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TY - JOUR
T1 - The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Impetus for Pro-Environmental Behaviours
T2 - The Role of Causal Attribution
AU - Daryanto, Ahmad
AU - Song, Zening
AU - Soopramanien, Didier
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences . Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Personality and Individual Differences, 187, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111415
PY - 2022/3/31
Y1 - 2022/3/31
N2 - In this paper, we examine the impact of causal attribution on pro-environmental behaviours in the context of COVID-19. Using data collected in July 2020 (N = 319 Chinese adults), we find that individuals’ beliefs that the pandemic was caused by humanity’s excessive intrusion into nature has a positive impact on their environmental awareness. This, in turn, triggers a positive behavioural change towards the environment. The current study unveils and empirically demonstrates the mechanism of the relationship between causal attribution of the pandemic and pro-environmental behaviour. The implication is that the pandemic presents an occasion for policymakers to consider human environmental intrusion as a causal attribution to engage individuals in pro-environmental behaviours through the design of strategies that explicitly emphasize the relationship between environmental degradation and global-scale epidemics.
AB - In this paper, we examine the impact of causal attribution on pro-environmental behaviours in the context of COVID-19. Using data collected in July 2020 (N = 319 Chinese adults), we find that individuals’ beliefs that the pandemic was caused by humanity’s excessive intrusion into nature has a positive impact on their environmental awareness. This, in turn, triggers a positive behavioural change towards the environment. The current study unveils and empirically demonstrates the mechanism of the relationship between causal attribution of the pandemic and pro-environmental behaviour. The implication is that the pandemic presents an occasion for policymakers to consider human environmental intrusion as a causal attribution to engage individuals in pro-environmental behaviours through the design of strategies that explicitly emphasize the relationship between environmental degradation and global-scale epidemics.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Pro-environmental behaviours
KW - Causal attribution
KW - Environmental awareness
KW - Negative emotions
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111415
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111415
M3 - Journal article
VL - 187
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
SN - 0191-8869
M1 - 111415
ER -