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. 2020 Sep 15:11:566046.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.566046. eCollection 2020.

Influence of Air Quality on Pro-environmental Behavior of Chinese Residents: From the Perspective of Spatial Distance

Guanghua Sheng  1 , Jiatong Dai  2 , Hong Pan  1
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Influence of Air Quality on Pro-environmental Behavior of Chinese Residents: From the Perspective of Spatial Distance

Guanghua Sheng et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Although environmental issues have attracted public attention, there are still many people unwilling to make behavioral changes to solve the problem, which makes promoting pro-environmental behavior become an interesting research topic. This study discusses the influence of air quality on the pro-environmental behavior of Chinese residents from the perspective of spatial distance, providing a theoretical basis and practical application for improving pro-environmental behavior. Through three experiments, this study reveals that air pollution within the local spatial distance could make residents more willing to conduct pro-environmental behavior. In addition, we also find that air pollution within local spatial distance would stimulate residents' environmental affection and promote them to conduct pro-environmental behavior. That is, environmental affection plays a mediating role in the interactive effect of air quality and spatial distance on pro-environmental behavior.

Keywords: Chinese residents; air quality; environmental affection; pro-environmental behavior; spatial distance.

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Framework.
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(A–C) Main effect analysis of Experiment 1.
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(A–C) Main effect analysis of Experiment 2.
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Mediation analysis of Experiment 2. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.
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(A–C) Main effect analysis of Experiment 3.
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Mediation analysis of Experiment 3. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.
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