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Article

Promoting Water Conservation Based on the Matching Effect of Regulatory Focus and Emotion

by
Xiaomei Wang
,
Lin Zhang
,
Xiaoyu Jiang
and
Jia Wang
*
School of Media Studies and Humanities, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou 310015, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(4), 1680; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041680
Submission received: 23 December 2020 / Revised: 30 January 2021 / Accepted: 4 February 2021 / Published: 9 February 2021
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Abstract

This study aimed to examine the effects of regulatory focus and emotions on water-saving information dissemination. The findings revealed that when water-saving information is framed with a prevention focus, sad emotion fosters more active willingness to engage with the information dissemination than cheerful emotion. However, a promotion focus coupled with cheerfulness is slightly more persuasive than a promotion focus coupled with sadness. Furthermore, compared to the individuals in the nonfit group of emotions who had a regulatory focus, the individuals in the fit group formed a more favorable water-saving attitude and demonstrated a slightly higher willingness to disseminate water-saving information. This article is the first to contribute to exploring the dissemination of water-saving information from the perspective of the interactive effect of individual cognitive motivation and emotion.
Keywords: regulatory focus; emotion; water-saving information; fit regulatory focus; emotion; water-saving information; fit

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Wang, X.; Zhang, L.; Jiang, X.; Wang, J. Promoting Water Conservation Based on the Matching Effect of Regulatory Focus and Emotion. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1680. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041680

AMA Style

Wang X, Zhang L, Jiang X, Wang J. Promoting Water Conservation Based on the Matching Effect of Regulatory Focus and Emotion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):1680. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041680

Chicago/Turabian Style

Wang, Xiaomei, Lin Zhang, Xiaoyu Jiang, and Jia Wang. 2021. "Promoting Water Conservation Based on the Matching Effect of Regulatory Focus and Emotion" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1680. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041680

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Wang, X., Zhang, L., Jiang, X., & Wang, J. (2021). Promoting Water Conservation Based on the Matching Effect of Regulatory Focus and Emotion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1680. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041680

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