Kraft Christian, Bühren Christoph, Wicker Pamela
Department of Sports Science, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld 33615, Germany.
Faculty of Sport Science, Study and Research Area Sports Management and Sports Consulting, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2024 Dec 1;46(4):e632-e641. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdae261.
To recognize the interplay between climate change and public health, this study examines the impact of sports organizations' environmental initiatives on members' subjective well-being (SWB) and climate change attitudes (CCA). Drawing on the theoretical tenets of pro-social behavior, organizational initiatives aiming at protecting and improving the natural environment can be viewed as altruistic. This altruism can in turn increase SWB.
The analysis uses survey data from the 2022 Eurobarometer, including 27 European countries and 6311 members of different types of sports organizations. Seemingly unrelated regression models were employed to assess the associations of various environmental initiatives with members' SWB and CCA.
The total number of initiatives and specific initiatives, such as promoting green energy and waste reduction, are positively correlated with members' CCA. However, there is no effect on SWB.
Organizational environmental initiatives may shape members' attitudes towards climate change but do not seem to affect their SWB. This would suggest that environmental protection does not come at the expense of SWB. Thus, sports organizations represent a context to promote environmental protection along with public health.
为了认识气候变化与公共卫生之间的相互作用，本研究考察了体育组织的环境倡议对其成员主观幸福感（SWB）和气候变化态度（CCA）的影响。根据亲社会行为的理论原则，旨在保护和改善自然环境的组织倡议可被视为利他行为。这种利他行为反过来又可以提高主观幸福感。
分析使用了2022年欧洲晴雨表的调查数据，涵盖27个欧洲国家和6311名不同类型体育组织的成员。采用看似不相关的回归模型来评估各种环境倡议与成员的主观幸福感和气候变化态度之间的关联。
倡议的总数以及诸如推广绿色能源和减少废物等具体倡议与成员的气候变化态度呈正相关。然而，对主观幸福感没有影响。
组织的环境倡议可能会塑造成员对气候变化的态度，但似乎不会影响他们的主观幸福感。这表明环境保护不会以牺牲主观幸福感为代价。因此，体育组织是一个既能促进环境保护又能促进公共卫生的环境。
