How Will I Be Remembered? Conserving the Environment for the Sake of One’s Legacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23339751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Zaval (Columbia University), Ezra M Markowitz (0000-0002-8140-2970, Columbia University), Elke U Weber (0000-0002-1678-3631, Columbia University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-236 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-7976 • E-ISSN: 1467-9280 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956797614561266 |
| PMID | 25560825 |
| OpenAlex | W2120945425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 64 |
| References cited | 21 |
Long time horizons and social distance are viewed as key psychological barriers to proenvironmental action, particularly regarding climate change. We suggest that these challenges can be turned into opportunities by making salient long-term goals and motives, thus shifting preferences between the present self and future others. We tested whether individuals’ motivation to leave a positive legacy can be leveraged to increase engagement with climate change and other environmental problems. In a pilot study, we found that individual differences in legacy motivation were positively associated with proenvironmental behaviors and intentions. In a subsequent experiment, we demonstrated that priming legacy motives increased donations to an environmental charity, proenvironmental intentions, and climate-change beliefs. Domain-general legacy motives represent a previously understudied and powerful mechanism for promoting proenvironmental behavior.
Action (physics) · Environmental ethics · Political science · Priming (agriculture) · Salient · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
Intergenerational concern relates to constructive coping and emotional reactions to climate change via increased legacy concerns and environmental cognitive alternatives
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Impartial Intergenerational Beneficence
Moral Future-Thinking
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| Unique citing works | 64 |
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| Citations per year | 5,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 60 |