The Role of Future Orientation in Environmental Behavior: Analyzing the Relationship on the Individual and Cultural Levels

被引:50
作者
Carmi, Nurit [1 ]
Arnon, Sara [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Tel Hai Acad Coll, Dept Environm Sci, IL-12210 Upper Galilee, Israel
[2] Tel Hai Acad Coll, Dept Multidisciplinary Studies, IL-12210 Upper Galilee, Israel
[3] Univ Haifa, Golan Res Inst, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel
关键词
cross-national research; conservation psychology; future orientation; environmental attitudes and behavior; TIME PERSPECTIVE; PREDICTORS; VALUES; SUSTAINABILITY; CONSEQUENCES; CONSISTENCY; PROJECT; GLOBE;
D O I
10.1080/08941920.2014.928393
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
The concept of sustainability includes a personal and societal imperative to assume responsibility for the future outcomes of present actions, to look forward, or in other words, to have a future orientation. Future orientation is both a personality trait and a cultural characteristic that strongly influences behavioral decisions on the personal and societal levels, respectively. This research addresses the relationship between future orientation and pro-environmental behavior on both levels. In a representative sample of the population (n=1216), we found that individuals with developed future orientation demonstrated more pro-environmental tendencies. On the cross-cultural level we also found that in countries that conduct future-oriented practices in general the environment benefits, because the citizens tend to behave more pro-environmentally. The parallel between factors that affect future orientation and environmental behavior and the implications for promoting pro-environmental practices in the social and personal levels are discussed.
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页码:1304 / 1320
页数:17
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