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Understanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviors

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dc.contributor.authorBarreto, Mary L.
dc.contributor.authorSzóstek, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorKarapanos, Evangelos
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Nuno J.
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorQuintal, Filipe
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-31T10:38:32Z
dc.date.available2022-01-31T10:38:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWhile 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 behaviorpt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationBarreto, 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.2014.07.042pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.042pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/4021
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSustainabilitypt_PT
dc.subjectMotivationspt_PT
dc.subjectBehavior changept_PT
dc.subjectFamily dynamicspt_PT
dc.subjectEnergy consumptionpt_PT
dc.subjectEco-feedbackpt_PT
dc.subject.pt_PT
dc.subjectFaculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenhariapt_PT
dc.titleUnderstanding families’ motivations for sustainable behaviorspt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleComputers in Human Behaviorpt_PT
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