Michael L Lengieza
Biographic Data
| ID | 187886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael L Lengieza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael L |
| FAMILY NAME | Lengieza |
| SIGNATURE | LENGIEZA M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5980-5511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness
Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change. However, little is known about how it varies across countries and the macro-level factors that influence the human–nature relationship at a societal level. Using a large dataset ( N = 56 968) from a diverse set of 61 countries, this study explored how both objective country-level indicators of the socio-ecol…
Feature networks
Wilder nature had the greatest positive link to nature connectedness. • Human-influence had the greatest negative link to nature connectedness. • Trails, wild nature and mountains were central to nature connectedness experiences. Landscape planning and design holds the potential to contribute to efforts toward repairing our growing psychological disconnection with nature. To do so, however, it is important to know what types of environmental feat…
Ecotourism, eudaimonia, and sustainability insights
Since ecotourism was popularized in the late 1980s, a focus in scholarly writings on the topic has been its dual in situ mandate of biodiversity conservation and community development. As visitor education gained attention, so too did research on how nature-based aspects of ecotourist experiences influence ex situ pro-environmental. Yet, researchers have largely neglected culture-based aspects of ecotourism experiences, overlooking the role tha…
The Effects of Stereotypes About Animals' Competence and Warmth on Empathy Choice
The present preregistered research examined whether animal stereotypes predict choosing to empathize with them. In two studies (ns = 173 and 202), participants chose between taking an empathic or objective perspective with 48 animals representing 16 different species, classified into four groups representing perceived competence and warmth. While less likely to choose an empathic than an objective perspective for all animal groups, empathy choice…
Empathic choices for animals versus humans
People appear to empathize with cases of animal suffering yet to disregard such suffering when it conflicts with human needs. In three studies, we used an empathy regulation measure - the empathy selection task - to test whether people choose or avoid sharing in experiences of animals versus humans. In Study 1, when choosing between sharing experiences of animals or humans, participants preferred humans and rated sharing animal (versus human) exp…
OK Boomer
Diminished Public Self-Awareness in Nature Contributes to the Positive Effects of Contact with Nature on Connectedness to Nature
A number of studies have demonstrated that contact with nature increases connectedness to nature. The precise psychological process through which this effect occurs, however, has been relatively understudied. We test the role of self-awareness as a mediator of the relationship between contact with nature and connectedness. Participants went on a walk either in nature or in an urban environment, and provided in situ recordings of their thoughts—wh…
Measuring eudaimonic travel experiences
Fixated on rejection
People with defensive self-esteem (high explicit and low implicit self-esteem) respond more negatively to ego threat than do those with secure (high explicit and implicit) self-esteem. We examined whether they would also be more attentive to a cue indicating the presence of such threat–namely, a face signaling social rejection. In a rapid serial visual presentation task, participants with defensive self-esteem made more errors than those with sec…
Measuring eudaimonic travel experiences
OK Boomer
The Effects of Stereotypes About Animals' Competence and Warmth on Empathy Choice
The present preregistered research examined whether animal stereotypes predict choosing to empathize with them. In two studies (ns = 173 and 202), participants chose between taking an empathic or objective perspective with 48 animals representing 16 different species, classified into four groups representing perceived competence and warmth. While less likely to choose an empathic than an objective perspective for all animal groups, empathy choice…
Fixated on rejection
People with defensive self-esteem (high explicit and low implicit self-esteem) respond more negatively to ego threat than do those with secure (high explicit and implicit) self-esteem. We examined whether they would also be more attentive to a cue indicating the presence of such threat–namely, a face signaling social rejection. In a rapid serial visual presentation task, participants with defensive self-esteem made more errors than those with sec…
Measuring eudaimonic travel experiences
Diminished Public Self-Awareness in Nature Contributes to the Positive Effects of Contact with Nature on Connectedness to Nature
A number of studies have demonstrated that contact with nature increases connectedness to nature. The precise psychological process through which this effect occurs, however, has been relatively understudied. We test the role of self-awareness as a mediator of the relationship between contact with nature and connectedness. Participants went on a walk either in nature or in an urban environment, and provided in situ recordings of their thoughts—wh…
Empathic choices for animals versus humans
People appear to empathize with cases of animal suffering yet to disregard such suffering when it conflicts with human needs. In three studies, we used an empathy regulation measure - the empathy selection task - to test whether people choose or avoid sharing in experiences of animals versus humans. In Study 1, when choosing between sharing experiences of animals or humans, participants preferred humans and rated sharing animal (versus human) exp…
OK Boomer
Ecotourism, eudaimonia, and sustainability insights
Since ecotourism was popularized in the late 1980s, a focus in scholarly writings on the topic has been its dual in situ mandate of biodiversity conservation and community development. As visitor education gained attention, so too did research on how nature-based aspects of ecotourist experiences influence ex situ pro-environmental. Yet, researchers have largely neglected culture-based aspects of ecotourism experiences, overlooking the role tha…
The Effects of Stereotypes About Animals' Competence and Warmth on Empathy Choice
The present preregistered research examined whether animal stereotypes predict choosing to empathize with them. In two studies (ns = 173 and 202), participants chose between taking an empathic or objective perspective with 48 animals representing 16 different species, classified into four groups representing perceived competence and warmth. While less likely to choose an empathic than an objective perspective for all animal groups, empathy choice…
Feature networks
Wilder nature had the greatest positive link to nature connectedness. • Human-influence had the greatest negative link to nature connectedness. • Trails, wild nature and mountains were central to nature connectedness experiences. Landscape planning and design holds the potential to contribute to efforts toward repairing our growing psychological disconnection with nature. To do so, however, it is important to know what types of environmental feat…
Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness
Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change. However, little is known about how it varies across countries and the macro-level factors that influence the human–nature relationship at a societal level. Using a large dataset ( N = 56 968) from a diverse set of 61 countries, this study explored how both objective country-level indicators of the socio-ecol…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Social connectedness (3 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works)