Driven by feelings or stimulated by context: how childhood nature experience shaped adulthood pro-environmental behavior?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In recent years, China has vigorously promoted sustainable social development, aiming to enhance residents' environmental protection awareness and encourage their active participation in environmental protection through various means. To achieve this goal, cultivating environmental feelings (EF) among residents has become a key initiative. Childhood nature experiences (CNE) may have a profound impact on pro-environmental behaviors (PEB) in adulthood. However, the specific mechanisms underlying this influence remain unclear.

Methods

This study, viewed through the lens of the biophilia hypothesis, uses EF and environmental contacts (EC) as mediating variables, and environmental risk perception (ERP) as a moderating variable. Statistical analyses, including multipl

SUBMITTER: Yan QS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911382 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature