Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors
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Resumo: | While interest in eco-feedback technologies has peaked over the last decade, research increasingly high lights that simply providing information to individuals regarding their consumption behaviors does not guarantee behavior change. This has lead to an increasing body of work that attempts to characterize individuals’ latent motivations that drive sustainable behaviors. With this paper we aim at expanding this body of work by analyzing such motivations in the context of families. We report findings from inter views with 15 families who used an eco-feedback interface over a period of 2 years. Our study reveals that motivations for sustainable behavior were not only rooted in individuals’ environmental concerns and need for expense management but they also regarded: (i) individuals’ and families’ need for a sense of control and security, (ii) parents’ self-perceived responsibility of their role as parents and (iii) the percep tion of individual as well as family identity. We argue that in order for eco-feedback technologies to attain long-lasting behavioral changes in the domestic environment they need to address basic family needs that go beyond individual ideals of pro-environmental behavior |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviorsSustainabilityMotivationsBehavior changeFamily dynamicsEnergy consumptionEco-feedback.Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da EngenhariaWhile interest in eco-feedback technologies has peaked over the last decade, research increasingly high lights that simply providing information to individuals regarding their consumption behaviors does not guarantee behavior change. This has lead to an increasing body of work that attempts to characterize individuals’ latent motivations that drive sustainable behaviors. With this paper we aim at expanding this body of work by analyzing such motivations in the context of families. We report findings from inter views with 15 families who used an eco-feedback interface over a period of 2 years. Our study reveals that motivations for sustainable behavior were not only rooted in individuals’ environmental concerns and need for expense management but they also regarded: (i) individuals’ and families’ need for a sense of control and security, (ii) parents’ self-perceived responsibility of their role as parents and (iii) the percep tion of individual as well as family identity. We argue that in order for eco-feedback technologies to attain long-lasting behavioral changes in the domestic environment they need to address basic family needs that go beyond individual ideals of pro-environmental behaviorElsevierDigitUMaBarreto, Mary L.Szóstek, AgnieszkaKarapanos, EvangelosNunes, Nuno J.Pereira, LucasQuintal, Filipe2022-01-31T10:38:32Z20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/4021engBarreto, M. L., Szóstek, A., Karapanos, E., Nunes, N. J., Pereira, L., & Quintal, F. (2014). Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors. Computers in Human Behavior, 40, 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.04210.1016/j.chb.2014.07.042info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-05T03:31:11Zoai:digituma.uma.pt:10400.13/4021Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:07:42.429468Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors Barreto, Mary L. Sustainability Motivations Behavior change Family dynamics Energy consumption Eco-feedback . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors |
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Barreto, Mary L. |
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Barreto, Mary L. Szóstek, Agnieszka Karapanos, Evangelos Nunes, Nuno J. Pereira, Lucas Quintal, Filipe |
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Szóstek, Agnieszka Karapanos, Evangelos Nunes, Nuno J. Pereira, Lucas Quintal, Filipe |
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DigitUMa |
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Barreto, Mary L. Szóstek, Agnieszka Karapanos, Evangelos Nunes, Nuno J. Pereira, Lucas Quintal, Filipe |
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Sustainability Motivations Behavior change Family dynamics Energy consumption Eco-feedback . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia |
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Sustainability Motivations Behavior change Family dynamics Energy consumption Eco-feedback . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia |
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While interest in eco-feedback technologies has peaked over the last decade, research increasingly high lights that simply providing information to individuals regarding their consumption behaviors does not guarantee behavior change. This has lead to an increasing body of work that attempts to characterize individuals’ latent motivations that drive sustainable behaviors. With this paper we aim at expanding this body of work by analyzing such motivations in the context of families. We report findings from inter views with 15 families who used an eco-feedback interface over a period of 2 years. Our study reveals that motivations for sustainable behavior were not only rooted in individuals’ environmental concerns and need for expense management but they also regarded: (i) individuals’ and families’ need for a sense of control and security, (ii) parents’ self-perceived responsibility of their role as parents and (iii) the percep tion of individual as well as family identity. We argue that in order for eco-feedback technologies to attain long-lasting behavioral changes in the domestic environment they need to address basic family needs that go beyond individual ideals of pro-environmental behavior |
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