Xie Xiangxiang, Wang Zenong
College of International Tourism and Public Administration, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Aug 26;15:1386337. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1386337. eCollection 2024.
As a member of the national park, the environmentally responsible behavior of the entrance community residents has an important impact on the ecological protection of the national park. However, there are still insufficient studies on the mechanism of influence of community residents' place attachment on environmentally responsible behavior and the role of environmental commitment. Based on the theory of interdependence, this study explored the impact of residents' place attachment in a national park gateway community on environmentally responsible behavior, and examined the mediating role of environmental commitment. We conducted empirical research on Shuiman gateway community of the Hainan Tropical Rainforest China National Park. Through structural equation modeling, the survey of 375 residents yielded the following conclusions: (1) place dependence indirectly affect environmentally responsible behavior via the mediating effect of place identity; (2) both place dependence and place identity have a positive and significant impact on environmental commitment; (3) environmental commitment has a positive and significant impact on environmentally responsible behavior; (4) the mediating effect of environmental commitment on the impact of place dependence on environmentally responsible behavior is significant and "place identity-environmental commitment" also has a significant mediating effect. Finally, three managerial insights were discussed. This study enriches the connotation and application scope of interdependence theory, explains the different roles of place dependence, place identity, and environmental commitment in the study of environmentally responsible behavior, and provides some inspiration for future research and practice of environmentally responsible behavior. It is helpful for community residents to participate in the ecological environment governance of national parks and achieve sustainable development.
作为国家公园的一员，入口社区居民的环境责任行为对国家公园的生态保护具有重要影响。然而，关于社区居民的地方依恋对环境责任行为的影响机制以及环境承诺的作用，仍缺乏足够的研究。基于相互依存理论，本研究探讨了国家公园门户社区居民的地方依恋对环境责任行为的影响，并检验了环境承诺的中介作用。我们对海南热带雨林国家公园的水满门户社区进行了实证研究。通过结构方程模型，对375名居民的调查得出以下结论：（1）地方依赖通过地方认同的中介作用间接影响环境责任行为；（2）地方依赖和地方认同均对环境承诺有正向且显著的影响；（3）环境承诺对环境责任行为有正向且显著的影响；（4）环境承诺在地方依赖对环境责任行为的影响中起显著中介作用，且“地方认同—环境承诺”也有显著中介作用。最后，讨论了三点管理启示。本研究丰富了相互依存理论的内涵和应用范围，解释了地方依赖、地方认同和环境承诺在环境责任行为研究中的不同作用，为未来环境责任行为的研究与实践提供了一些启示。有助于社区居民参与国家公园的生态环境治理并实现可持续发展。
