Who has the future in mind? Gender, time perspectives, and pro-environmental behaviour

C. Hoffmann, J.A. Hoppe, N. Ziemann, Environmental Research Letters 17 (2022).

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Hoffmann, Christin; Hoppe, Julia AmelieLibreCat; Ziemann, Niklas
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>An individual’s relation to time may be an important driver of pro-environmental behaviour. We studied whether young individual’s gender and time-orientation are associated with pro-environmental behaviour. In a controlled laboratory environment with students in Germany, participants earned money by performing a real-effort task and were then offered the opportunity to invest their money into an environmental project that supports climate protection. Afterwards, we controlled for their time-orientation. In this consequential behavioural setting, we find that males who scored higher on <jats:italic>future-negative</jats:italic> orientation showed significantly more pro-environmental behaviour compared to females who scored higher on <jats:italic>future-negative</jats:italic> orientation and males who scored lower on <jats:italic>future-negative</jats:italic> orientation. Interestingly, our results are completely reversed when it comes to <jats:italic>past-positive</jats:italic> orientation. These findings have practical implications regarding the most appropriate way to address individuals in order to achieve more pro-environmental behaviour.</jats:p>
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Environmental Research Letters
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17
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10
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104026
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Hoffmann C, Hoppe JA, Ziemann N. Who has the future in mind? Gender, time perspectives, and pro-environmental behaviour. Environmental Research Letters. 2022;17(10). doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac9296
Hoffmann, C., Hoppe, J. A., & Ziemann, N. (2022). Who has the future in mind? Gender, time perspectives, and pro-environmental behaviour. Environmental Research Letters, 17(10), Article 104026. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9296
@article{Hoffmann_Hoppe_Ziemann_2022, title={Who has the future in mind? Gender, time perspectives, and pro-environmental behaviour}, volume={17}, DOI={10.1088/1748-9326/ac9296}, number={10104026}, journal={Environmental Research Letters}, publisher={IOP Publishing}, author={Hoffmann, Christin and Hoppe, Julia Amelie and Ziemann, Niklas}, year={2022} }
Hoffmann, Christin, Julia Amelie Hoppe, and Niklas Ziemann. “Who Has the Future in Mind? Gender, Time Perspectives, and pro-Environmental Behaviour.” Environmental Research Letters 17, no. 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9296.
C. Hoffmann, J. A. Hoppe, and N. Ziemann, “Who has the future in mind? Gender, time perspectives, and pro-environmental behaviour,” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 17, no. 10, Art. no. 104026, 2022, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9296.
Hoffmann, Christin, et al. “Who Has the Future in Mind? Gender, Time Perspectives, and pro-Environmental Behaviour.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 17, no. 10, 104026, IOP Publishing, 2022, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac9296.

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