Warm glow is associated with low-but not high-cost sustainable behaviour

被引:90
作者
van der Linden, Sander [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychol, Downing Site, Cambridge, England
来源
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY | 2018年 / 1卷 / 01期
基金
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; INCENTIVES;
D O I
10.1038/s41893-017-0001-0
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Why do people contribute to important societal causes, such as sustainability? This study hypothesized that people are motivated to help because they anticipate a sense of warm glow from acting green. Although results reveal that 'feelgood' affect mostly drives low-rather than high-cost behaviour changes, harnessing people's intrinsic motivation to help the environment may be an underleveraged mechanism for promoting sustainability.
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