Landewe, Stijn (2025) Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Support on Biospheric Values: Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Reflecting. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Climate change and its adverse consequences present a need for innovative solutions to promote more environmentally-friendly behaviours. This study examined whether cognitive support for biospheric values may promote pro-environmental behaviour and whether climate anxiety moderated this relationship. The methodology from Maio and colleagues (2001) was replicated in order to test this. Participants were randomly assigned to either write down reasons for biospheric values (experimental condition) or rate their feelings towards biospheric values (control condition). The results indicated that providing cognitive support for biospheric values was not predictive of pro-environmental behaviour; climate anxiety also did not moderate this relationship. Validity and reliability issues may be accountable for these results. However, the results did indicate that the number of reasons an individual was able to articulate was positively and significantly associated with pro-environmental behaviour. Overall, despite the mixed findings, the results emphasize the potential of intensive cognitive support in promoting pro-value behaviour and stress the need for accurate and adequate measures in 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: | 28 Jan 2025 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2025 11:24 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4554 |
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