Mindfully Green and Healthy: An Indirect Path from Mindfulness to Ecological Behavior

Sonja M. Geiger; Siegmar Otto; Ulf Schrader

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02306

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Mindfully Green and Healthy: An Indirect Path from Mindfulness to Ecological Behavior

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Mindfully Green and Healthy: An Indirect Path from Mindfulness to Ecological Behavior

Sonja M. Geiger, Siegmar Otto and Ulf Schrader

Frontiers in psychology, Vol.8, Art. 2306

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02306

PMID: 29403406

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Abstract

Psychology

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Social Sciences

This paper examines the nature of the link between mindfulness and ecological behavior. Based on the notion that mindfulness incorporates heightened awareness of bodily sensations, we suggest an indirect path from mindfulness to ecological behavior that is mediated through individual health behavior, such as improved nutrition and increased exercise. This indirect path is corroborated with two online studies (n = 147/n = 239) where mindfulness, personal health behavior and ecological behavior were assessed. We conclude that increased mindful awareness of momentary experience indeed favors more healthy lifestyles, which in turn relate to increased ecological behavior beyond personal health benefits. The findings support an agreeableness of personal and planetary health behavior and open up a path for environmental educational interventions based on mindfulness practices and personal health gains.

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Title: Mindfully Green and Healthy: An Indirect Path from Mindfulness to Ecological Behavior
Authors/Creators: Sonja M. Geiger - Universität Ulm
Siegmar Otto - Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Ulf Schrader - Technische Universität Berlin
Publication Details: Frontiers in psychology, Vol.8, Art. 2306
Publisher: Frontiers Media Sa
Number of pages: 11
Grant note: 014UT1416 / BMBF SOF research grant
Identifiers: 991005570566607891
Copyright: © 2018 Geiger et al.
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Psychology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.73 Social Psychology; 6.73.1507 Pro-environmental Behavior
Web Of Science research areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary
ESI research areas: Psychiatry/Psychology