pro-environmental behavior

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS YOUNG AGES: POTENTIALS, DYNAMICS AND INTERVENTION

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS YOUNG AGES: POTENTIALS, DYNAMICS AND INTERVENTION

 Il gruppo indaga attraverso metodologie longitudinali (intensive e tradizionali) i fattori e le dinamiche che promuovono i percorsi adattivi e il benessere di adolescenti giovani adutli, con particolare attenzione alla promozione dei comportamenti prosociali e proambientali e alle capacità agentiche dei giovani. La ricerca longitudinale si unisce all'implementazione e valutazione di interventi di promozione della proosocialità e del benessere dei giovani in contesti scolastici e universitari

 

Need for cognitive closure and political ideology predicting pro-environmental preferences and behavior

Little is known about epistemic motivations affecting political ideology when people make environmental decisions. In two studies, we examined the key role that political ideology played in the relationship between need for cognitive closure (NCC) and self-reported ecofriendly behavior. Study 1: 279 participants completed the NCC, pro-environmental, and political ideology measures. Mediation analyses showed that NCC was related to less pro-environmental behavior through more right-wing political ideology.

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