Dechering, Anne-Floor (2024) Perception of others’ biospheric values influences our own engagement in pro-environmental behaviour. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Increasing attention is being directed towards environmental issues. Research is dedicated to understand the motivations that lead individuals to engage in pro-environmental behavior. Knowledge about these issues seem to be well-known among people, but actual action remains behind. How come? Multiple articles have examined the effect of values on pro-environmental action. Personal biospheric values in particular seem to predict the engagement in action to prevent climate change. However, it is still not well-known what kind of influence the perceived biospheric values of other people play in this effect. The purpose of the current research is to examine this influence. To answer the research question, online questionnaires were distributed among BSS or FEB undergraduate students. They answered questions about their own values, values of their fellow students and about values of the other group of students. That way, their actual and perceived values were measured. They also indicated in another questionnaire to what extent they participated in circular economy behaviour. The data showed that the higher one estimates values of others, the more they tent to engage in behaviour that helps to reduce climate change. These findings indicate that misperceptions of values of others play a significant role in encouraging actions that contribute to addressing the environmental challenges currently faced by global society.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Sharpe, E.J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2024 14:10 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2024 14:10 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3311 |
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