Experiences in nature and environmental attitudes and behaviors: Setting the ground for future research

CD Rosa, S Collado - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There is empirical evidence suggesting a positive link between direct experiences in nature
and people's environmental attitudes (EA) and behaviors (EB). This has led researchers to …

The developmental roots of environmental stewardship: Childhood and the climate change crisis

ER Hahn - Current opinion in psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Childhood presents heightened vulnerabilities and unique opportunities in the context of
climate change. Even very young children view the environment as a moral concern …

Promoting pro-environmental behavior through citizen science? A case study with Chilean schoolchildren on marine plastic pollution

CS Wichmann, D Fischer, SM Geiger… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic marine debris (PMD) polluting marine habitats is a pressing anthropogenic global
environmental problem and its reduction requires the commitment of government and …

The effect of a nature-based environmental education program on children's environmental attitudes and behaviors: A randomized experiment with primary schools

S Collado, CD Rosa, JA Corraliza - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The evidence about the effects of nature-based instruction on pro-environmentalism is
uncompelling, mainly due to a lack of controlled experiments. This hinders causal claims …

Action, communication, and engagement: how parents “ACE” children's pro-environmental behaviors

F Jia, H Yu - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Parents are important role models for directing children's learning toward pro-environmental
behaviors (PEBs; Grønhøj & Thøgersen, 2017). However, how children learn from their …

Distinctions between moral and conventional judgments from early to middle childhood: A meta-analysis of social domain theory research.

HN Yoo, JG Smetana - Developmental Psychology, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Understanding distinctions between morality and conventions is an important milestone in
children's moral development. The current meta-analysis integrated decades of social …

The role of urban/rural environments on Mexican children's connection to nature and pro-environmental behavior

MF Duron-Ramos, S Collado… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Living in rural areas has been described a driver for behaving in a pro-environmental way,
mainly due to the more frequent contact with nature that people from rural areas have …

Beyond subjective and personal: Endorsing pro-environmental norms as moral norms

T Krettenauer, JP Lefebvre - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous studies demonstrated that pro-environmental norms predict pro-environmental
behavior. Yet little attention has been devoted to the normativity of these norms, whether …

Nature connection: Providing a pathway from personal to planetary health

J Zelenski, S Warber, JM Robinson, AC Logan… - 2023 - mdpi.com
The vast and growing challenges for human health and all life on Earth require urgent and
deep structural changes to the way in which we live. Broken relationships with nature are at …

Children and overtourism: a cognitive neuroscience experiment to reflect on exposure and behavioural consequences

A Mandić, I Pavlić, B Puh… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As tourism research has paid limited attention to children, this study investigates children's
reactions to tourism development, focusing on their unique viewpoints on the World Heritage …