Pro-environmental behavior and rational consumer choice: Evidence from surveys of life satisfaction

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Welsch ◽  
Jan Kühling
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Environmental Behavior

Unpacking the Relationships Between Pro-environmental Behavior, Life Satisfaction, and Perceived Ecological Threat

2018 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 130-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Schmitt ◽  
Lara B. Aknin ◽  
Jonn Axsen ◽  
Rachael L. Shwom
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Environmental Behavior

scholarly journals Does Spending Make Us Happy? The Role of Consumption on Life Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Devrim Dumludag ◽  
Ozge Gokdemir ◽  
Ruut Veenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
General Public ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Eating Out ◽  
Informed Consumer ◽  
The Relationship

In economic theory ‘consumption’ is commonly seen as final ‘utility’, but the factual relationship between consumption and life satisfaction has hardly been considered. Empirical research on this matter can provide a basis for more informed consumer choice. We add to the emerging literature on this matter with a survey study among the general public in Turkey. For the degree of absolute consumption, we found a negative relationship with life satisfaction, savers being happier than spenders. For kinds of consumption, we found mostly negative correlations with life satisfaction, in particular with housing expenses. The only positive correlation with life satisfaction was expensed on eating out and vacations. These results illustrate that the relationship between consumption and life satisfaction is more complex and variable than is commonly assumed.

scholarly journals Exploring the Differential Effect of Life Satisfaction on Low and High-Cost Pro-Environmental Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Salvador del Saz Salazar ◽  
Luis Pérez y Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
University Degree

The role of life satisfaction as a determinant of pro-environmental behavior remains largely unexplored in the extant literature. Using a sample of undergraduate students, we explore the effect of life satisfaction on low- and high-cost pro-environmental behaviors. While low-cost pro-environmental behavior has been defined as recycling activities, high-cost pro-environmental behavior is defined in a contingent valuation framework in which respondents are asked about their willingness to pay extra for offsetting CO2 emissions, thus avoiding treating the proposed payment as symbolic. Controlling for demographic characteristics and environmental concern, results suggest that life satisfaction has a slightly stronger, and more significant, effect on high-cost pro-environmental behavior than in low-cost pro-environmental behavior. This study also finds that environmental concern and having siblings with a university degree increases the probability of engaging in both behaviors. However, family income is a better predictor of high-cost pro-environmental behavior than of low-cost pro-environmental behavior.

scholarly journals HOMO EUDAIMONICUS: A ROLE OF A NEW ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODEL IN REFORMATTING A CONTEMPORARY SYSTEM OF EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uliana LUSHCH-PURII ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Social Business ◽  
The Future

Peculiarities of a new anthropological model homo eudaimonicus are analysed, as well as the specificity and perspectives of its implementation in the contemporary system of education. The efficiency of homo eudaimonicus model for the achievement of sustainable and lasting happiness, increase of life satisfaction level and enhancement of environmental behavior of a person is elucidated. It is explicated that the purpose of happiness-oriented education is to teach children ways of achieving happiness from socially useful activities. Methodsand techniques for mastering the temporal continuum of happiness are suggested, that is to experience happiness due to happy memories, appreciation of the present and positive scenarios of the future. Keywords: homo eudaimonicus, happiness, happiness-oriented education, social business, environmental awareness.

Empirical Analysis of Structural Equation on Pro-Environmental Behaviors

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 1508-1513
Author(s):  
Zhi Ying Gao ◽  
Dong Dong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Environmental Beliefs ◽  
Materialistic Values

This paper intends to reveal that materialism is how to influence the pro-environmental behavior in materialism, environmental beliefs and environmental concerns. A person who has materialistic tendency, his behavior is extremely harmful to the ecological environment. But environmental beliefs and environmental concerns are helpful to formation of the environment friendly behavior. The pro-environmental behaviors are classified into two kinds: one is cycle and substitution, which is the goods or services with low material and recyclable material for consumer choice; the other is to directly reduce material consumption or frugal consumption, which means reducing the consumption of non-necessities. With the help of establishing structural equation model of pro-environmental behavior and its influence factors, the relationship between factors and behavior is tested. The conclusions are as follows: Materialism impact on environmental beliefs and environmental concerns were significant negative; environmental beliefs on environmental concerns were significant positive; environmental concerns on the cycle and alternative behaviors were significant positive, but environmental concerns on frugal behaviors did not have a significant positive. As negative effects of the materialistic values and norms, the formation of Pro-environmental behaviors is difficult.

Different Future Time Perspectives Interplay in Predicting Life Satisfaction

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjie Lu ◽  
Angel Y. Li ◽  
Helene H. Fung ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Frieder R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Time Extension ◽  
Future Self ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. This study addresses prior mixed findings on the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and well-being as well as examines the associations between three aspects of FTP and life satisfaction in the health and friendship domains. 159 Germans, 97 US Americans, and 240 Hong Kong Chinese, aged 19–86 years, completed a survey on future self-views (valence) and life satisfaction. They also reported the extent to which they perceived future time as expanded vs. limited (time extension) and meaningful (openness). Findings revealed that individuals with more positive future self-views had higher satisfaction. However, those who perceived their future as more meaningful or perceived more time in their future reported higher satisfaction even when future self-views were less positive.

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

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