Turning Restriction Into Change: Imagine-Self Perspective Taking Fosters Advocacy of a Mandatory Proenvironmental Initiative.
climate change
environmental attitude
environmental policy
imagine-self
perspective taking
restriction
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
23
08
2019
accepted:
11
11
2019
entrez:
19
12
2019
pubmed:
19
12
2019
medline:
19
12
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Mandatory policies are needed to mitigate environmental problems but often elicit resistance if individuals perceive them as freedom restrictions. Encouraging people to take the perspective of individuals who suffer from environmental problems may help increase support. This should especially be the case with imagine-self as opposed to imagine-other perspective taking, because the former elicits more personal involvement than the latter. To test this hypothesis, we conducted two studies in which we announced the introduction of a voluntary vs. a mandatory proenvironmental initiative and asked people to take an imagine-self vs. imagine-other perspective on an individual, who suffers from human-caused environmental problems. The imagine-self condition increased the support of mandatory compared to voluntary initiatives. In addition, we found an influence of environmental attitude: the mandatory initiatives received higher support than voluntary initiatives by environmentally minded individuals. These findings highlight imagine-self perspective taking as a potentially useful tool for implementing proenvironmental policies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31849771
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02657
pmc: PMC6895749
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2657Subventions
Organisme : Austrian Science Fund FWF
ID : P 27457
Pays : Austria
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Uhl-Haedicke, Klackl, Muehlberger and Jonas.
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