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Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Sustainability

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  • Susan M. Koger

    (Department of Psychology, Willamette University, 900 State Street, Salem, Oregon 97301, USA)

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I am honored to introduce this special issue of Sustainability , which exemplifies how the field of Psychology can contribute to multi- and inter-disciplinary efforts to create a sustainable society. In fact, achieving the goal of environmental, economic, and social sustainability is predicated on changing human behavior; the purview of Psychologists (reviewed in [1], see also [2–7]). So-called “environmental problems” are really problems of human behavior , caused by collective human actions and their underlying thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and values [1]. Consequently, research from various sub-fields of psychology can [...]

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  • Susan M. Koger, 2013. "Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(7), pages 1-3, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:5:y:2013:i:7:p:3006-3008:d:27083
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    2. R. C. Tripathi & Sunit Singh, 2017. "Psychosocial Pathways Towards a Sustainable Society," Psychology and Developing Societies, , vol. 29(2), pages 200-220, September.
    3. Pablo Díaz-Siefer & Alexander Neaman & Eduardo Salgado & Juan L. Celis-Diez & Siegmar Otto, 2015. "Human-Environment System Knowledge: A Correlate of Pro-Environmental Behavior," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(11), pages 1-17, November.
    4. Alexander Neaman & Siegmar Otto & Eli Vinokur, 2018. "Toward an Integrated Approach to Environmental and Prosocial Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-11, February.
    5. Johannes Bettin & Meike Wollni, 2019. "Environmental Concern, Income, and Nature Experience in India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-22, January.
    6. Daniel Musitu-Ferrer & Celeste León-Moreno & Juan Evaristo Callejas-Jerónimo & Macarena Esteban-Ibáñez & Gonzalo Musitu-Ochoa, 2019. "Relationships between Parental Socialization Styles, Empathy and Connectedness with Nature: Their Implications in Environmentalism," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-20, July.

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