Why do cosmopolitan individuals tend to be more pro-environmentally committed? The mediating pathways via knowledge acquisition and emotional affinity toward nature

• Main Authors: ITO, Kenichi, LEUNG, Angela K. Y., HUANG, Tengjiao
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Commitment to pro-environmental behavior; Cosmopolitan orientation; Emotional affinity toward nature; Frequency of pro-environmental behavior; Knowledge acquisition; Pro-environmentalism; Applied Behavior Analysis; Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3183; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4440/viewcontent/Ito_Leung_Huang_Pre_proof_Whydocosmopolitanindividualstendtobemorepro_environmentallycommitted.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Past research offered evidence that cosmopolitan individuals behave more pro-environmentally. The current study systematically examined two mechanisms explaining why. One the one hand, cosmopolitan individuals acquire knowledge about global challenges concerning environmental crises and become aware...