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ArticlePloS one2024

Pro-environmental behaviour is undermined by disgust sensitivity: The case of excessive laundering.

Erik Klint, Gregory Peters, Lars-Olof Johansson

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Erik KlintDepartment of Technology Management and Economics, Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9962-2501
Gregory PetersDepartment of Technology Management and Economics, Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8319-168X
Lars-Olof JohanssonDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The amount of laundry washed by European consumers has grown excessively for reasons that cannot be explained by demographics alone. Initiatives trying to curb this trend have repeatedly failed. Previous studies have largely overlooked the psychological dimensions of laundering behaviour. In three separate studies we investigate how disgust, shame, cleanliness norms and environmental identity, mediated through a set of preceding behaviours, affect washing frequency. Our results highlight how conflicting psychological goals between disgust sensitivity and pro-environmental identity can undermine willingness to change laundry behaviour. Policy recommendations are suggested, and future research challenges are discussed.

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DisgustLaunderingAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedShameSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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PMID38870121
PMCPMC11175451

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