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Cuidar da nossa "casa comum" é cuidar de nós : relação entre os comportamentos pró-ambientais e o bem-estar em adultos portugueses
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A etiologia comportamental da crise climática e as suas consequências nefastas para a saúde humana e ambiental exigem a adoção de comportamentos pró-ambientais, frequentemente percebidos como difíceis e inconvenientes. Porém, vários estudos revelam uma associação positiva entre estes comportamentos e o bem-estar. Algumas evidências sugerem que a satisfação das necessidades psicológicas básicas (autonomia, competência e relacionamento) pode explicar esta relação. O modo como os indivíduos procuram o bem-estar poderá também condicionar essa relação. Este estudo visa explorar a relação entre os comportamentos pró-ambientais e o bem-estar, assim como o papel mediador da satisfação das necessidades psicológicas básicas e moderador das orientações hedónicas e eudaimónicas nessa relação. Uma amostra não-probabilística de 400 adultos residentes em Portugal (18-79 anos, M = 30.96, DP = 12.95) preencheu online a Personal Pro-Environmental Behavior Scale, o Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities – Revised, a Balanced Measure of Psychological Needs e o Mental Health Continuum – Short Form. Os comportamentos pró-ambientais associaram-se positivamente ao bem-estar emocional, psicológico e global, mas não ao bem-estar social. A satisfação de cada uma das três necessidades psicológicas básicas mediou positivamente a relação entre os comportamentos pró-ambientais e cada indicador de bem-estar. Apenas a satisfação da necessidade de competência explicou totalmente a variabilidade de cada indicador de bem-estar. As orientações hedónicas e eudaimónicas não moderaram a relação entre os comportamentos pró-ambientais e cada indicador de bem-estar. Recomenda-se o desenvolvimento de políticas e intervenções que promovam em simultâneo comportamentos pró-ambientais e o bem-estar, integrando os conhecimentos da sustentabilidade ambiental e da psicologia positiva.
The behavioral etiology of the climate crisis and its harmful consequences for human and environmental health require the adoption of pro-environmental behaviors, often perceived as difficult and inconvenient. However, several studies reveal a positive association between these behaviors and well-being. Some evidence suggests that the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) may explain this relationship. The way in which individuals pursue well-being may also condition this relationship. This study aims to explore the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and well-being, as well as the mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction and the moderating role of hedonic and eudaimonic orientations in this relationship. A non-probabilistic sample of 400 adults living in Portugal (18-79 years, M = 30.96, SD = 12.95) completed online the Personal Pro-Environmental Behavior Scale, the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities – Revised, the Balanced Measure of Psychological Needs and the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form. Pro-environmental behaviors were positively associated with emotional, psychological, and global well-being, but not with social well-being. Satisfaction of each of the three basic psychological needs positively mediated the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and each indicator of well-being. Only satisfaction of the need for competence fully explained the variability of each well-being indicator. Hedonic and eudaimonic orientations did not moderate the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and each well-being indicator. It is recommended the development of policies and interventions that simultaneously promote pro-environmental behaviors and well-being by integrating knowledge from both environmental sustainability and positive psychology.
The behavioral etiology of the climate crisis and its harmful consequences for human and environmental health require the adoption of pro-environmental behaviors, often perceived as difficult and inconvenient. However, several studies reveal a positive association between these behaviors and well-being. Some evidence suggests that the satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) may explain this relationship. The way in which individuals pursue well-being may also condition this relationship. This study aims to explore the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and well-being, as well as the mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction and the moderating role of hedonic and eudaimonic orientations in this relationship. A non-probabilistic sample of 400 adults living in Portugal (18-79 years, M = 30.96, SD = 12.95) completed online the Personal Pro-Environmental Behavior Scale, the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities – Revised, the Balanced Measure of Psychological Needs and the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form. Pro-environmental behaviors were positively associated with emotional, psychological, and global well-being, but not with social well-being. Satisfaction of each of the three basic psychological needs positively mediated the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and each indicator of well-being. Only satisfaction of the need for competence fully explained the variability of each well-being indicator. Hedonic and eudaimonic orientations did not moderate the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and each well-being indicator. It is recommended the development of policies and interventions that simultaneously promote pro-environmental behaviors and well-being by integrating knowledge from both environmental sustainability and positive psychology.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia da Saúde.
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Comportamentos pró ambientais Bem-estar Necessidades psicológicas básicas Orientações hedónicas Orientações eudaimónicas Pro-environmental behaviors Well-being Basic psychological needs Hedonic orientations Eudaimonic orientations