The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal
The perception of the relationship between humans and nature is important for promoting not only pro-environmental behaviors but also psychological well-being. The present research explored how people's self-construal would moderate the relationship between the need to belong, the desire for so...
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| author | Li, Liman Man Wai Liu, Mengru Ito, Kenichi |
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| description | The perception of the relationship between humans and nature is important for promoting not only pro-environmental behaviors but also psychological well-being. The present research explored how people's self-construal would moderate the relationship between the need to belong, the desire for social acceptance and connectedness and perceived nature relatedness. Two studies using community samples with diverse demographic characteristics in two different cultures (Study 1: the United States; Study 2: Singapore) obtained consistent findings. The results showed that independent self-construal, which emphasizes separateness from others in the social contexts, moderated the relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness. Specifically, the need to belong was negatively associated with nature relatedness among people with a stronger independent self-construal, while this pattern was not significant among those with a weaker independent self-construal. No evidence for the moderating role of interdependent self-construal was found in the two studies. These findings highlighted the importance of non-nature experience in understanding people's perception of human-nature relationships. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1482702023-03-05T15:33:29Z The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal Li, Liman Man Wai Liu, Mengru Ito, Kenichi School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Psychology Nature Relatedness Self-construal The perception of the relationship between humans and nature is important for promoting not only pro-environmental behaviors but also psychological well-being. The present research explored how people's self-construal would moderate the relationship between the need to belong, the desire for social acceptance and connectedness and perceived nature relatedness. Two studies using community samples with diverse demographic characteristics in two different cultures (Study 1: the United States; Study 2: Singapore) obtained consistent findings. The results showed that independent self-construal, which emphasizes separateness from others in the social contexts, moderated the relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness. Specifically, the need to belong was negatively associated with nature relatedness among people with a stronger independent self-construal, while this pattern was not significant among those with a weaker independent self-construal. No evidence for the moderating role of interdependent self-construal was found in the two studies. These findings highlighted the importance of non-nature experience in understanding people's perception of human-nature relationships. National Research Foundation (NRF) Accepted version This research was supported in part by the grant from the National Research Foundation Singapore (BSEWWT2017_04) awarded to KI. 2021-04-23T02:56:50Z 2021-04-23T02:56:50Z 2021 Journal Article Li, L. M. W., Liu, M. & Ito, K. (2021). The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 638320-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638320 1664-1078 0000-0001-6936-4468 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148270 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638320 33643169 2-s2.0-85101666144 12 638320 en BSEWWT2017_04 Frontiers in Psychology © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Frontiers in Psychology and is made available with permission of Frontiers in Psychology. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Nature Relatedness Self-construal Li, Liman Man Wai Liu, Mengru Ito, Kenichi The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal |
| title | The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal |
| title_full | The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal |
| title_short | The relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness : the moderating role of independent self-construal |
| title_sort | relationship between the need to belong and nature relatedness the moderating role of independent self construal |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology Nature Relatedness Self-construal |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148270 |
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