50 research outputs found
Feeling the nature to foster sustainability: the mediating role of (self) compassion
No full textNumerous studies have demonstrated that empathy and compassion are significant predictors of pro-environmental and sustainable behaviors. Nevertheless, these studies do not clarify how the relationship between empathy and compassion and consequent pro-social behavior develops. How can feeling the emotion of nature’s suffering move compassion and activate behaviors that support the environment? This study aimed to verify whether self-compassion could act as a mediator in the relationship between empathy with nature and compassion, which in turn is associated with pro-environmental behaviors. A serial mediation model was analyzed on a sample of N = 1213 individuals. The results showed that women had higher levels of empathy with nature, compassion, uncompassionate behaviors toward themselves, and pro-environmental behaviors than males. Furthermore, the serial mediation model was confirmed, demonstrating that our initial hypotheses were supported. Self-compassion and compassion served as partial mediators in the relationship between empathy with nature and pro-environmental behaviors. Additionally, we observed the direct effects of both empathy and self-compassion on pro-environmental behaviors. The findings suggest that fostering self-compassion and compassion through targeted interventions may enhance individuals’ pro-environmental behaviors, especially by leveraging their empathetic connection with nature. Clinicians and educators could integrate self-compassion training into programs aimed at promoting environmental sustainability
Connecting with own emotions to connect with the environment: an intervention for promoting pro-environmental behaviors in organizational settings
No full textAbstract
Introduction: Numerous studies have highlighted the difficulties found in interventions aimed at promoting
greater pro-environmental behaviors in the long term. While cross-sectional literature has emphasized
the essential role of certain emotional factors in promoting pro-environmental behaviors (such as
empathy, connection to nature, emotional regulation), interventions in the literature focus on contextual
factors, informational or feedback interventions. The present study aimed to test the effectiveness of
interventions designed instead to increase emotional connection to the natural environment in order to
promote greater pro-environment behaviors. Methods: N = 90 firm managers were involved in 6 different
intervention groups. The interventions were carried out on the managers of the firms, but change was
measured not only on the managers but also on the team members working in direct contact with them
(N = 500 firm employees), hypothesizing that a change at the emotional/relational level would produce
a stable change in behavior that can trigger cascading changes even in team members in close contact
with the leader. Pro-environmental behaviors, pro-environmental attitudes, connection to nature,
empathy, emotional regulation, and self-compassion were measured before and after the interventions.
Results: Results showed the greater effectiveness of change in interventions aimed at greater emotional
connection with nature, compared with informational interventions and the control group. The change
was found not only on firm managers, but also on their team members. Discussion: The results highlight
the cost-effectiveness of an intervention that enables behavioral change in a large sample (team
members), direct involving a small sample of firm managers
THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY BETWEEN EMOTIONAL, RELATIONAL, COGNITIVE AND MORAL FACTORS IN PRO ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS
No full textNumerous studies have shown the current environmental crisis can be mitigated by a sustainable use of
resources. International literature shows that studies have focused on 3 clusters of factors that can predict
pro-environmental behaviors (PEB): 1) habitual behaviors, 2) motivational factors (cost/benets and/or psychosocial variables, further studies have highlighted the important role of emotional factors.
Despite this, most studies have investigated these factors separately. "e present study aimed to assess the
complex interplay between emotional, relational, cognitive and moral factors and PEB. N=500 individuals
lled out self-report questionnaires assessing their relationship with the environment (e.g, PEB, nature relatedness, place a!achment), emotional factors (e.g, empathy, emotional regulation, compassion), cognitive
factors (e.g., self-control, empathic and social self-eÊcy, cognitive &exibility), and moral a!entiveness.
Results evidenced empathy and emotional regulation to be major predictors of PEB. "ese ndings o#er
important considerations for the development of intervention programs that could foster pro-environment
behaviors
Attachment Style, Emotion Dysregulation and Sexual Satisfaction Among Polyamorous and Non-polyamorous Individuals
No full textTo date, little is known about the psychological functioning of polyamorous individuals about the variables explaining positive attitudes towards polyamory. This study aims to investigate the constructs of attachment, emotion regulation and sexual satisfaction in polyamory. Self-report questionnaires were administered to a sample of adults reporting to be polylovers (n = 76) and to a sample of non-polylovers (n = 102). Polyamorous individuals, compared to controls, scored significantly higher on sexual satisfaction and dysregulation of positive emotions. Moreover, positive attitudes towards polyamory correlated with higher levels of sexual satisfaction. However, this relationship was moderated by the dimension of avoidant attachment
The relationship between emotion regulation and sustainable leadership: The mediating role of social safeness
No full textEmotional factors in leaders have been found to be important in practicing sustainable leadership. Recent studies have highlighted that leaders with adaptive emotional regulation tend to exhibit sustainable leadership more frequently. However, it is not clear why emotional regulation can enable leaders to act sustainably with their followers. We aim to investigate whether being able to feel safe in social contexts may be a factor that explains the relationship between emotional regulation and sustainable leadership. N = 413 managers filled out self-report questionnaires assessing emotion dysregulation, social safeness, and sustainable leadership. Women showed high social safeness than males, whereas no gender differences were found in levels of emotional dysregulation and sustainable leadership. The hypothesized mediation model was tested, showing both a direct effect of emotional dysregulation on sustainable leadership, and an indirect effect, via social safeness. This result has important implications for the possibility of creating business programs focused on emotional regulation
The conundrum of control. Making sense through artistic practices
No full textEvery day we encounter situations in which “things spin out of control” or in which
our forms of life are subjected to increasingly stringent controls. Our daily lives seem
to oscillate between these two poles. However, the nature of control is a difficult
conundrum to probe. Art practices help us make sense of the paradoxes related to the
enhancing interplay between control and non-control by putting them on display. The
author argues that cooperation between these two poles is essential but is currently
hindered, leading to a sterile bipolarity. What happens if this interplay between the
two poles collapses?
The essay is structured into three parts: the first defines control and its relationship
with law, life, and art. The second part characterizes artistic practices based on
their functions in human experience. The third part delves into two exemplary cases:
Taiwanese artist Tehching Hsieh and Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn
La scelta di Danto
No full textL’autore sostiene che la proposta di Danto di arrivare a una definizione essenzialista di arte mediante una “filosofia dell’arte senza estetica” sia contraddittoria, e sottopone a Danto un dilemma: o Danto rovescia la sua posizione, e considera la riflessione estetica il presupposto necessario della sua filosofia dell’arte (rinunciando così a una definizione essenzialista di arte, ma ottenendo una caratterizzazione di ‘arte’ più sostanziale e informativa); oppure mantiene la sua ‘filosofia dell’arte senza estetica’, ma non riesce a distinguere una rappresentazione artistica da una rappresentazione qualsiasi. Danto’s Choice The author maintains that Danto’s attempt to reach an essentialist definition of art by way of a “philosophy of art without aesthetics” is contradictory, and puts Danto in front of a dilemma: either Danto subverts his position, considering an aesthetic reflection as the necessary presupposition of his philosophy of art (thus giving up an essentialist definition of art in favor of a weaker, but more substantive and informative, charachterization of art itself), or he sticks to his ‘philosphy of art without aesthetics’, but without being able to distinguish an artistic representation from a representation whatsoever
Per un giudizio estetico "thick". Steinberg, Johns e l'arte contemporanea
No full textL’autore sostiene che oggi la natura del giudizio estetico è ampiamente fraintesa e necessita un riesame. Propone tre tesi, di derivazione kantiana: 1. che le nozioni di "gusto" e di "giudizio estetico" sono ancora essenziali per comprendere e giustificare l’importanza e il valore che (talvolta) riconosciamo alle opere d’arte (sia del passato, sia contemporanee); 2) che il giudizio estetico non dipende da regole, da metodi o poetiche; 3) che il giudizio estetico non esprime preferenze individuali (thin), ma ha una struttura thick (concettuale e non-concettuale, culturale e transculturale). For a “Thick” Aesthetic Judgment. Steinberg, Johns, and Contemporary Art. The Author maintains that today the nature of aesthetic judgment is widely misunderstood, and that it needs a reappraisal. He proposes three theses, stemming from Kant: 1. That the notions of taste and aesthetic judgment are still essential for understanding and justifying the importance and value we (sometimes) acknowledge to (past and contemporary) works of art; 2. That aesthetic judgment does not depend on determinate methods, rules, poetics; 3. That aesthetic judgment is not a “thin” expression of individual preferences, but has a “thick” structure (conceptual and non conceptual, cultural and trans-cultural)
