The Impact of Pro-environmental Preference on Consumers’ Perceived Well-being: The Mediating Role of Self-Determination Need Satisfaction
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School of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
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College of Business, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383, USA
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College of Business and Innovation, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Sustainability 2020, 12(1), 436; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010436
Received: 5 December 2019 / Revised: 24 December 2019 / Accepted: 3 January 2020 / Published: 6 January 2020
This study uses a conceptual research model to explore the mediating role of need satisfaction for competence, relatedness, and autonomy in the relationship between pro-environmental preference (PEP) and consumers’ perceived well-being (PWB). The data were collected on WJX (a Chinese online recruitment platform) from a sample of 514 respondents and analyzed using Smart PLS 3. The results indicated that two need satisfactions (competence and autonomy) fully mediate the relationship between PEP and consumers’ PWB. However, surprisingly, relatedness need satisfaction has no mediation effect in the relationship between PEP and consumers’ PWB. The results demonstrate the pivotal role of self-determination theory in explaining the primary psychological needs that must be met for consumers to perceive heightened states of well-being. Moreover, the results can signify to policymakers how to translate the impact of PEP into consumers’ PWB.
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Keywords:
pro-environmental preference; self-determination theory; perceived well-being; mediation effect
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Gao, J.; Wang, J.; Wang, J. The Impact of Pro-environmental Preference on Consumers’ Perceived Well-being: The Mediating Role of Self-Determination Need Satisfaction. Sustainability 2020, 12, 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010436
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Gao J, Wang J, Wang J. The Impact of Pro-environmental Preference on Consumers’ Perceived Well-being: The Mediating Role of Self-Determination Need Satisfaction. Sustainability. 2020; 12(1):436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010436
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Jian; Wang, Jianguo; Wang, Jianming. 2020. "The Impact of Pro-environmental Preference on Consumers’ Perceived Well-being: The Mediating Role of Self-Determination Need Satisfaction" Sustainability 12, no. 1: 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010436
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