaviours that "harms the environment as little as possible or even benefits the environment" (Steg & Vlek, 2009;p. 309).…”

Section: Consumer Behaviour As a Type Of Proenvironmental Pehaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An important way to reach a more sustainable society is to change individual consumption patterns among consumers (De Groot, Schubert, & Thøgersen, ; Schuitema & De Groot, ). Consumer behaviours that are focused on harming the environment as little as possible (e.g., replacing your energy‐lurking household appliance for an energy‐efficient appliance, showering less long) or benefiting the environment (e.g.,refraining from purchasing environmentally harmful products, donating money to environmental charities) are typically regarded as “pro‐environmental behaviour” (PEB; e.g., Gilal, Zhang, Gilal, & Gilal, ; Nguyen, Lobo, Nguyen, Phan, & Cao, ; Rahimah, Khalil, Cheng, Tran, & Panwar, ), as PEB is defined as those behaviours that “harms the environment as little as possible or even benefits the environment” (Steg & Vlek, ; p. 309). Therefore, the present research will focus on PEB, which includes a whole array of different consumer behaviours.…”

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How do I see myself? A systematic review of identities in pro‐environmental behaviour research

Udall¹,

Groot

Jong

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J of Consumer Behaviour

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Encouraging pro‐environmental behaviour (PEB) is an environmental and societal concern. Encouraging PEB focussing on how consumers see themselves (their identity) has blossomed. However, a theoretical assessment of this research is missing. Three main identity theories seem to best explain the research, specifically, and two‐fold, identity, and social identity theory (SIT), collectively known as the unified identity theory (UIT), and place identity theory (PIT). As these theories overlap more than differ in their understanding of identity, we argue that combining these theories is needed to avoid redundancies in identity theorizing, provide a universal approach to identity in terms of the processes and outcomes, and explain the PEB research most succinctly. Therefore, we understand identity similarly between the theories and offer a universal identity theory approach based on the theoretical definitions and assumptions. Finally, we demonstrate how the theory can be used to explain the research. Next, research was identified by conducting a systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines, where 62 studies were relevant. Multiple identities relevant for a given PEB are assumed and evidenced: 99. Identities are assumed to be either individually‐, group‐, and/or place‐focused, drawing on the specific subsets of the universal theory: identity theory, social identity theory, and place identity theory, respectively. Identities are assumed to relate to behaviour, where identity increased PEB with medium effect sizes. Finally, to move the field forward, we provide a theoretical framework of how to test identities in relation to other psychological variables relevant for PEB research.

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Section: Consumer Behaviour As a Type Of Proenvironmental Pehaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do I see myself? A systematic review of identities in pro‐environmental behaviour research

Udall¹,

Groot

Jong

et al. 2020

J of Consumer Behaviour

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“…Third, we determined that self-esteem mediates the effect of meaning in life on death in older adults. Humans’ reactions to death anxiety are dynamic and multifaceted [4, 57, 58]; therefore, additional mediating factors may influence the relationship between meaning in life and death anxiety. Other active elements may thus serve protective functions against death anxiety, such as attribution styles and dispositional optimism, and should be considered in future studies.…”

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Relationship between meaning in life and death anxiety in the elderly: self-esteem as a mediator

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BackgroundDeath anxiety is a common phenomenon in all societies. Older adults may be more prone to death anxiety than their younger counterparts; however, death anxiety among older adults is not well understood. This study explores the relationship between meaning in life, self-esteem, and death anxiety in senior citizens in China.MethodsA total of 283 older adults participated in this study; data were collected via the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Death Anxiety Scale.ResultsResults show that the dimensions of meaning in life, presence of meaning (r = − 0.43, p < 0.01), search for meaning (r = − 0.31, p < 0.01), and self-esteem (r = − 0.54, p < 0.01) were each negatively correlated with death anxiety. Regression analysis reveals that meaning in life significantly predicted self-esteem and death anxiety (F = 45.70, p < 0.01; R2 = 0.33). Path analysis indicated that self-esteem either completely or partially mediated the effects of meaning in life on death anxiety in older adults.ConclusionsOverall, meaning in life appears to be significantly correlated with death anxiety in older adults, and self-esteem can mediate this effect.

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“…Doran and Larsen (2016) found that personal norms mediated between social norms and green purchasing behavioral intention. Rahimah, Khalil, Cheng, and Tran (2018) found that personal norms had significant positive effects on environmental concern and ultimately formed green purchasing intention. Attitude, attribution of responsibility, and social norms have been shown to directly activate personal norms.…”

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The impact of motivation, intention, and contextual factors on green purchasing behavior: New energy vehicles as an example

Zhou

Wang

et al. 2020

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Green purchasing behavior is of great significance to the realization of carbon reduction goals. Through in‐depth interviews, this study uses new energy vehicles to explore the driving factors of green purchase. It applies grounded theory for a qualitative analysis, the results of which show that behavior motivation, behavior intentions, residential characteristics, social norms, behavior ability, and institutional and technological context are the main factors of green purchase, albeit in inconsistent ways. It is found that behavior motivation indirectly affects green purchase through behavior intention; residents' characteristics, behavioral ability, social norms, and the institutional and technological context have moderating effects on the relationship between behavior intention and green purchase, indicating the existence of an “intention–behavior” gap. The study proposes the comprehensive model of Motivation–Intention–Context–Behavior to explain the driving factors for green purchase and provides policy implications on marketing strategy to companies producing green products.

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Understanding green purchase behavior through death anxiety and individual social responsibility: Mastery as a moderator

Cited by 69 publications

References 59 publications

How do I see myself? A systematic review of identities in pro‐environmental behaviour research

How do I see myself? A systematic review of identities in pro‐environmental behaviour research

Relationship between meaning in life and death anxiety in the elderly: self-esteem as a mediator

The impact of motivation, intention, and contextual factors on green purchasing behavior: New energy vehicles as an example

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