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Pro-environmental behavior in climate change mitigation: The role of psychological distance.

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Τίτλος: Pro-environmental behavior in climate change mitigation: The role of psychological distance.
Συγγραφείς: Nekmahmud M; Department of Marketing and International Business, School of Busines and Economics, North South University, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh. Electronic address: md.nekmahmud@northsouth.edu., Ramkissoon H; School of Management, Adelaide University Adelaide, Australia; College of Business, Law & Social Sciences, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB, UK; Peer Review College, British Academy of Management, London, UK; Royal Geographical Society, London, UK; School of Tourism and Hospitality, College of Business & Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Centre for Research & Innovation in Tourism, Taylor's University, Malaysia. Electronic address: ramkissoonhaywantee@gmail.com., Fekete-Farkas M; Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent Istvan campus, Páter Károly u. 1, Gödöllő 2100, Hungary. Electronic address: farkasne.fekete.maria@uni-mate.hu.
Πηγή: Acta psychologica [Acta Psychol (Amst)] 2026 Aug; Vol. 268, pp. 107223. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jun 19.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: North Holland Publishing Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0370366 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-6297 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00016918 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acta Psychol (Amst) Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: Amsterdam : North Holland Publishing
Original Publication: The Hague.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Climate Change* , Consumer Behavior* , Attitude* , Social Responsibility* , Environment*, Humans ; Bangladesh ; Female ; Adult ; Male ; Young Adult ; Intention
Περίληψη: This research examines consumer pro-environmental behavior and loyalty to energy-efficient appliances, aiming to mitigate the effects of climate change by integrating construal level theory and environmental responsibility foundational theory as the underlying frameworks. This study further develops a behavioral model to better understand how consumers perceive climate change and how their subjective psychological distance cognitively interprets objects, influencing their purchase behavior for energy-efficient appliances. This study also examines the mediating roles of the environmental responsibility chain with proximal psychological distance and behavioral intention. A structural equation model was applied to explore the model and hypotheses for 1020 valid respondents from Bangladesh. Findings reveal that proximal psychological distance has a significant positive relationship with environmental attitude, environmental ethics, self-responsibility, social responsibility, moral norms and behavior intention. Nevertheless, proximal psychological distance, self-responsibility, and moral norms have an insignificant relationship with consumer loyalty. To our knowledge, it is the first empirical study in Bangladesh to comprehensively explain consumer purchasing behavior intention and loyalty to energy-efficient appliances. Theoretical, managerial, and social contributions of consumers' pro-environmental behavior in climate change mitigation are discussed.
(Copyright © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Σχόλια: Erratum in: Acta Psychol (Amst). 2026 Sep 30:107892. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107892.. (PMID: 42816282)
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Climate change; Construal level theory; Environmental marketing; Environmental responsibility chain; Pro-environmental behavior
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260619 Date Completed: 20260724 Latest Revision: 20260930
Update Code: 20261001
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107223
PMID: 42320347
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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