Effects of Environmental Self-Identity on Pro-Environmental Behaviors of College Students—The Chain Mediation of Personal Norms and Guilt
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 目的：考察环境自我认同对大学生亲环境行为的影响，以及个人规范和内疚感所起的作用。方法：通过网络发放问卷的形式，以410名大学生为研究对象，运用环境自我认同问卷、个人规范问卷、内疚感问卷、亲环境行为问卷进行施测。结果：(1) 环境自我认同、个人规范、内疚感以及亲环境行为之间都呈显著正相关；(2) 环境自我认同显著正向预测亲环境行为；(3) 内疚感在环境自我认同和亲环境行为之间的中介效应显著；个人规范和内疚感在环境自我认同和亲环境行为之间的链式中介效应显著。结论：环境自我认同对大学生的亲环境行为具有正向预测作用；环境自我认同通过个人规范和内疚感的链式中介影响大学生的亲环境行为。Objective: To investigate the influence of environmental self-identification on pro-environment behaviors, explore the chain mediating effect of personal norms and guilt on environmental self-identification and pro-environment behaviors, enrich the relevant models of pro-environment behaviors, and provide theoretical basis for improving the level of citizens’ pro-environment behaviors. Methods: College students are selected as the research objects through the form of questionnaires distributed online, using environmental self-identity questionnaire, personal norms questionnaire, guilt questionnaire and pro-environment behavior questionnaire to measure each variable. Results: (1) Environmental self-identification, personal norms, guilt and pro-environmental behavior are positively correlated; (2) Environmental self-identity significantly positively predicted pro-environmental behavior; (3) Guilt has a significant mediating effect between environmental self-identification and pro-environmental behavior. The chain mediating effect of personal norms and guilt between environmental self-identification and pro-environmental behavior was significant. Conclusion: Environmental self-identity has a positively predictive effect on the pro-environmental behavior of college students. Environmental self-identity influences college students’ pro-environmental behavior through the chain mediation of personal norms and guilt.
Source: Advances in Psychology
Author: 哲 关
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4413028010