Climate Change From a Distance: An Analysis of Construal Level and Psychological Distance From Climate Change [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 The public perception of climate change as abstract and distant may undermine climate action. According to construal level theory, whether a phenomenon is perceived as psychologically distant or close is associated with whether it is construed as ...
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Which construal level combinations generate the most effective interventions? A field experiment on energy conservation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Many campaigns targeting pro-environmental behavior combine multiple approaches without properly understanding how these different approaches interact. Here we study the effect of such combinations.
Anouk M Griffioen +2 more
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Does virtual reality lower construal levels?
Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2022 Although virtual reality (VR) is currently one of the fastest growing technologies, little research has compared its effect on cognitive state relative to computers.
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Matching Is Best: Enhancing Effects of Future Orientation and Construal Level on Green Consumption [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThe 2024 Report on the Work of the Chinese Government promotes trade in consumer goods and green consumption. Therefore, better understanding is needed of consumer attitudes and behaviors toward environmental protection and sustainable development.
Yidi Chen +3 more
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Greater psychological distance, better creative-idea selection: the mediating role of construal level [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Creativity research has often focused on idea generation rather than the crucial process of idea selection, which is essential for identifying practical and innovative solutions.
Yiwen Zhang +5 more
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Do True and False Intentions Differ in Level of Abstraction? A Test of Construal Level Theory in Deception Contexts [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 The aim was to examine how people mentally represent alleged future actions—their true and false intentions. In two experiments, participants were asked to either tell the truth (i.e., express true intentions) or lie (i.e., express false intentions ...
Sofia Calderon +4 more
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The “label code” of pro-environmental behavior—a study on pro-environmental behavior based on behavioral label theory [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe topic of environmental protection has received more and more attention, among which pro-environmental behavior is a major focus of attention. Based on the findings of construal level theory, behavioral labels, and personal norms, combined with the ...
Xiaozhi Huang, Jiayue Li
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Construal Level and Procrastination [PDF]
Psychological Science, 2008 According to construal-level theory, events that are distant in time tend to be represented more abstractly than are events that are close in time. This mental association between level of abstractness and temporal distance is proposed to be a bidirectional relationship, such that level of representation of an event should also have effects on the ...
McCrea, Sean M. +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The construal level theory (CLT) has been supported and applied widely in social psychology. Yet, what remains unclear is the mechanism behind it. The authors extend the current literature by hypothesizing that perceived control mediates and locus of ...
Hui-dan Huang, Qi Zhang
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Construal Levels and Self-Control [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 The authors propose that self-control involves making decisions and behaving in a manner consistent with high-level versus low-level construals of a situation. Activation of high-level construals (which capture global, superordinate, primary features of an event) should lead to greater self-control than activation of low-level construals (which capture
Kentaro, Fujita +3 more
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