AUTHOR=Knez Igor , Eliasson Ingegärd , Gustavsson Eva 

TITLE=Relationships Between Identity, Well-Being, and Willingness to Sacrifice in Personal and Collective Favorite Places: The Mediating Role of Well-Being

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00151

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00151

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>In line with research indicating positive associations between well-being and personal and collective people-place bonding, and that collectivistic compared to individualistic commitment may have stronger associations with pro-environmental behavior, we investigated relationships between identity, well-being, and willingness to sacrifice (type of pro-environmental behavior) in personal and collective favorite places. A total of 884 respondents, living in three Swedish municipalities, participated in this study. In line with the hypotheses, we showed <italic>congruent</italic> positive relationships between place-related: (1) <italic>personal</italic> identity and <italic>personal</italic> well-being; (2) <italic>collective</italic> identity and <italic>collective</italic> well-being, (3) <italic>collective</italic> identity and <italic>collective</italic> willingness to sacrifice; and (4) an <italic>incongruent</italic> positive association between <italic>collective</italic> identity and <italic>personal</italic> willingness to sacrifice. Additionally, a significant role of well-being in mediating the identity → willingness to sacrifice relationship was reported, suggesting that our willingness to pay higher taxes and prices and to accept cuts in standard of living in order to protect our personal and collective favorite places might be accounted for partly by how we feel visiting these places.</p>