The main aim of the present study was to investigate the bi-directional relationship between social well-being and energy conservation behavior as a form of pro-environmental behavior. Participants were 298 undergraduate/master students at an Italian public university. We applied structural equation modeling with two waves of survey data from a cross-lagged panel design to investigate reciprocal relationships between latent variables representing social well-being and pro-environmental behavior. Results showed that pro-environmental behavior at baseline predicted later social well-being controlling for the effects of baseline social well-being. Conversely, social well-being at baseline predicted subsequent levels of pro-environmental behavior controlling for previous levels of pro-environmental behavior. Results were compared using multi-group invariance testing of paths across gender. These relationships did not differ between men and women. Together, these findings suggest that a bi-directional relationship between social well-being and pro-environmental behavior is supported.
Social Well-Being and Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Cross-Lagged Panel Design / Prati, Gabriele; Albanesi, Cinzia; Pietrantoni, Luca. - In: HUMAN ECOLOGY REVIEW. - ISSN 1074-4827. - ELETTRONICO. - 23:1(2017), pp. 123-139. [10.22459/HER.23.01.2017.07]
Social Well-Being and Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Cross-Lagged Panel Design
PRATI, GABRIELE;ALBANESI, CINZIA;PIETRANTONI, LUCA
2017
Abstract
The main aim of the present study was to investigate the bi-directional relationship between social well-being and energy conservation behavior as a form of pro-environmental behavior. Participants were 298 undergraduate/master students at an Italian public university. We applied structural equation modeling with two waves of survey data from a cross-lagged panel design to investigate reciprocal relationships between latent variables representing social well-being and pro-environmental behavior. Results showed that pro-environmental behavior at baseline predicted later social well-being controlling for the effects of baseline social well-being. Conversely, social well-being at baseline predicted subsequent levels of pro-environmental behavior controlling for previous levels of pro-environmental behavior. Results were compared using multi-group invariance testing of paths across gender. These relationships did not differ between men and women. Together, these findings suggest that a bi-directional relationship between social well-being and pro-environmental behavior is supported.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.