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New Publication: The role of attitude toward nature in learning about environmental issues
Available free of charge at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1471026
Baierl, T.-M., Kaiser, F. G. & Bogner, F. X. (2024). The role of attitude toward nature in learning about environmental issues. Frontiers in Psychology: Environmental Psychology, 15, 1471026
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New Publication: Wealth as an obstacle and a support for environmental protection
Available free of charge at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102449
Kaiser, F. G. & Urban, J. (2024). Wealth as an obstacle and a support for environmental protection. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 100, 102449.
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Highlights:
-Wealth effects are not perplexing when wealth's behavioral relevance is understood.
-When engaging in behavior, individuals typically have to incur costs.
-A population's behavior indicates how supportive the conditions are for action.
-For populations, a surplus in money helps furnish behavior-supportive conditions.
-Wealth helps populations protect the environment, but helps and hinders individuals.
New Publication: Exploring intergenerational differences in consumer acceptance of insects-fed farmed fish
Available free of charge at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105165
Trentinaglia, M.T., Adler, M. , Peri, M., Panzone, L., & Baldi, L. (2024). Exploring intergenerational differences in consumer acceptance of insects-fed farmed fish. Food Quality and Preference, 117, 105165.
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This study delves into the multi-faceted process of consumer acceptance of innovative food products, such as insect-fed farmed fish. This is a food product that introduces new, though potentially conflicting, intangible attributes aligning with circularity and sustainability but also evoking negative emotions, such as disgust or neophobia. Drawing from two distinct studies on young and older Italian consumers, we employ an intergenerational lens to explore individual psychometric characteristics, socio-demographic variables, and nudging effects in shaping the acceptance process. We apply the Campbell Paradigm, integrating three acceptance items into well-established scales measuring attitudes towards the environment and nature.
Our results reveal that environmental protection inclination, rather than a connectedness to nature, primarily drives acceptance. Notably, young consumers exhibit a more facile acceptance process, indicating lower behavioral costs at each stage. Sociodemographic variables, particularly gender, exert varied influences on acceptance stages, with older women displaying greater hesitancy in adopting new dietary practices. Additionally, exploring the impact of nudges, we find that information significantly influences acceptance, while visual priming does not. Interestingly, the effectiveness of information varies between generations, indicating different reactions and responses.
The findings propose strategies for policymakers and marketers to highlight the positive attributes of insects-fed farmed fish, emphasizing sustainability and addressing consumer disgust concerns. Introducing insects as feed in various farming practices may enhance familiarity with this alternative protein source, potentially reducing disgust and fostering widespread acceptance.
Highlights:
-Exploring Intergenerational Variances in Acceptance of Novel Foods.
-Socio-Demographic Nuances: Unpacking Influences on Insects-Fed Farmed Fish Acceptance.
-Psychological Drivers: A Rasch Model Analysis of Environmental Attitudes in Novel Food Adoption.
Interview with tageschau24: Is there really an "Eco Gender Gap"?
Does an "Eco Gender Gap" really exist? Our colleague Juliane Bücker wanted to answer this question for Klimazeit on tagesschau24.
In a reanalysis of the data from the 2018 Environmental Awareness Study published by Bauske et al. (2022) and various of our own data sets, we consistently find a small effect: women have a significantly higher environmental attitude than men.
The program shows many exciting perspectives on gender equality and environmental protection and is available in the ARD Mediathek until 25.03.24.
New Publication: The gap between urgency and practicability in climate policy - the CO2-price example
Greenhouse gas emissions must be massively reduced. Otherwise, climate change will hit people all over the world severely. However, only a minority is currently supportive of effective climate protection. What can climate policy look like that motivates majorities to protect the climate?
Ronja Gerdes and Florian G. Kaiser write about this in the current issue of the In-Mind magazine.
Gerdes, R. & Kaiser, F. G. (2024). Die Kluft zwischen Dringlichkeit und Umsetzbarkeit der Klimapolitik – am Beispiel des CO2-Preises [The gap between urgency and practicability in climate policy - the CO2-price example]. In-Mind, Issue 1, Article 4.