Centre of social and psychological sciences SAS
Topic
Psychological barriers of pro-environmental behaviour and ways to reduce them
PhD. program
Health psychology
Name of the supervisor
Mgr. Jakub Šrol, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Comenius University in Bratislava
Annotation
In the field of climate psychology, there is well-known research on the discrepancy between attitudes and behavior towards climate change. While the majority of people
currently agree that climate change is occurring and that it has serious negative consequences, environmental protection behaviors often fall short and do not reflect the
seriousness of perceiving climate change. One of the possible psychological mechanisms explaining this discrepancy are diverse psychological barriers (lack of information, motivation, perceived social norms, etc.) that reduce people´s willingness to behave pro-environmentally. The aim of the study will be to explore mechanisms related to psychological barriers of pro-environmental behavior and, secondly, to propose and
test an intervention targeting psychological barriers to increase pro-environmental behavior.
currently agree that climate change is occurring and that it has serious negative consequences, environmental protection behaviors often fall short and do not reflect the
seriousness of perceiving climate change. One of the possible psychological mechanisms explaining this discrepancy are diverse psychological barriers (lack of information, motivation, perceived social norms, etc.) that reduce people´s willingness to behave pro-environmentally. The aim of the study will be to explore mechanisms related to psychological barriers of pro-environmental behavior and, secondly, to propose and
test an intervention targeting psychological barriers to increase pro-environmental behavior.