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Jansen P, Hoja S, Rahe M. The relationship between the aspects of connectedness and sustainable consumption. Front Psychol 2024; 14:1216944. [PMID: 38292525 PMCID: PMC10824907 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Internal transformative qualities are essential contributing factors to sustainable behavior. Besides awareness, insight, purpose, and agency, connectedness is one of those inner qualities. In this study, we investigated the relationship between connectedness to oneself (self-love), towards the environment (connectedness to nature), towards other human beings (pro-socialness), and sustainable behavior towards clothes and food. One hundred thirty-nine mostly students participated. The results showed that self-love, connectedness to nature, and pro-socialness correlate. Sustainability behavior towards food was predicted by pro-socialness, the choice of diet, and environmental and ethical reasons for nutrition. Sustainable behavior towards clothes was predicted by connectedness to nature. This study hints that the factors of inner transformative qualities and the type of sustainable behavior must be investigated differently. It strengthens the multi-facet dimensions of sustainable behavior.
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- Petra Jansen
- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
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Hagège H, Ourmi ME, Shankland R, Arboix-Calas F, Leys C, Lubart T. Ethics and Meditation: A New Educational Combination to Boost Verbal Creativity and Sense of Responsibility. J Intell 2023; 11:155. [PMID: 37623538 PMCID: PMC10455896 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence11080155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Both creativity and responsibility are important higher-order skills to develop to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and both are related to attentional states of consciousness and to ethics. Meditation is a set of practices that trains attentional and emotional regulation. A few studies have shown that different kinds of meditation can foster different kinds of creative thinking, and others have begun to investigate the effect of the combination of meditation and ethics on ethical characteristics (but not yet on creativity or precisely on responsibility, so far). Here, we present a nonrandomized trial with an active control group among second-year science university students (n = 84) to test the effect of the secular Meditation-Based Ethics of Responsibility (MBER) program on creative potential, self-reported awareness, and sense of one's own responsibility. The results show a large effect of the program on sense of one's own responsibility and convergent and divergent creative writing tasks, both in conceptual-semantic and engineering-like verbal ideation. They also suggest that convergent conceptual-semantic thinking might moderate the effect of the MBER program on the awareness and sense of one's own responsibility. This work opens up new research and educational perspectives linked to necessary behavioral changes in the Anthropocene.
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- Hélène Hagège
- FrED, Université de Limoges, UR 20199, 87000 Limoges, France;
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- Laboratoire DIPHE, Université Lumière Lyon 2, CEDEX 07, 69365 Lyon, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, CEDEX 05, 75231 Paris, France
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- CRPSI, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium;
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- LaPEA, Université Paris Cité & Univ Gustave Eiffel, 92774 Boulogne Billancourt, France;
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Zhao M, Yao L, Ma R, Sarmad M, Orangzab, Ayub A, Jun Z. How Green Mindfulness and Green Shared Vision Interact to Influence Green Creative Behavior. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2023; 16:1707-1723. [PMID: 37179687 PMCID: PMC10169698 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s405399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Aim The study is based on the self-determination theory and aims to investigate the mediating role of green intrinsic motivation and the moderating role of green shared vision in the association between frontline managers' green mindfulness and green creative behavior to leverage their capacity to think creatively and act sustainably. Methods The study employs a time-lagged, multi-source research methodology to collect data from frontline managers of service businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry. Data are analyzed using SmartPLS Structural Equation Model to evaluate the structural and measurement models. The authors evaluated the measurement model by employing the criteria of internal consistency: reliability and Cronbach's alpha, validity: convergent and discriminant validity; and the structural model using the path coefficient, coefficient of determination, predictive relevance, and goodness-of-fit metrics. Results Our findings indicate that green mindfulness significantly improves frontline managers' green creative behavior. Additionally, green intrinsic motivation mediates the connection between green mindfulness and green creative behavior. In addition, the direct effect of green mindfulness on green intrinsic motivation as well as the indirect effect of green mindfulness on green creative behavior through green intrinsic motivation, are both significantly moderated by green shared vision. Discussion To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is one of the few efforts that outstretch the boundary conditions of green mindfulness and green creative behavior through the mediating role of green intrinsic motivation and the moderating role of green shared vision.
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- Mengyang Zhao
- School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjing, 150001, People’s Republic of China
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- Faculty of Management Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- Riphah School of Leadership, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari, Pakistan
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- Department of Management Studies, the University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an, 223003, People’s Republic of China
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Riordan KM, MacCoon DG, Barrett B, Rosenkranz MA, Chungyalpa D, Lam SU, Davidson RJ, Goldberg SB. Does meditation training promote pro-environmental behavior? A cross-sectional comparison and a randomized controlled trial. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 84:101900. [PMID: 36969767 PMCID: PMC10035784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Meditation training may promote pro-environmental behavior and related variables, though limited research has tested this experimentally. We investigated whether short- or long-term meditation training were associated with pro-environmental behavior, environmental attitudes, and sustainable well-being (i.e., well-being per unit consumption). In a cross-sectional comparison, long-term meditators (n=31; mean=9,154 meditation hours) displayed greater environmental attitudes (d=0.63) but not pro-environmental behavior or sustainable well-being compared to meditation-naïve participants (ds=-0.14-0.27). In a randomized controlled trial (n=125), eight-week training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction did not significantly improve target variables relative to waitlist or structurally-matched active control (ds=-0.38-0.43). However, relative to waitlist, randomization to either meditation or active control predicted increases in pro-environmental behavior (d=-0.40) and sustainable well-being (d=0.42), although the latter finding was not robust to multiple imputation. While meditation training may promote pro-environmental behavior and its antecedents, the training investigated here does not appear to be uniquely effective.
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- Kevin M. Riordan
- Center for Healthy Minds and Department of Counseling
Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
And Madison Psychiatric Associates, United States
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Center for Healthy Minds, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Loka Initiative and Center for Healthy Minds, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Center for Healthy Minds and Department of Counseling
Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Center for Healthy Minds, Department of Psychology, And
Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Center for Healthy Minds and Department of Counseling
Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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Renowden C, Beer T, Mata L. Exploring integrated
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experiences to foster nature connectedness through head, heart and hand. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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- Christina Renowden
- Office for Environmental Programs The University of Melbourne Parkville Vic. Australia
- Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Heidelberg Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Queensland College of Art Griffith University Southport Qld Australia
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences The University of Melbourne Parkville Vic. Australia
- Cesar Australia Vic. Australia
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Garrido-Pastor G, San Cristóbal Díaz FM, Fernández-López N, Ferro-Sánchez A, Sillero-Quintana M. Sustainable Food Support during an Ultra-Endurance and Mindfulness Event: A Case Study in Spain. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:12991. [PMID: 34948600 PMCID: PMC8701145 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182412991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The present industrial food-production system is not suitably ecological for the environment. Mindful nutrition in sport is a relevant emergent sub-discipline that could help reduce environmental degradation. This case study describes a sustainable support diet during an ultra-endurance running (UR) event called the "Indoor Everest Challenge". This UR challenge involved attaining the altitude of Mount Everest (8849 m) in a simulated way, in less than 24 h, without using ultra-processed food and without wasting plastics. During this challenge, a male athlete (34 years, weight: 78 kg, and height: 173 cm) wore a SenseWear Armband® (BodyMedia Inc., Pittsburg, PA, USA) accelerometer on his right arm to estimate energy expenditure. To supply his nutritional requirements, the athlete consumed only specially prepared homemade and organic food. All consumption was weighed and recorded in real-time; we determined nutrients using two databases: a food composition software, Dial Alce Ingenieria® (Madrid, Spain), to measure energy and macro- and micro-nutrients, and Phenol Explorer Database® (INRA Institut National de Recherche pour l'Alimentation, Paris, France) precisely to determine polyphenolic content. Most energy intake (up to 96%) came from plant foods. We found that subject consumed 15.8 g/kg-1/d-1 or 1242 g of carbohydrates (CHO), (2.4 g/kg-1/d-1) or 190 g of proteins (P), and 10,692 mL of fluid. The total energy intake (7580 kcal) showed a distribution of 65% CHO, 10% P, and 25% lipids (L). Furthermore, this sustainable diet lead to a high antioxidant intake, specifically vitamin C (1079 mg), vitamin E (57 mg), and total polyphenols (1910 mg). This sustainable approach was suitable for meeting energy, CHO, and P recommendations for UR. Physical and mental training (mindfulness) were integrated from the specific preliminary phase to the day of the challenge. The athlete completed this challenge in 18 h with a low environmental impact. This sports event had an educational component, as it awakened curiosity towards food sustainability.
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- Guadalupe Garrido-Pastor
- Department of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Sports, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (N.F.-L.); (A.F.-S.); (M.S.-Q.)
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- Department of Sports, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (N.F.-L.); (A.F.-S.); (M.S.-Q.)
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- Department of Sports, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (N.F.-L.); (A.F.-S.); (M.S.-Q.)
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Teachers’ Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review from the Perspective of Physical Education. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su132313343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In order to implement education for sustainable development (ESD), teachers from all subjects need to be equipped with ESD-specific professional action competence, including physical education (PE) teachers. However, the current state of research on approaches to defining ESD-specific teacher competence is complex and there is little debate on what competences PE teachers in particular need in order to implement ESD. The purpose of this study is to make a theoretical contribution to clarifying the central concepts of ESD-specific teacher competences and to link this discussion to the subject of PE. We conducted a systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines with a focus on normative and theoretical work about ESD-specific teacher competences. Twenty-two articles from 2008 onwards met the inclusion criteria. Subsequently, we applied a qualitative content analysis based on theoretically derived main categories. The literature review revealed a more nuanced examination of the categories of ESD-specific professional knowledge and beliefs. The categories of motivational orientation and self-regulation were found to have received less attention in the analyzed papers. PE-specific aspects were not reflected in the reviewed literature. A refined model of ESD-specific professional action competence is suggested and it is demonstrated how this model might be applied to subject-specific discourses from the perspective of PE.
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Is mindful eating sustainable and healthy? A focus on nutritional intake, food consumption, and plant-based dietary patterns among lean and normal-weight female university students in Japan. Eat Weight Disord 2021; 26:2183-2199. [PMID: 33423152 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-020-01093-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the correlation between mindful eating and nutritional intake, food consumption, and healthful and unhealthful plant-based dietary patterns in young Japanese women. METHODS The sample comprised 215 female undergraduates who responded to a two-questionnaire anonymous survey conducted in Tokyo, Japan in 2018 and 2019 from November to December. We measured mindful eating status using the Expanded Mindful Eating Scale (EMES) and used Japanese plant-based dietary indices to determine plant-based dietary patterns. Partial correlation analyses were conducted to determine the correlation of mindful eating with energy and nutrient intake, food consumption, and plant-based dietary patterns, after adjusting for demographics and body mass index. RESULTS Participants with higher sub-scores in "health of the planet" and "awareness and appreciation for food" ate higher quantities of several micronutrients and plant-based foods and were more likely to have a healthful plant-based dietary pattern. They were also less likely to have an unhealthful plant-based dietary pattern. In contrast, participants with higher scores in "non-judgmental awareness" ate less protein, whole grains, and vegetables, and were likely to have an unhealthful plant-based dietary pattern. CONCLUSION This study is the first to show that young Japanese women with normal or lean body weight were more likely to consume healthful plant-based foods when they ate mindfully. LEVEL V Opinions of respected authorities, based on descriptive studies, narrative reviews, clinical experience, or reports of expert committees.
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Bleier M. Should we bother to practice ecological responsibility?: Being a snapshot of the slow but ongoing walk of a human toward more-than-humanness including a review of A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene. CULTURAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE EDUCATION 2021; 16:783-803. [PMID: 34306247 PMCID: PMC8286433 DOI: 10.1007/s11422-021-10052-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Are green goals and eco-sensitivity manifestations of delusional human exceptionalism? In this paper I grapple with the question of why/if humans should/must address environmental issues (both local and global) created or exacerbated by human activity. This question can be framed in terms of (a) whether human activity is as natural as that of other organisms and carries with it similar responsibilities, and (b) whether our activity, natural or not, matters in the very long term. It is a consideration of our responsibilities to ourselves, future generations, other organisms, and the earth itself. The recently published A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene is explored as it challenges the author of this article to confront these issues and their bearing on his and others' behaviors and actions vis à vis the earth and its inhabitants. (Inuktitut translation generously provided by Brenda Amakłak Putulik).
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- Mitch Bleier
- The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY USA
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Thiermann UB, Sheate WR, Vercammen A. Practice Matters: Pro-environmental Motivations and Diet-Related Impact Vary With Meditation Experience. Front Psychol 2020; 11:584353. [PMID: 33391103 PMCID: PMC7772404 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.584353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mindfulness has emerged as a potential motivator for sustainable lifestyles, yet few studies provide insight into the relationship between mindfulness practice levels and individual engagement in pro-environmental behaviors. We also lack information about the significance of meditators' behavioral differences in terms of their measurable environmental impact and the motivational processes underlying these differences in pro-environmental performance. We classified 300 individuals in three groups with varying meditation experience and compared their pro-environmental motivations and levels of animal protein consumption. Exceeding prior attempts to compare high-impact behaviors of mindfulness practitioners and non-practitioners, we created the most detailed classification of practice engagement by assessing frequency, experience and type of meditation practice. This nuanced view on mindfulness practice reveals that advanced meditators, who reported high levels of connectedness with nature (CWN), subjective happiness and dispositional mindfulness showed significantly more concern for the environment. They also demonstrated the lowest levels of greenhouse gas emissions, land occupation and water use related to their animal-protein consumption. This study is the first to follow a self-determination theory perspective to deepen our understanding of the motivational differences between meditator groups. We revealed that advanced meditators reported significantly more integrated motivation toward the environment than non-meditators. We also provided preliminary evidence for a new theoretical framework suggesting that experiential strategies such as mindfulness practices could strengthen the relational pathway of pro-environmental behaviors. Using sequential mediation analysis, we confirmed that the negative effect of mindful compassion practice on greenhouse gas emissions from animal-protein consumption is partially mediated by CWN and integrated motivation toward the environment. While our study does not support assumptions of causality, it shows that much can be learned by studying the motivations of advanced meditators for maintaining high levels of pro-environmental behavior.
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- Ute B. Thiermann
- Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Rossa-Roccor V, Acheson ES, Andrade-Rivas F, Coombe M, Ogura S, Super L, Hong A. Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis of the Term "Planetary Health" in the Peer-Reviewed Literature. Front Public Health 2020; 8:343. [PMID: 32850584 PMCID: PMC7403469 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background: Planetary health is an emerging holistic health field to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, integrate Indigenous knowledge, facilitate education, and drive public and policy engagement. To understand to what extent the field has successfully met these goals, we conducted a scoping review and bibliometric analysis. Methods: We searched 15 databases from 2005 to 2019 for peer-reviewed publications with the term “planetary health” in the title, abstract and/or keywords, with no language or geographical location limitations. We classified results into four categories (commentaries, comprehensive syntheses, educational material, and original research) and categorized original research according to expert-derived planetary health themes. Our bibliometric analysis highlighted publications over time, collaborations, and networks of keywords. Findings: Only 8.1% (n = 22) were research articles. Publications rose rapidly from 8 to 64 publications per year in 2015–2018. The top five author affiliation countries for most publications were the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and the top five collaborations were a subset of pairwise combinations between the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. The most common author keywords were the following: planetary health, climate change, ecology, and non-communicable diseases. Keyword co-occurrences clustered around high-level concepts (e.g., Anthropocene) and food system-related topics; two clusters lacked a theme. Interpretation: We show that the term planetary health is used mainly in commentary-like publications, not original research. Additionally, more global collaborations are lacking. Interdisciplinary work, as represented by keyword co-occurrence networks, is developing but could potentially be extended. The planetary health community should promote more worldwide research and interdisciplinary collaborations.
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- Verena Rossa-Roccor
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Thiermann UB, Sheate WR. The Way Forward in Mindfulness and Sustainability: a Critical Review and Research Agenda. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s41465-020-00180-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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AbstractThe ecological crisis demands new strategies to rapidly transform our society into a more sustainable one. A growing amount of research points towards the potential of mindfulness to help transform people’s motivations for sustainability. This article reviews 30 years of research in mindfulness and sustainability and disentangles theoretical knowledge from empirical evidence. We identified six leading theoretical links between mindfulness and sustainability which find backing in empirical work: reduced automaticity, enhanced health and subjective well-being, greater connectedness with nature, improved pro-sociality, recognition of intrinsic values and openness to new experiences. Many of the studies involve considerable methodological caveats, most importantly a lack of mindfulness practice indicators and environmental impact measures. To reach the point where policy makers could embrace mindfulness-based policies to promote societal well-being and sustainability, the research must go beyond the present focus on correlative research. The proof of causality posits the greatest challenge for the next decade of research. Inspired by principles from policy evaluation, we propose a research agenda that offers direction for collaborative efforts and innovative interdisciplinary study designs in a logical model: (how) does the practice of mindfulness contribute to individual behaviour change and (how) does this individual change translate into societal change?
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- Bassam Khoury
- Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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Hanley AW, Bettmann JE, Kendrick CE, Deringer A, Norton CL. Dispositional Mindfulness Is Associated with Greater Nature Connectedness and Self-Reported Ecological Behavior. ECOPSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1089/eco.2019.0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Adam W. Hanley
- College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
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- Department of Health & Human Performance, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
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Healthy eating and sustainable nutrition through mindfulness? Mixed method results of a controlled intervention study. Appetite 2019; 141:104325. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Exploring Socio-Cognitive Mindfulness in the Context of Sustainable Consumption. SUSTAINABILITY 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/su11133692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mindfulness has been presented as a consumer characteristic mitigating negative environmental effects of overconsumption. This study argues that consumers’ propensity to engage in sustainable consumption behaviors additionally depends on individual values and beliefs, developing a more nuanced view of mindfulness in this particular domain of consumer behavior. Based on an online survey among 546 American consumers, the study finds that mindfulness not only affects a set of sustainable consumption behaviors directly, but also has an impact on environmental concern and perceived consumer effectiveness, accounting for an indirect positive effect of mindfulness through these values and beliefs. Materialism is negatively associated with mindfulness. However, certain forms of sustainable consumption behaviors may offer a pathway for materialist consumers to participate in sustainable consumption. Research findings indicate that increased mindfulness may be effective in changing daily consumption routines, helping to reduce negative environmental impacts of overconsumption, particularly in populations with increased environmental concern and perceived consumer effectiveness.
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Geiger SM, Grossman P, Schrader U. Mindfulness and sustainability: correlation or causation? Curr Opin Psychol 2018; 28:23-27. [PMID: 30359938 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mindfulness-based approaches have been suggested as a potential remedy for an increasingly unsustainable consumption level in early industrialized countries. This article reviews twelve current empiric papers (2005ø2013) on five different potential pathways in which mindfulness is thought to unfold its effects on sustainable behaviors. Unfortunately, robust empiric evidence on the instrumentality of mindfulness-based interventions to promote sustainable lifestyles is still rare. Most of the available data originates from cross-sectional studies evidencing a small, positive relationship between some facets of dispositional mindfulness and diverse consumption behaviors. Null-effects of one prospective study blunt claims on the effectiveness of mindfulness practice to directly change consumption patterns though. Nevertheless, indirect effects including promotion of subjective well-being and decline of materialistic values are encouraging enough to justify future research on the topic. Specific recommendations for such future research are given.
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- Sonja M Geiger
- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute for Vocational Education and Work Studies, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
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- European Center for Mindfulness, Merzhauser Str. 177, 79100 Freiburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institute for Vocational Education and Work Studies, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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