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Do green lifestyles improve life satisfaction?

  • Publication Type: Book Chapter
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  • Series: Insights 2018-19: Findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

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Key points: The likelihood of taking environmentally-friendly action varied by the task, even among people with the most green lifestyles, with actions involving less sacrifice more common. Self-perception of a green lifestyle was linked to higher life satisfaction, irrespective of concrete action. Bad conscience about not being green enough decreased life satisfaction, but the impact could be mitigated by having a self-perceived green lifestyle. Value-action gap for green behaviour depends on costs of green behaviour but also green preferences.

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https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/findings

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