Individual Differences and Sustainable Behavior
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 4590
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cognition and emotion; environmental sciences
Interests: cognitive neuropsychology; cognitive neuroscience; memory cognitive psychology; behavioral psychology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we aim to contribute to the understanding of the role of individual differences in shaping human behavior favoring sustainability. The field of individual differences in psychology is typically related to the study of behavioral differences among people, particularly those that generalize across diverse situations. Even though tenets of the individual-differences approach have been largely used in psychology to explain human behavior in different contexts (e.g., education, work environments, everyday life behaviors), emerging new models of sustainability call for novel approaches to investigate differences in how people deal with sustainable challenges. In fact, sustainable development can be seen as a way of thinking and acting that is open to learning and changing for the vulnerability of our environment and of ourselves. In this regard, the individual-differences approach seeks to understand how inter- and intra-variability in psychological characteristics (different cognitive resources, personality traits, motivational factors, age, attitudes, individual skills, education, etc.) interact with one another and with environmental needs to produce sustainable outcomes. The role of emotion should not be overlooked, because emotions can trigger action in ways that lead to more durable collective sustainable knowledge.
Prof. Dr. Nicola Mammarella
Dr. Pasquale La Malva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- individual differences
- sustainability
- cognition
- emotion
- personality
- attitudes
- age differences
- education
