(Inhibiting) Factors for (Un)Sustainable Behaviour in Relation to the Effects of Education for Sustainable Development: The Role of Psychological Constructs, Neurotransmitters and Ideological Impact on Consumer Behaviour
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Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research. ed. / Walter Leal Filho. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 915-924 (World Sustainability Series).
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T1 - (Inhibiting) Factors for (Un)Sustainable Behaviour in Relation to the Effects of Education for Sustainable Development
T2 - The Role of Psychological Constructs, Neurotransmitters and Ideological Impact on Consumer Behaviour
AU - Dewaele, Kristof
AU - Fischer, Daniel
AU - Van Damme, Patrick
AU - Verhaeghe, Paul
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Despite several decades of Education for Sustainable Development, it seems that there is still no massive transition in (individual) consumer behaviour from ‘unbridled’ to sustainable and thus so that we still notice an absence of widespread responsible lifestyles. It has been documented numerous times that there is a gap between knowledge of and positive attitude towards addressing unsustainable behaviours, and the actual individual’s behaviour when it comes to sustainable lifestyles. The question now is: What is causing this gap? Our research focuses on the different factors that influence sustainable (consumer) behaviour changes. We will use psychoanalytical models (Lacan) to try and find out how satisfaction of materialistic needs works, the effect of consumption patterns on the brain, the impact of political and ideological influences on behaviour(al changes),… The goal is to create a systems model that would allow us to better understand consumer behaviour and that hopefully will bring suggestions on how to change education models for sustainable development. The research will use a multidisciplinary approach and hopes to explain why behaviour is so hard to change and why current programmes (such as the 4E and 7E-model) based on cognitive behavioural therapy are not as effective.
AB - Despite several decades of Education for Sustainable Development, it seems that there is still no massive transition in (individual) consumer behaviour from ‘unbridled’ to sustainable and thus so that we still notice an absence of widespread responsible lifestyles. It has been documented numerous times that there is a gap between knowledge of and positive attitude towards addressing unsustainable behaviours, and the actual individual’s behaviour when it comes to sustainable lifestyles. The question now is: What is causing this gap? Our research focuses on the different factors that influence sustainable (consumer) behaviour changes. We will use psychoanalytical models (Lacan) to try and find out how satisfaction of materialistic needs works, the effect of consumption patterns on the brain, the impact of political and ideological influences on behaviour(al changes),… The goal is to create a systems model that would allow us to better understand consumer behaviour and that hopefully will bring suggestions on how to change education models for sustainable development. The research will use a multidisciplinary approach and hopes to explain why behaviour is so hard to change and why current programmes (such as the 4E and 7E-model) based on cognitive behavioural therapy are not as effective.
KW - Behaviour
KW - Psychology
KW - Sustainability
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067471590&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-63007-6_56
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-63007-6_56
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85067471590
SN - 978-3-319-87451-7
SN - 978-3-319-63006-9
T3 - World Sustainability Series
SP - 915
EP - 924
BT - Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research
A2 - Filho, Walter Leal
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -