The moderating role of domain meanings in explaining the environmental attitude-behavior gap
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Abstract The attitude-behavior gap is among the most challenging barriers for promoting individual environmental protecting behaviors, which are urgently needed to address the current climate crisis. We aimed to test whether the subjective interpretations regarding the preservation of the planet, conceived as domain meanings, moderate the relationship between environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors. A total of 700 Italian participants answered to an online survey. The Transformative Utopian Impulse for Planetary Health Scale (TUIPHS-IT) was used to measure domain meanings. Environmental attitudes were assessed using the New Ecological Paradigm Scale - Revised (NEP-R), and pro-environmental behaviors were evaluated with the Pro-Environmental Behaviors Scale (PEBS). A moderation analysis was conducted with PEBS as dependent variable, NEP-R as independent variable, and TUIPHS-IT as moderator. Age and gender were included as covariates in the model. Results showed a significant association between NEP-R and PEBS with TUIPHS-IT moderating this relationship. High scores on TUIPHS-IT reinforced the effect of NEP-R on PEBS, while low scores weakened it. Age was not found to have a significant impact on PEBS, whereas gender showed a significant association with PEBS. The findings suggest that intervening on meaning systems of individuals who are less sensitive to environmental issues by promoting alternative meanings could foster greater responsibility for current ecological challenges.
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- Titre Crossref
- The moderating role of domain meanings in explaining the environmental attitude-behavior gap
- Date Crossref
- 27/05/2026
- Éditeur
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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- journal-article
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Pegaso University Department of Psychology and Health Sciences pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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San Raffaele University of Rome pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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University of Salento Department of Human and Social Sciences pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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WSB Merito University in Gdańsk pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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San Raffaele Telematic University Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of Quality of Life pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
Department of Psychology and Health Sciences — Pegaso University, San Raffaele University of Rome et Department of Human and Social Sciences — University of Salento, avec 2 autres affiliations.
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