Fornillo, Desire (2023) The influence of evaluation of Instrumental, Symbolic, and Environmental attributes and perceptions regarding gains and losses, on intention to not using a car. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Within the recent years, climate change has become one of the most highly discussed topics; with people trying to find ways to address the matter with policies on products which are some of the main causes of climate change such as greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles. We wanted to investigate how perceived gains or losses in instrumental, symbolic and environmental attributes (due to car restricting policy changes) moderate the likelihood of adopting sustainable modes of transport instead of their cars. Results show that symbolic attributes have a significant effect on not using a car to commute to work, while the other two attributes (instrumental, environmental attributes) were not significant. Furthermore, perceived gains and losses, act as a significant mediator when mediating the effects of instrumental attributes and not using a car to commute to work.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Veldstra, J.L. and Lohmeyer, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2023 08:44 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2023 08:44 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2437 |
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