TY - JOUR
T1 - How religiosity and spirituality influences the ecologically conscious consumer psychology of Christians, the non-religious, and atheists in the United States
AU - Muralidharan, Sidharth
AU - La Ferle, Carrie
AU - Roth-Cohen, Osnat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Despite global warming and climate change remaining top environmental issues, many people do not prioritize the environment. However, religious and spiritual beliefs can influence pro-environmental behavior. Therefore, we focused on understanding how religiosity and spirituality among Christians, the non-religious, and atheists, influence ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB) through environmental values (i.e. egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric) and issue involvement. Using Qualtrics, we recruited a US sample of Christians (n = 362), the non-religious (n = 132), and atheists (n = 84). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) analyses confirmed the hypothesized model. Overall, the findings suggest that religiosity is related to the environmental values of Christians and the non-religious. This relationship increased issue involvement and positively impacted participants’ ECCB. More importantly, irrespective of religious affiliation, perceived spiritual connection with nature promoted ECCB.
AB - Despite global warming and climate change remaining top environmental issues, many people do not prioritize the environment. However, religious and spiritual beliefs can influence pro-environmental behavior. Therefore, we focused on understanding how religiosity and spirituality among Christians, the non-religious, and atheists, influence ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB) through environmental values (i.e. egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric) and issue involvement. Using Qualtrics, we recruited a US sample of Christians (n = 362), the non-religious (n = 132), and atheists (n = 84). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) analyses confirmed the hypothesized model. Overall, the findings suggest that religiosity is related to the environmental values of Christians and the non-religious. This relationship increased issue involvement and positively impacted participants’ ECCB. More importantly, irrespective of religious affiliation, perceived spiritual connection with nature promoted ECCB.
KW - Atheism
KW - ecologically conscious consumer behavior
KW - environmental values
KW - issue involvement
KW - non-religious
KW - religiosity
KW - spirituality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85183014494&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00846724231225674
DO - 10.1177/00846724231225674
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AN - SCOPUS:85183014494
SN - 0084-6724
VL - 46
SP - 71
EP - 87
JO - Archive for the Psychology of Religion
JF - Archive for the Psychology of Religion
IS - 1
ER -