“My words matter”: the role of adolescents in changing pro-environmental habits in the family

R Žukauskienė… - Environment and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A substantial body of research provides evidence for the role of parents in transferring pro-
environmental attitudes, values, and behaviors to their children. However, little research has …

[HTML][HTML] Pro-environmental behaviour, connectedness with nature, and the endorsement of pro-environmental norms in youth: Longitudinal relations

T Krettenauer, JP Lefebvre, H Goddeeris - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study was meant to investigate longitudinal change in pro-environmental
behaviour from the early teenage years to early adulthood as it relates to changes in nature …

Measuring pro-environmental behavior triggered by environmental values

N Ahmat Zainuri, N Abd-Rahman, L Halim… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pro-environmental behavior in addressing climate change is influenced by multi-
dimensional factors—knowledge, values, intention and sociodemographic background …

Children's cross-cultural environmental attitudes and self-reported behaviors

GW Evans, B Juen, V Corral-Verdugo… - Children, Youth and …, 2007 - muse.jhu.edu
This study presents data on the comparison of environmental attitudes and self-reported
engagement in environmentally responsible behaviors of young children (6-8 years) from …

[PDF][PDF] Ecological awareness and children's environmental experience

JA Corraliza, S Collado - Psychologist Papers, 2019 - redalyc.org
Until recently, the study of environmental beliefs and attitudes has been focused on adults.
However, a better understanding of children's environmental awareness is needed, since …

Young children selectively avoid helping people with harmful intentions

A Vaish, M Carpenter, M Tomasello - Child development, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Two studies investigated whether young children are selectively prosocial toward others,
based on the others' moral behaviors. In Study 1 (N= 54), 3‐year‐olds watched 1 adult (the …

Why young people do things for the environment: The role of parenting for adolescents' motivation to engage in pro-environmental behaviour

A Grønhøj, J Thøgersen - Journal of environmental psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
It is well documented that parents' behaviour and family norms exert a significant influence
on young people's pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour. But what is the role of …

Empathy with nature promotes pro‐environmental attitudes in preschool children

Y Li, Y Zhao, Q Huang, J Deng, X Deng, J Li - PsyCh Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to explore whether empathy with nature (ie, the tendency to understand
and share the emotional experience of the natural world) contributes to pro‐environmental …

Choosing to live environmentally childfree: private-sphere environmentalism, environmental activism, or both?

E Nakkerud - Current Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Choosing not to have children can be considered a pro-environmental behaviour with a very
high environmental impact. However, such impact calculations have been criticised for …

Human infants are aroused and concerned by moral transgressions

A Kassecker, SA Verschoor… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Humans reason and care about ethical issues, such as avoiding unnecessary harm. But
what enables us to develop a moral capacity? This question dates back at least to ancient …