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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Green self-accountability and temporal distance impact on sustainable consumption behavior: the mediating role of anticipated emotions.

Bowei Zhong, Xingwang Feng, Xiaogang Li, Wei Fan

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. 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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Bowei Zhong *Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xingwang Feng *Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Xiaogang LiDepartment of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Wei FanDepartment of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.

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Purpose: With the rise in global consumption depleting natural resources and harming the environment, promoting sustainable consumption is essential. Our study explores how green self-accountability affects sustainable purchasing over different time frames, examining the impact on short (one week) and long-term (one year) choices toward green products and the underlying mechanisms. Methods: We conducted two experiments where participants made green purchasing decisions, with the first activating green self-accountability and the second also measuring anticipated emotional responses. Results: Findings show that green self-accountability boosts sustainable purchasing, particularly for immediate choices, driven by anticipated pride in buying green products. Conclusion: Green self-accountability significantly enhances sustainable purchasing, aided by anticipated pride. This suggests that marketing strategies emphasizing environmental urgency and consumers' eco-unfriendly behaviors can foster sustainable consumer habits.

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anticipated guiltanticipated pridegreen self-accountabilitysustainable purchasing behaviortemporal distance

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