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  • Environmental commitment involves long-term orientation and psychological attachment to nature.
  • Previous research demonstrated temporary increases in environmental commitment through specific manipulations.
  • Understanding factors that enhance environmental commitment is crucial for conservation efforts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To replicate and extend previous findings on temporarily increasing environmental commitment.
  • To investigate the mediating role of relationship satisfaction in the commitment effect.
  • To examine the influence of interdependence manipulation on environmental behavioral intentions.

Main Methods:

  • Two experimental studies (laboratory and online) were conducted.
  • Participants reflected on their interdependence with the natural environment (high commitment) or lack thereof (low commitment).
  • Environmental commitment, relationship satisfaction, and behavioral intentions were measured.

Main Results:

  • The interdependence manipulation successfully increased environmental commitment in both studies, replicating prior work.
  • Environmental commitment increase was mediated by enhanced satisfaction with one's relationship to the environment.
  • The study did not replicate the finding that the manipulation influenced environmental behavioral intentions.

Conclusions:

  • Reflecting on interdependence with nature effectively enhances environmental commitment.
  • Satisfaction with the human-environment relationship is a key mechanism underlying increased commitment.
  • Further research is needed to understand the link between this commitment manipulation and actual environmental behaviors.