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DOI	10.1002/pan3.10581
	Individual traits are associated with pro-environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences
	Dunne, Helen; Lionetti, Francesca; Pluess, Michael; Setti, Annalisa
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2575-8314
起始页码	6
结束页码	2
卷号	6 期号:2
英文摘要	Despite growing concern about climate change, there remains a significant gap between individuals' environmental concern and their actual behaviour. Humans' personal relationship with nature is a key contributor to pro-environmental behaviour (PEB), which may account for this gap. Those individuals with high levels of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), approximately 25%-30% of the population, have a particularly strong connection with the natural world and have a 'pause to check' attitude that may make them more prone to consider future consequences of actions. We hypothesise that (1) a disposition to experience awe, characterizing high SPS, mediates the association between the trait and connectedness to nature (CN); (2) SPS is associated with PEB, and CN mediates the association; and (3) consideration for future consequences also mediates the association between high SPS and PEB. 807 participants completed an online survey including validated measures of SPS, CN, awe, PEB and consideration for future consequences. Correlational and mediational analyses were performed to test the hypotheses. The study showed that the relationship between SPS and CN was mediated by awe. The relationship between SPS and PEB was independently mediated by CN and consideration for future consequences. Policy implications. The UN Sustainable Development Goals were set to reduce inequalities (SDG 10) by considering individual differences, as well as improving climate action (SDG 13). This study shows that psychological dimensions such as sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) are linked to pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) through future-oriented thinking and feeling connected with nature. These results also suggest that cultivating connectedness to nature and training those with lower SPS to consider future consequences of actions may be a potential avenue to improve PEB.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
英文关键词	connectedness to nature; consideration for future consequences; health; sensory processing sensitivity
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:001159875700001
来源期刊	PEOPLE AND NATURE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/302735
作者单位	University College Cork; G d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara; University of London; Queen Mary University London; University of Surrey; University College Cork
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dunne, Helen,Lionetti, Francesca,Pluess, Michael,et al. Individual traits are associated with pro-environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences[J],2024,6(2).
APA	Dunne, Helen,Lionetti, Francesca,Pluess, Michael,&Setti, Annalisa.(2024).Individual traits are associated with pro-environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences.PEOPLE AND NATURE,6(2).
MLA	Dunne, Helen,et al."Individual traits are associated with pro-environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences".PEOPLE AND NATURE 6.2(2024).