PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY: CURRENT TRENDS IN THEORY, RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS -- PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY: CURRENT TRENDS IN THEORY, RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- SUSTAINABILITY AND PSYCHOLOGY -- OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IT IS A HAPPENING THING! -- ENVIRONMENTAL NUMBNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- 1. Psychophysiological Barriers -- 2. Temporal Barriers -- 3. Judgemental Barriers -- 4. Geographical and Social Barriers -- 5. Social Dilemma Barriers -- CONSTRUAL LEVELS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE AS A PSYCHOLOGICALLY DISTANT SITUATION -- PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE -- Risk Perception -- Risk Communication -- Intertemporal and Interpersonal Issues -- Dominant Values -- THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CONTEXTUAL PREDICTORS OF SUSTAINABLE WATER CONSUMPTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES, SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- ENVIRONMENTAL BELIEFS AND WATER CONSERVATION: A MULTINATIONAL STUDY -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HOW TO PROMOTE ENERGY SAVINGS AMONG HOUSEHOLDS: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SELECTING AND ASSESSING ENERGY USE BEHAVIORS -- FACTORS INFLUENCING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE -- Knowledge -- Motivations.

Household Energy Use -- Energy Behaviors -- Cost-benefit Considerations -- Affect -- Moral and Normative Concerns -- Multiple Motivations -- Habits -- Ability to Engage in Energy Conservation -- INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE ENERGY CONSERVATION -- Antecedent Strategies -- Consequent Strategies -- Combining Interventions -- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Interventions -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART II. ANTECEDENT PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY -- ECOLOGICAL WORLDVIEWS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WORLDVIEWS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- ECOLOGICAL WORLDVIEWS: THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOCENTRISM AND ECOCENTRISM -- THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PARADIGM AS ECOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW -- THE NEW HUMAN INTERDEPENDENCE PARADIGM -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LEVERAGE FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE: MOTIVATIONAL SOURCES BEHIND ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE -- MORAL CONSIDERATIONS -- APPRECIATION FOR NATURE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL AFFINITY TOWARDS DIVERSITY: FROM BIODIVERSITY TO SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIODIVERSITY AND SOCIODIVERSITY -- COMPLEXITY, VARIETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES -- AFFINITY TOWARDS DIVERSITY AND PRO-SUSTAINABLE ORIENTATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY -- METHOD -- Participants and Procedure -- Measures -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PROMOTING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL INTENTIONS. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF TRAVEL FEEDBACK PROGRAMS FOR CAR USE REDUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DETERMINANTS OF BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS FOR PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR -- A MODEL OF MULTIPLE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS -- FINDINGS FROM THE MODEL ESTIMATION -- A TRAVEL FEEDBACK PROGRAM PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL MODES.

THE TRAVEL FEEDBACK PROGRAM IN WORKPLACE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- COMMUNICATIVE PROGRAMS TARGETING AT NEW RESIDENTS -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- GENERAL CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ALTRUISM AND BEYOND: THE MOTIVATIONAL BASES OF PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Why do People Act in the Public Good? -- EGOISM: PROTECTING MY ENVIRONMENT -- ALTRUISM: PROTECTING YOUR ENVIRONMENT -- COLLECTIVISM: PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT -- PRINCIPLISM: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT -- VALUE-BELIEF-NORM THEORY -- INCLUSION MODEL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EQUITY AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EQUITY, EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND EQUITABILITY -- INEQUITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- EQUITY AS A POTENTIAL OF HUMAN NATURE -- EQUITY AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TIME PERSPECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TIME PERSPECTIVE -- THE FUTURE TIME PERSPECTIVE -- The Present Time Perspective -- The Past Perspective -- TIME PERSPECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOR -- METHOD -- Participants -- Instruments -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PROMOTING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPETENCY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS -- PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPETENCY -- STUDY'S GOAL AND HYPOTHESES -- METHOD -- Participants -- Instruments -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Diagnostic Evaluation -- Impact Evaluation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EMOTIONS AND PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS -- ENVIRONMENTAL EMOTIONS AND PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR -- METHOD -- Participants -- Instruments -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

PART III: CONTEXTUAL DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOR -- CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR -- SETTING/SITUATIONAL CONTROL -- EVOLUTIONARY RELEVANT CONTEXTUAL CUES -- MAIN HYPOTHESIS -- METHOD -- Overview -- Participants -- Measures -- Vignettes -- Research Design -- RESULTS -- Scale Inter-item Reliabilities -- Dependent Variables -- Person Factors (Independent Variables) -- Common Factor Settings -- CONCLUSION -- Situational Dimensions -- Other Personal Costs? -- REFERENCES -- WHY DO PEOPLE FAIL TO ACT? SITUATIONAL BARRIERS AND CONSTRAINTS ON PRO-ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- The Positive Fallacy -- The Need for a More Integral Analysis of Behavior -- BARRIERS AND CONSTRAINTS ON ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR -- Perceptual Factors -- A SITUATION-BASED APPROACH ON ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR -- The "Invisible" Factors -- WHY PEOPLE FAIL TO ACT? - A MODEL PROPOSAL -- HABITS AS UNCONSCIOUS BARRIERS AND CONSTRAINTS -- STUDY 1 -- METHOD -- Participants and Procedure -- RESULTS -- STUDY 2 -- METHOD -- Participants and Procedure -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY: ORIENTATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ONE CONCEPT, MANY MEANINGS -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY -- CASE STUDY -- Background -- About the Origin and Objectives of the Programs -- Interpretation -- ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS -- Interpretation -- ABOUT THE CENTRAL ACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT -- Interpretation -- ABOUT THE APPROPRIATION OF THE PROGRAMS BY THE COMMUNITY -- Interpretation -- ABOUT THE PLANNER'S COMMITMENT IN THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -- Interpretation.

ABOUT THE TIES WITH OTHER ACTORS OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY -- Interpretation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PLACE ATACHMENT AND THE SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL RESEARCH ON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES -- NIMBYSM AS A PSYCHO-SPATIAL EXPLANATION FOR LOCAL OPPOSITION -- PUTTING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INTO PLACE -- DISRUPTION TO PLACE ATTACHMENT AND THREAT TO PLACE IDENTITY -- METHOD -- Context: Place and Project -- Procedure and Sample -- Measures -- RESULTS -- 1. Place-Related Symbolic Meanings -- 2. Interpreting Change: Representations of the Project and Levels of Trust -- 2a. The Perspective of the Local Opposition Group -- 2b. The Perspective of Local Residents -- 2c. Levels of Trust and Links to Place Attachment -- 3. Evaluation: Emotional Responses, Attitude to the Project and Links with Place Attachment -- 4. Behavioral Responses to the Project and Links with Place Attachment -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF WATER PERCEPTION AND USE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WATER AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATION -- WATER USE IN CONTRASTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS -- Sample and Methodology -- Access to Water -- Perception of Water Issues -- WASTING WATER AND ATTRIBUTIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY -- CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF WATER -- Sample and Procedure -- The Differentiated Representation of Water -- VALUES, SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS, AND WATER CONSERVATION -- Sample and Procedure -- Values and Societal Context -- Relations to Water -- A MODEL OF RELATIONS TO WATER -- Contextual Characteristics and Value Systems -- Elaborating a Diagnosis, Sharpening Awareness -- Enacted Behaviors -- CONCLUSION -- From the Societal to the Individual Level -- REFERENCES -- INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL NORMS ON ANTI-ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS.

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