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Some Psychological Aspects of Reduced Consumption Behavior

The Role of Intrinsic Satisfaction and Competence Motivation

Raymond De Young

University of Michigan

Efforts to promote environmentally appropriate behavior rely on motivation originating from 3 sources: other people, the environment, and one's self. This article examines a particular form of the latter source, intrinsic satisfactions. Nine studies are presented that investigate the multidimensional structure of intrinsic satisfactions and their relationship to reduced consumption behavior. Two categories of intrinsic satisfaction, labeled frugality and participation, are particularly well suited to encouraging such behavior. A third category, competence motivation, is explored in some detail and its dimensional structure is interpreted in terms of 3 dominant themes in the research literature. Connections between intrinsic satisfactions and such concepts as locus of control and altruism are explored, and implications for practitioners are discussed.

Environment and Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 3, 358-409 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0013916596283005
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