Loo, Marthe van (2024) The importance of group values in pro-environmental change. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our generation. We have to know what motivates people to act in a more pro-environmental way. Group values appear to play an important role in pro-environmental behaviour. In the current study we test the biospheric values of two groups and how they relate to their circular economy behaviour. We also test to see if the ingroup underestimates the outgroup. A questionnaire was conducted among students from the behavioural and social sciences faculty (BSS), and the faculty of economics and business (FEB). Including questions about personal biospheric values, perception of ingroup and outgroup biospheric values and engagement in circular economy behaviour. Our results indicated that there is a relationship between biospheric values and circular economy behaviour, but only in the BSS group where ingroup as well as outgroup values influenced the behaviour of the ingroup. Also, the BSS group seemed to underestimate the outgroup, but the FEB overestimated the outgroup and underestimated the ingroup. Our findings imply that there could definitely be a relationship between perceived group biospheric values and pro-environmental behaviour. However, this didn’t count for both groups. Also, our findings didn’t imply that the ingroup always underestimates the outgroup which has theoretical implications for future research.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Sharpe, E.J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2024 09:31 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2024 10:56 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3244 |
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