Determinants of Frugal Behavior: The Influences of Consciousness for Sustainable Consumption, Materialism, and the Consideration of Future Consequences

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ernesto Suárez¹  Bernardo Hernández¹  Domingo Gil-Giménez¹  Víctor Corral-Verdugo² 

[1] Departamento de Psicología Cognitiva, Universidad de La Laguna;Departamento de Psicología y Ciencias de la Comunicación, Universidad de Sonora

关键词: consciousness;    frugality;    future;    materialism;    sustainable consumption;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567752

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The transition toward sustainability and the adjustment to climate change should involve the reduction of consumption behavior and the need to maintain social practices of frugality. This paper investigates the influences of consciousness for sustainable consumption (CSC), materialism, and the consideration of future consequences (CFC) on frugal behaviors. Four-hundred-and-forty-four individuals responded to an instrument investigating these variables. Results of a structural model revealed that materialism significantly and negatively influenced the three dimensions of CSC: economic, environmental, and social. The consideration of distant future consequences positively and significantly affected the economic dimension of CSC. Frugal behavior received significant and positive influences from the three CSC dimensions and from consideration of distant future consequences. The model explained 46% of variance in frugal behavior, revealing the importance of awareness of the consequences of resource consumption and the CFC has on promoting a moderate consumption of resources.

【 授权许可】

CC BY