I share because of who I am: values, identities, norms, and attitudes explain sharing intentions

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To promote sustainable consumption, predictors of individuals’ intentions need to be understood. Focusing on the example of collaborative consumption, we look at facilitating and inhibiting factors in a preregistered correlational study (N = 378). We hypothesized the Value-Identity-Personal norm (VIP) model to explain variance in sharing intention. In addition, we expected sharing intentions to be linked to attitudes about (de-)ownership. We also hypothesized self-extension into an object to be a barrier to sharing this object. The results supported all hypotheses: The VIP model and de-ownership orientation were related to sharing intentions. Moreover, self-extension into a car was significantly higher among subsamples of car owners than car sharers. Exploratory findings show that the value-intention link predicted by the VIP can be found for biospheric as well as altruistic values if sharing intentions are assessed with items framed to match these respective values. We discuss implications for attempts to promote sustainable consumption.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftJournal of Social Psychology
Jahrgang164
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)199-217
Anzahl der Seiten19
ISSN0022-4545
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.2024

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