On the Psychology of Sustainable Consumption
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2022) | Viewed by 4125
Special Issue Editors
Interests: consumer psychology; persuasion; unconscious influence; consumer self-regulation; nudging and heuristics; consumer health and well-being; food-related decision making; sustainable consumption
2. Department of Management, ISM, University of Management and Economics, LT-06109 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: sustainable and health-related consumer behavior; international marketing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While the urgency and relevance of promoting sustainable consumption are undisputed as a key means to slow down or reverse global challenges such as climate change, pollution, and exhaustion of natural resources, grounded understanding of the drivers and barriers underlying the change from regular to sustainable consumption has greatly lagged behind. The present Special Issue aims to address and bridge this gap by specifically focusing on the psychology of sustainable consumption. This Special Issue thus aims to connect the behavioral sciences at large with the focus area of the acquisition, use, and/or disposal of sustainable goods and services. Hence, we are interested in work exploring key emerging themes in behavioral science, examining how they may be applied to foster a boost in sustainable consumption and thus to substantially contribute to slowing down or even reversing the threats described above.
To this end, we invite scholars to submit their best work that focuses on using strong theorizing and rigorous methodologies to understand when and why consumers (fail to) acquire, use, and/or dispose of sustainable products and services vis-a-vis their regular counterparts. We particularly welcome empirical research (either involving primary data or secondary data analyses), although systematic literature reviews (preferably meta-analyses) are also welcomed.
This specific psychological lens, focusing on theory driven, top-down, and hypotetico-deductive approaches combined with using “tried and tested” methodologies (preferably experimental research including the use of prevalidated paradigms, tasks, and measures) aims to complement and distinguish the present issue from other work on the (promotion of) sustainable consumption, which frequently features a more phenomenological, bottom-up, and data-driven approach.
Research topics may include but are not limited to the following:
- research on how personality traits may influence sustainable consumption
- the role of experienced threats in driving sustainable choices
- licensing and/or consistency effects in sustainable consumption
- the self-regulation of sustainable consumption
- impulsive vs. deliberate drivers of sustainable judgment and choice
- approach vs. avoidance-motivated drivers of (non)sustainable consumption
- social influence and persuasion approaches to promote sustainable consumption
- the role of habit and habit formation in the promotion of sustainable consumption
- nudging sustainable choices
Prof. Dr. Bob M. Fennis
Prof. Dr. Justina Gineikiene
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable consumption
- self-regulation
- sustainable judgment and choice
- sustainable choices
