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The environment impressions model
1Department of Psychology, McGill University.
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Across six studies (N = 7,290), the present research identifies and validates four factors underlying the impressions people form of the environments they live in and navigate every day: density, desirability, light, and temperature. U.S. participants qualitatively described environments (Study 1), and both U.S. and U.K. participants rated environments on those characteristics (Studies 2-4). Exploratory factor analyses identified the factors underlying environment impressions. Subsequent validation revealed that these factors are associated with different behavioral intentions (Study 5) and that systematically manipulating the appearance of environments caused impressions on the relevant factor to change (Study 6). Overall, the present work proposes the environment impressions model, which serves as the foundation for our expanding understanding of how impressions of the environment might influence an individual's attitudes and behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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