主观社会阶层对亲环境行为的影响:物质主义价值观的中介作用

研究旨在通过两个实验分别探讨主观社会阶层对亲环境行为的影响及作用路径。结果发现:(1)主观社会阶层对亲环境行为具有显著正向影响,即主观社会阶层感知高的个体更愿意保护环境并为环境活动贡献金钱。(2)物质主义价值观在社会阶层影响亲环境行为中起完全中介作用,即高社会阶层的个体物质主义程度较低并更加亲环境,而低社会阶层的个体则相反。这可以为提高个体环保行为倾向和加强社会环境管理提供一定参考。

The Influence of Social Class on Pro-environmental Behavior--The Mediating Role of Materialistic Values

The research is aim to explore the influence of subjective social class on the pro-environment behavior and its action path through two experiments respectively.The results show that:(1)subjective social class has a significant positive effect on pro-environmental behavior.Individuals with high subjective social class perception are more willing to protect the environment and contribute money to environmental activities.(2)materialistic values play a completely mediating role between social class and pro-environment behaviors.Individuals of high social class have lower materialistic and more pro-environment,while individuals of low social class work in opposite ways.These results can provide some references for promoting individuals to improve their tendency of environmental protection behavior and reducing environmental problems.