Environmental activism, defined as a range of difficult pro-environmental behaviors, is analyzed within the conceptual framework of Significance Quest Theory (SQT). In Study 1, 40 interviews were carried out on two groups of people in the European Union: Committed Actors for Nature (CANs, n = 25) versus Committed Actors for Society (CASs, n = 15). Results demonstrated that Significance Quest (SQ) motivates each group to be strongly committed to their chosen action and the main difference between them being in their ideology (pro-social vs. pro-environmental). In Study 2 (N = 131), the relationship between SQ and intention to enact difficult pro-environmental behaviors was assessed. Results suggested that the higher the SQ, the higher the tendency to enact difficult pro-environmental behaviors, but not average or easy ones. Moreover, the higher the pro-environmental ideology, the stronger the indirect effect of SQ on difficult behavior through willingness to sacrifice

Motivations to act for the protection of nature biodiversity and the environment: a matter of “significance” / Molinario, E.; Kruglanski, A. W.; Bonaiuto, F.; Bonnes, M.; Cicero, L.; Fornara, F.; Scopelliti, M.; Admiraal, J.; Beringer, A.; Dedeurwaerdere, T.; Degroot, W.; Hiedanpaa, J.; Knights, P.; Knippenberg, L.; Ovdenden, C.; Polajnar Horvat, K.; Popa, F.; Porras-Gomez, C.; Smrekar, A.; Soethe, N.; Vivero-Pol, J. L.; van den Born, R. J. G.; Bonaiuto, M.. - In: ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR. - ISSN 0013-9165. - (2019). [10.1177/0013916518824376]

Motivations to act for the protection of nature biodiversity and the environment: a matter of “significance”

Bonaiuto F.;Bonnes M.;Bonaiuto M.
2019

Abstract

Environmental activism, defined as a range of difficult pro-environmental behaviors, is analyzed within the conceptual framework of Significance Quest Theory (SQT). In Study 1, 40 interviews were carried out on two groups of people in the European Union: Committed Actors for Nature (CANs, n = 25) versus Committed Actors for Society (CASs, n = 15). Results demonstrated that Significance Quest (SQ) motivates each group to be strongly committed to their chosen action and the main difference between them being in their ideology (pro-social vs. pro-environmental). In Study 2 (N = 131), the relationship between SQ and intention to enact difficult pro-environmental behaviors was assessed. Results suggested that the higher the SQ, the higher the tendency to enact difficult pro-environmental behaviors, but not average or easy ones. Moreover, the higher the pro-environmental ideology, the stronger the indirect effect of SQ on difficult behavior through willingness to sacrifice
2019
difficult pro-environmental behaviors; environmental activism; meaning in life; pro-environmental behaviors; pro-environmental ideology; willingness to sacrifice
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Motivations to act for the protection of nature biodiversity and the environment: a matter of “significance” / Molinario, E.; Kruglanski, A. W.; Bonaiuto, F.; Bonnes, M.; Cicero, L.; Fornara, F.; Scopelliti, M.; Admiraal, J.; Beringer, A.; Dedeurwaerdere, T.; Degroot, W.; Hiedanpaa, J.; Knights, P.; Knippenberg, L.; Ovdenden, C.; Polajnar Horvat, K.; Popa, F.; Porras-Gomez, C.; Smrekar, A.; Soethe, N.; Vivero-Pol, J. L.; van den Born, R. J. G.; Bonaiuto, M.. - In: ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR. - ISSN 0013-9165. - (2019). [10.1177/0013916518824376]
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