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Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior
In this intervention study, we examined the effects and psychological processes of different types of messaging intended to promote waste-separation behavior on the intent of residents to separate household waste and to engage in other pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Based on three studies (one...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497506 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315431 |
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author | Wang, Jia Gu, Yangli Xin, Haohang Wang, Xiaomei |
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description | In this intervention study, we examined the effects and psychological processes of different types of messaging intended to promote waste-separation behavior on the intent of residents to separate household waste and to engage in other pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Based on three studies (one survey with 76 residents and two experiments with 446 residents) in China, our results revealed that environmental appeals increased residents’ intent to separate waste and engage in other PEBs, whereas monetary incentives had no effect. Although the main effects of the framing of messages on the intent to separate waste and other PEBs were not significant, we found an interactive effect of appeal type and message framing. When matched with loss framing, an environmental appeal indirectly generated a stronger positive impact by stimulating an individual’s environmental risk perception. When monetary incentives matched with loss framing, individual pro-environmental identity weakened, thereby inhibiting the positive impact on intent to separate waste. With this study, we provide important theoretical support for the selection and optimization of waste-separation intervention strategies and guidance for persuading residents to engage in more PEBs. |
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spelling | pubmed-97401252022-12-11 Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior Wang, Jia Gu, Yangli Xin, Haohang Wang, Xiaomei Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In this intervention study, we examined the effects and psychological processes of different types of messaging intended to promote waste-separation behavior on the intent of residents to separate household waste and to engage in other pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Based on three studies (one survey with 76 residents and two experiments with 446 residents) in China, our results revealed that environmental appeals increased residents’ intent to separate waste and engage in other PEBs, whereas monetary incentives had no effect. Although the main effects of the framing of messages on the intent to separate waste and other PEBs were not significant, we found an interactive effect of appeal type and message framing. When matched with loss framing, an environmental appeal indirectly generated a stronger positive impact by stimulating an individual’s environmental risk perception. When monetary incentives matched with loss framing, individual pro-environmental identity weakened, thereby inhibiting the positive impact on intent to separate waste. With this study, we provide important theoretical support for the selection and optimization of waste-separation intervention strategies and guidance for persuading residents to engage in more PEBs. MDPI 2022-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9740125/ /pubmed/36497506 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315431 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Jia Gu, Yangli Xin, Haohang Wang, Xiaomei Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior |
title | Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior |
title_full | Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior |
title_fullStr | Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior |
title_short | Influence of Appeal Type and Message Framing on Residents’ Intent to Engage in Pro-Environmental Behavior |
title_sort | influence of appeal type and message framing on residents’ intent to engage in pro-environmental behavior |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497506 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315431 |
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