The dilemma of green consumption: identity construction or environmental concern?

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1042.2019.01507

Abstract

Abstract:

Green consumption is an ethical issue, including two types of motivation: Identity construction and environmental concern. Green consumption based on identity construction would lead to the instability of green consumption, even lies and theft, and its psychological mechanism was moral self-regulation. The green consumption performance based on environmental concern was the opposite, and mechanism of moral identity played a role. So, was it identity construction or environmental concern? It might be influenced by many factors. On this basis, we built a green consumption model based on individual life style, which clarified the problem from the perspective of individual differences. Finally, Future research needs to focus on green consumption from theory and practice.

Key words: green consumption, moral self-regulation, moral identity

CLC Number:

B849: F713.55

WANG Caiyu, Zheng Xiaoxu, YU Qiuting, LEI Li. The dilemma of green consumption: identity construction or environmental concern?[J]. Advances in Psychological Science, 2019, 27(8): 1507-1520.

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