The Co-innovation Center for Social Governance of Urban and Rural Communities in Hubei Province, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Front Public Health. 2023 Oct 5;11:1184605. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1184605. eCollection 2023.
To address the challenge of declining pro-environmental behaviors in adolescence, this paper uses the theoretical foundations for subjective wellbeing to verify the influence of three latent dimensions of subjective wellbeing (life satisfaction, positive emotions, and negative emotions) on adolescents' pro-environmental consumption behaviors (PECBs). Furthermore, we explore the moderating effects of nations and regions in the relationship between subjective wellbeing and PECBs in adolescents.
Based on the international data from the Programme for International Student Assessment 2018 (PISA 2018), we construct a unique dataset that includes 57,182 samples related to the subjective wellbeing and PECBs of 15-year-old students from eight countries/economies. Specially, we employ an ordered probit model to test our hypotheses.
Both adolescents' life satisfaction and positive emotions can significantly improve their PECBs, while there is a significant negative association between negative emotions and PECBs. At the nation's level, adolescents' life satisfaction and negative emotions in developed countries/economies significantly impact PECBs. In contrast, the positive emotions of adolescents in developing countries/economies have more substantial effects on PECBs. At the regional level, the impact of all three dimensions of adolescents' subjective wellbeing on PECBs is more significant in rural than urban areas.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This paper provides a new perspective for understanding adolescents' PECBs from the insights of subjective wellbeing. Previous studies have examined the effects of life satisfaction or happiness on PECBs in adults. This paper examines the impact of subjective wellbeing on adolescents' PECBs from life satisfaction, positive emotions, and negative emotions, which suggests that promoting adolescents' subjective wellbeing can be an effective strategy for encouraging PECBs. From a comparative research perspective, we further analyze the differences between the nations at different levels of development, the rural and urban areas, providing a valuable reference for policymakers and practitioners in promoting pro-environmental behaviors among adolescents.
为了解决青少年环保行为下降的挑战，本文利用主观幸福感的理论基础，验证了主观幸福感的三个潜在维度（生活满意度、积极情绪和消极情绪）对青少年环保消费行为（PECB）的影响。此外，我们探讨了国家和地区在主观幸福感与青少年 PECB 之间关系中的调节作用。
基于国际学生评估项目 2018 年（PISA 2018）的数据，我们构建了一个独特的数据集，其中包括 57182 个样本，涉及来自八个国家/地区的 15 岁学生的主观幸福感和 PECB。特别地，我们采用有序概率模型来检验我们的假设。
青少年的生活满意度和积极情绪都能显著提高他们的 PECB，而消极情绪与 PECB 呈显著负相关。在国家层面，发达国家/地区青少年的生活满意度和消极情绪对 PECB 有显著影响。相比之下，发展中国家/地区青少年的积极情绪对 PECB 的影响更大。在区域层面，青少年主观幸福感的所有三个维度对 PECB 的影响在农村地区比在城市地区更为显著。
原创性/价值：本文从主观幸福感的角度为理解青少年的 PECB 提供了一个新的视角。以前的研究考察了生活满意度或幸福感对成年人 PECB 的影响。本文从生活满意度、积极情绪和消极情绪三个方面考察了主观幸福感对青少年 PECB 的影响，这表明促进青少年的主观幸福感可以是鼓励 PECB 的有效策略。从比较研究的角度来看，我们进一步分析了不同发展水平的国家、城乡地区之间的差异，为促进青少年环保行为的政策制定者和实践者提供了有价值的参考。
