Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective
This paper aims to develop a conceptual and theoretical perspective on sustainable lifestyle change according to a multidisciplinary approach. In particular, we discuss the interplay between three orders of factors that, according to the literature and to our conceptual model, are relevant in shapin...
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| author | Eugenio De Gregorio Giuseppe Carrus Christian Andreas Klöckner Erica Löfström Lassi Similä Michael Brenner-Fliesser |
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| description | This paper aims to develop a conceptual and theoretical perspective on sustainable lifestyle change according to a multidisciplinary approach. In particular, we discuss the interplay between three orders of factors that, according to the literature and to our conceptual model, are relevant in shaping sustainable lifestyles and lifestyle change in people daily life contexts, such as their living neighbourhoods. The three orders of factors are the following: (1) Individual level factors (as typically present and discussed in the environmental psychology literature; e.g., attitudes, values, beliefs, intentions, emotions, connection to nature, etc.); (2) Collective level factors (as typically present and discussed in the social psychology and sociology literature; e.g., social capital, social norms, social and place identity, sense of community, place attachment, energy memories & energy cultures); (3) Contextual factors (as typically present and discussed in the environmental science and economic literature; e.g., regulations, technology, infrastructures, economic resources, etc.). For each of these three levels, we will present and discuss some classical and recent literature findings, and we will provide a summary of the current state of the art knowledge about sustainable lifestyle adoption in neighbourhoods’ contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4216c4f353c446c4bfc9f339afdcfbaa2025-01-30T06:21:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15056761505676Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspectiveEugenio De Gregorio0Giuseppe Carrus1Christian Andreas Klöckner2Erica Löfström3Lassi Similä4Michael Brenner-Fliesser5Department of Health Sciences, Link Campus University, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Education, Roma Tre University, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FinlandLIFE Research Group, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz, AustriaThis paper aims to develop a conceptual and theoretical perspective on sustainable lifestyle change according to a multidisciplinary approach. In particular, we discuss the interplay between three orders of factors that, according to the literature and to our conceptual model, are relevant in shaping sustainable lifestyles and lifestyle change in people daily life contexts, such as their living neighbourhoods. The three orders of factors are the following: (1) Individual level factors (as typically present and discussed in the environmental psychology literature; e.g., attitudes, values, beliefs, intentions, emotions, connection to nature, etc.); (2) Collective level factors (as typically present and discussed in the social psychology and sociology literature; e.g., social capital, social norms, social and place identity, sense of community, place attachment, energy memories & energy cultures); (3) Contextual factors (as typically present and discussed in the environmental science and economic literature; e.g., regulations, technology, infrastructures, economic resources, etc.). For each of these three levels, we will present and discuss some classical and recent literature findings, and we will provide a summary of the current state of the art knowledge about sustainable lifestyle adoption in neighbourhoods’ contexts.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1505676/fullsustainabilitylifestylesindividual factorscollective factorscontextual factors |
| spellingShingle | Eugenio De Gregorio Giuseppe Carrus Christian Andreas Klöckner Erica Löfström Lassi Similä Michael Brenner-Fliesser Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective Frontiers in Psychology sustainability lifestyles individual factors collective factors contextual factors |
| title | Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective |
| title_full | Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective |
| title_fullStr | Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective |
| title_short | Individual, collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts: an integrated perspective |
| title_sort | individual collective and contextual dimensions of sustainable lifestyle change in daily life contexts an integrated perspective |
| topic | sustainability lifestyles individual factors collective factors contextual factors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1505676/full |
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