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Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption
Several studies have examined the role of birth order in shaping human personality, but fewer have tested this variable in relation to other pressing issues. We conducted a birth-order study on green consumption, which enabled us to detect a small-to-moderate effect size equivalent to r = 0.15 or d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10020628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36935953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1105072 |
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author | Otterbring, Tobias Sundgot-Borgen, Christine Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid Trangsrud, Lise Katrine Jepsen |
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description | Several studies have examined the role of birth order in shaping human personality, but fewer have tested this variable in relation to other pressing issues. We conducted a birth-order study on green consumption, which enabled us to detect a small-to-moderate effect size equivalent to r = 0.15 or d = 0.30 with sufficient statistical power (N = 335). To capture green consumption, participants indicated their tendency to express the value of environmental protection through purchases and consumption behaviors. Firstborns (vs. laterborns) consistently expressed lower concerns linked to environmental protection in their purchase patterns. While the effect size of this finding was small-to-moderate by conventional standards and in direct contrast to the findings from a recent article on the same topic, these results could still be informative to address challenges associated with climate change considering the number of individuals with siblings in the world and the ease with which birth-order data can be collected. |
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spelling | pubmed-100206282023-03-18 Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption Otterbring, Tobias Sundgot-Borgen, Christine Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid Trangsrud, Lise Katrine Jepsen Front Psychol Psychology Several studies have examined the role of birth order in shaping human personality, but fewer have tested this variable in relation to other pressing issues. We conducted a birth-order study on green consumption, which enabled us to detect a small-to-moderate effect size equivalent to r = 0.15 or d = 0.30 with sufficient statistical power (N = 335). To capture green consumption, participants indicated their tendency to express the value of environmental protection through purchases and consumption behaviors. Firstborns (vs. laterborns) consistently expressed lower concerns linked to environmental protection in their purchase patterns. While the effect size of this finding was small-to-moderate by conventional standards and in direct contrast to the findings from a recent article on the same topic, these results could still be informative to address challenges associated with climate change considering the number of individuals with siblings in the world and the ease with which birth-order data can be collected. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10020628/ /pubmed/36935953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1105072 Text en Copyright © 2023 Otterbring, Sundgot-Borgen, Bratland-Sanda and Trangsrud. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Otterbring, Tobias Sundgot-Borgen, Christine Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid Trangsrud, Lise Katrine Jepsen Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption |
title | Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption |
title_full | Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption |
title_fullStr | Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption |
title_full_unstemmed | Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption |
title_short | Siblings, shopping, and sustainability: Birth-order differences in green consumption |
title_sort | siblings, shopping, and sustainability: birth-order differences in green consumption |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10020628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36935953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1105072 |
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