Go green but why? The dynamic interplay between motivational reasons and pro-environmental behaviors displayed in private and public spheres
| buir.advisor | Besken, Miri | |
| dc.contributor.author | Candar, İlke | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T10:55:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T10:55:17Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2022-08 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-08 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2022-08-18 | |
| dc.department | Department of Psychology | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of article. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Master's): Bilkent University, Department of Psychology, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2022. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-73). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Grounded in Self-determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), this thesis investigated through two studies the reasons for which individuals engage in pro-environmental behaviors. Study 1 with N = 375 Turkish young adults (Mage = 22.35; SD = 2.38), showed that after controlling for connectedness to nature and perceived environmental threat, autonomous reasons but not controlling reasons had unique associations with both private- and public-sphere behaviors and intentions. Building on Study 1, Study 2 employed a more dynamic approach to examine the week-to-week relations of autonomous and controlling reasons to pro-environmental behaviors. With the aid of a sample of young adults (total N = 160; Mage = 23.55; SD = 7.17) who completed two sets of online surveys, a pre-diary part and a series of short questionnaires for six consecutive weeks, it was found, again, that weekly variation in autonomous reasons (but not in controlling reasons) related positively to weekly fluctuation in private- and public-sphere pro-environmental behaviors. Further, perceived environmental threat predicted between-person differences in such behaviors exhibited in both realms. The findings and their implications were discussed within the framework of Self-determination Theory. | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.A. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by İlke Candar | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | xvi, 82 leaves : charts ; 30 cm. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.itemid | B161177 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/110457 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Bilkent University | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Autonomous reasons | en_US |
| dc.subject | Connectedness to nature | en_US |
| dc.subject | Controlling reasons | en_US |
| dc.subject | Perceived environmental threat | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pro-environmental behaviors | en_US |
| dc.title | Go green but why? The dynamic interplay between motivational reasons and pro-environmental behaviors displayed in private and public spheres | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Çevreci davranmalı, fakat niçin? motivasyonel sebepler ile özel ve kamusal alanda sergilenen çevreci davranışlar arasındaki dinamik etkileşim | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |