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Some Psychological Aspects of Reduced Consumption Behavior
dc.contributor.authorDe Young, Raymonden_US
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dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.identifier.citationDe Young, Raymond (1996). "Some Psychological Aspects of Reduced Consumption Behavior." Environment and Behavior 28(3): 358-409. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67646>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0013-9165en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67646
dc.description.abstractEfforts to promote environmentally appropriate behavior rely on motivation originating from 3 sources: other people, the environment, and one's self. This article examines a particular form of the latter source, intrinsic satisfactions. Nine studies are presented that investigate the multidimensional structure of intrinsic satisfactions and their relationship to reduced consumption behavior. Two categories of intrinsic satisfaction, labeled frugality and participation, are particularly well suited to encouraging such behavior. A third category, competence motivation, is explored in some detail and its dimensional structure is interpreted in terms of 3 dominant themes in the research literature. Connections between intrinsic satisfactions and such concepts as locus of control and altruism are explored, and implications for practitioners are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleSome Psychological Aspects of Reduced Consumption Behavioren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0013916596283005en_US
dc.identifier.sourceEnvironment and Behavioren_US
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