Tretja pot dobrega življenja: pomen psihološko bogatega življenja za pro-okoljsko vedenje in optimizem : pomen psihološko bogatega življenja za pro-okoljsko vedenje in optimizem

Lampe, Vilma (author), Kobal Grum, Darja (mentor)

V psiholoških raziskavah dobrega življenja prevladuje delitev na hedonsko in eudaimonsko blagostanje, vedno več raziskovalcev pa meni, da obstaja tudi tretja pot dobrega življenja – psihološko bogato življenje, ki jo usmerja polno zanimivih, bogatih izkušenj, ki spreminjajo in širijo posameznikovo perspektivo. Pomemben dejavnik, ki se povezuje z našim blagostanjem, je v današnjem času tudi okoljevarstvena problematika, ki predvsem med mladimi vzbuja vedno več pesimizma glede prihodnosti. V magistrski nalogi sem želela proučiti, kako se različne poti dobrega življenja povezujejo s pro-okoljskim vedenjem in optimizmom ter če lahko prispevajo k bolj pro-okoljskemu vedenju kljub vse večjemu pesimizmu mladih. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 518 študentov različnih smeri študija, starih od 18 do 29 let. Izpolnili so Vprašalnik psihološko bogatega življenja in Lestvico ponavljajočega pro-okoljskega vedenja – REBS, ki sta bila prevedena in validirana za slovenski vzorec študentov ter Vprašalnik duševnega zdravja – kratka oblika MHC-SF in Lestvico optimizma – LOT-R. Rezultati so pokazali, da se vse tri poti dobrega življenja povezujejo s pro-okoljskim vedenjem. Najvišje so se s pro-okoljskim vedenjem povezovale dimenzije tradicionalnih poti dobrega življenja, najmanj pa psihološko bogato življenje, kar kaže na pomembnost pozitivne čustvene naravnanosti za pro-okoljsko vedenje. Vse tri poti dobrega življenja so tudi napovedovale optimizem pri izbranih študentih, kar kaže na to, da lahko prisotnost vseh treh poti dobrega življenja poveča optimistično mišljenje. Nobena izmed poti dobrega življenja ni imela moderacijskega učinka na odnos med optimizmom in pro-okoljskim vedenjem, kar je lahko posledica zelo nizke povezanosti optimizma in pro-okoljskega vedenja. Na podlagi rezultatov lahko zaključimo, da je za bolj pro-okoljsko vedenje manj pomembno, kako optimistično je mišljenje posameznikov, pomembna pa je prisotnost katerekoli poti dobrega življenja. Za reševanje okoljevarstvenih problemov se tako ni potrebno odreči osebnemu blagostanju, ampak bi bilo dobro, da se v prihodnjih okoljevarstvenih intervencah vključi tudi spodbujanje vseh treh poti dobrega življenja.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: psihološko bogato življenje, blagostanje, okolju prijazno vedenje, optimizem
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [V. Lampe]
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 49 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148154
• UDC: 159.923.3:502.1(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 164427267
• Publication date in RUL: 28.07.2023

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The Third Way of the Good Life: The Importance of a Psychologically Rich Life for Pro-Environmental Behavior and Optimism : magistrsko delo

Abstract

Psychological research of the good life has typically shown that there is either hedonic or eudaimonic well-being, but more and more researchers believe that there is also a third way of the good life – a psychologically rich life, which is guided by interesting, rich, and perspective-changing experiences. An important factor for our well-being nowadays is also the issue of environmental protection, which increases pessimistic feelings about the future, especially among young people. In my master's thesis, I therefore wanted to study how different ways of the good life are correlated with pro-environmental behavior and optimism and if they can contribute to more pro-environmental behavior despite the growing pessimism of young people. 518 students of various fields of study, aged between 18 and 29, took part in the survey. They completed the Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire and the Recurring Pro-environmental Behaviour Scale – REBS, which were translated and validated for the Slovenian student population, as well as the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form – MHC-SF and the Life Orientation Test-Revised – LOT-R. The results showed that all three ways of the good life are significantly correlated with pro-environmental behavior. The most correlated with pro-environmental behavior were the dimensions of the traditional ways of the good life and the least correlated was the psychologically rich life. This indicates the importance of a positive emotions for pro-environmental behavior. All three ways of the good life also predicted optimism among selected students. This shows that the presence of all three ways of the good life can increase an optimistic thinking. However, none of the good life pathways moderated the relationship between optimism and pro-environmental behavior, which may be due to the very low correlation between optimism and pro-environmental behavior. Based on the results, we can conclude that when it comes to pro-environmental behavior, it is less important how optimistic the thinking of individuals is and very important that any of the three ways of the good life are present. In order to solve environmental issues, it is not necessary to give up personal well-being, but it could be beneficial if future environmental interventions also promoted all three ways of the good life.

• Keywords: psychologically rich life, well-being, pro-environmental behaviour, optimism