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Pro-environmentalism, Identity Dynamics and Environmental Quality of Life

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Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to place in perspective the pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors that we will term “pro-environmentalism” on the one hand, with an individual’s psychosocial identity on the other. However, this conceptual association can be highlighted by the introduction of the notion of environmental quality of life.

Firstly, environmental self identity and group status will be emphasized although the question whether demographic variables actually correspond to determinants of pro-environmental behavior has not been resolved. Secondly, environmental self identity will be associated to values and social norms to observe normative influence in ecological behaviors. Postulating that the environment participates in the psychosocial definition of self, the environmental bases of self identity will be questioned. Finally, environmental self identity will be analyzed at different territorial reference scales arguing that topological identity can be plural and multilevel.

Building links between pro-environmentalism and identity needs to introduce the notion of environmental quality of life. It is to preserve or increase it that people decide to become proenvironmental. However, this links needs to be further explored. This chapter proposes to develop this perspective that has, to the best of our knowledge, not been done yet.

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Félonneau, ML., Causse, E. (2017). Pro-environmentalism, Identity Dynamics and Environmental Quality of Life. In: Fleury-Bahi, G., Pol, E., Navarro, O. (eds) Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31416-7_12

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