Broadly defined, social dilemmas involve a conflict between immediate self-interest and
longer-term collective interests. These are challenging situations because acting in one's …

Social psychologists have long recognized that people fundamentally differ with respect to
their social value orientation (SVO), that is, self‐regarding versus other regarding …

As people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as
Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing …

Abstract Models used in previous environmental studies focused on only one type of pro-
environmental behavior (eg, purchase of green products) and failed to examine a …

Four studies are reported on the structure of environmental attitudes. Based on Stern &
Dietz'(1994) value-basis theory for environmental attitudes, we predicted that concerns for …

In environmental literature it is argued that three different value orientations may be relevant
for understanding environmental beliefs and intentions: egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric …

What motivates people when they make decisions and how those motivations are potentially
entangled with concerns for others are central topics for the social, cognitive, and behavioral …

Measures of proenvironmental behavior in psychological studies do not always reflect the
actual environmental impact of a person or household. Therefore, the results of these …

Interdependent situations are pervasive in human life. In these situations, it is essential to
form expectations about the others' behaviour to adapt one's own behaviour to increase …

There is considerable scientific interest in the psychological correlates of pro‐environmental
behaviors. Much research has focused on demographic and social‐psychological …