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Framing descriptive norms as self-benefit versus environmental benefit : self-construal’s moderating impact in promoting smart energy devices

Carla Mingolla (UGent) , Liselot Hudders (UGent) and Veroline Cauberghe (UGent)
(2020) SUSTAINABILITY. 12(2).
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Recently, awareness has been raised concerning the importance of sustainable energy use. Nevertheless, many obstacles must be overcome to change individuals’ energy consumption habits. This study examines how a message should be framed to convince individuals to purchase a smart energy device that provides feedback on household energy use. As such, this device can assist households in adjusting their energy-wasting habits. Through two experimental studies, this paper examines how a descriptive normative message, indicating that the majority of US households have already purchased a smart energy device, can increase individuals’ intention to purchase the device. Both studies consider the moderating influence of the self-construal, which refers to individuals’ consideration of themselves as either part of a group (interdependent self-construal) or independent from others (independent self-construal). The first study (n = 231) reveals that a descriptive norm (versus no norm) leads to a higher purchase intention through an enhanced normative influence regardless of participants’ self-construal. The second study (n = 128) adds to the finding that combining a descriptive norm with a self-benefit (versus environmental) frame more strongly impacts the purchase intent of individuals with a dominant independence. No significant differences are identified between the two benefit frames’ effectiveness among individuals with a dominant interdependence.
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Geography, Planning and Development, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, sustainable energy use, smart energy devices, social norms, descriptive norms, self-construal, self-benefit, environmental-benefit, SOCIAL NORMS, CLIMATE-CHANGE, APPEAL TYPE, FEEDBACK, GREEN, CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, INTENTIONS, BEHAVIORS, PROVIDE

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MLA
Mingolla, Carla, et al. “Framing Descriptive Norms as Self-Benefit versus Environmental Benefit : Self-Construal’s Moderating Impact in Promoting Smart Energy Devices.” SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 12, no. 2, 2020, doi:10.3390/su12020614.
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Mingolla, C., Hudders, L., & Cauberghe, V. (2020). Framing descriptive norms as self-benefit versus environmental benefit : self-construal’s moderating impact in promoting smart energy devices. SUSTAINABILITY, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020614
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Mingolla, Carla, Liselot Hudders, and Veroline Cauberghe. 2020. “Framing Descriptive Norms as Self-Benefit versus Environmental Benefit : Self-Construal’s Moderating Impact in Promoting Smart Energy Devices.” SUSTAINABILITY 12 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020614.
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Mingolla, Carla, Liselot Hudders, and Veroline Cauberghe. 2020. “Framing Descriptive Norms as Self-Benefit versus Environmental Benefit : Self-Construal’s Moderating Impact in Promoting Smart Energy Devices.” SUSTAINABILITY 12 (2). doi:10.3390/su12020614.
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Mingolla C, Hudders L, Cauberghe V. Framing descriptive norms as self-benefit versus environmental benefit : self-construal’s moderating impact in promoting smart energy devices. SUSTAINABILITY. 2020;12(2).
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C. Mingolla, L. Hudders, and V. Cauberghe, “Framing descriptive norms as self-benefit versus environmental benefit : self-construal’s moderating impact in promoting smart energy devices,” SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 12, no. 2, 2020.
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