Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore
Environmentalists are the advocators of pro-environmental efforts. However, their advocacy success in shaping people’s pro-environmental behaviours is contingent on public’s impression of them. Yet, scant research on environmentalist stereotypes has been conducted in Singapore. Thus, to assert...
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| author | Chai, Sheila Shi Rui |
| author2 | Kenichi Ito |
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| description | Environmentalists are the advocators of pro-environmental efforts. However, their advocacy
success in shaping people’s pro-environmental behaviours is contingent on public’s impression of
them. Yet, scant research on environmentalist stereotypes has been conducted in Singapore. Thus,
to assert the generalizability of previous overseas research on environmentalist stereotypes, this
thesis explored the environmentalist stereotypes found in Singapore and their influences on
Singaporeans’ pro-environmental behaviours. The potential of perceived environmentalist threat
in moderating the relationship between environmentalist stereotypes and pro-environmental
behaviours was also explored. Three studies were conducted using Singaporean undergraduates
aged between 18 and 30 years. In Study 1, 129 participants listed traits describing
environmentalists through a free association task. In Study 2, 132 participants indicated their
perceived prevalence and valence of those traits through rating tasks. In Study 3, 213 participants
reported their environmentalist stereotype endorsement, perceived environmentalist threat and
pro-environmental behaviours through self-report questionnaires. For Study 1 and Study 2, results
revealed 25 environmentalist stereotypical traits, which are mostly and predominantly positive.
Besides some unique findings, the derived traits and their valence largely corroborated with past
literature. For Study 3, results indicated a significant positive relationship only between positive
environmentalist stereotypes and sustainable drinking. The relationship between environmentalist
stereotypes and all other constructs of pro-environmental behaviours, and the moderation effect of
perceived environmentalist threat were not found. Plausible explanations, implications, limitations
and future directions of these findings were addressed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1591002023-03-05T15:46:04Z Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore Chai, Sheila Shi Rui Kenichi Ito School of Social Sciences KIto@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Psychology Environmentalists are the advocators of pro-environmental efforts. However, their advocacy success in shaping people’s pro-environmental behaviours is contingent on public’s impression of them. Yet, scant research on environmentalist stereotypes has been conducted in Singapore. Thus, to assert the generalizability of previous overseas research on environmentalist stereotypes, this thesis explored the environmentalist stereotypes found in Singapore and their influences on Singaporeans’ pro-environmental behaviours. The potential of perceived environmentalist threat in moderating the relationship between environmentalist stereotypes and pro-environmental behaviours was also explored. Three studies were conducted using Singaporean undergraduates aged between 18 and 30 years. In Study 1, 129 participants listed traits describing environmentalists through a free association task. In Study 2, 132 participants indicated their perceived prevalence and valence of those traits through rating tasks. In Study 3, 213 participants reported their environmentalist stereotype endorsement, perceived environmentalist threat and pro-environmental behaviours through self-report questionnaires. For Study 1 and Study 2, results revealed 25 environmentalist stereotypical traits, which are mostly and predominantly positive. Besides some unique findings, the derived traits and their valence largely corroborated with past literature. For Study 3, results indicated a significant positive relationship only between positive environmentalist stereotypes and sustainable drinking. The relationship between environmentalist stereotypes and all other constructs of pro-environmental behaviours, and the moderation effect of perceived environmentalist threat were not found. Plausible explanations, implications, limitations and future directions of these findings were addressed. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology 2022-06-10T01:12:33Z 2022-06-10T01:12:33Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Chai, S. S. R. (2022). Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159100 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159100 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Chai, Sheila Shi Rui Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore |
| title | Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore |
| title_full | Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore |
| title_fullStr | Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore |
| title_short | Does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in Singapore? Investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro-environmental behaviours in Singapore |
| title_sort | does perceptions of environmentalists pose a threat in singapore investigating environmentalist stereotypes and their effects on pro environmental behaviours in singapore |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology |
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