Protecting the Environment for Self-interested Reasons: Altruism Is Not the Only Pathway to Sustainability

Concerns for environmental issues are important drivers of sustainable and pro-environmental behaviors, and can be differentiated between those with a self-enhancing (egoistic) vs. self-transcendent (biospheric) psychological foundation. Yet to date, the dominant approach for promoting pro-environme...

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Main Authors: Stefano De Dominicis, P. Wesley Schultz, Marino Bonaiuto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01065/full