ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Environmental Psychology
The Relationship Between Place Attachment and Pro-Environmental Behavioral Intentions: The Mediating Role of Nature Connectedness
Provisionally accepted
- 1Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- 2Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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To investigate the influence of place attachment on pro-environmental behavioral intentions and the mediating role of nature connectedness, Study 1 employed a questionnaire survey method with 1,019 university students as research participants. Study 2 recruited 160 participants and used an experimental method to manipulate place attachment to examine its effects on nature connectedness and pro-environmental behavioral intentions. The results of both studies consistently demonstrated that place attachment positively predicts pro-environmental behavioral intentions and nature connectedness partially mediates the relationship between place attachment and pro-environmental behavioral intentions. Specifically, place attachment not only directly promotes pro-environmental behavioral intentions but also indirectly facilitates such intentions through nature connectedness.
Keywords: place attachment, Nature connectedness, Pro-environmental behavioral intentions, Mediation model, Questionnaire investigation, Experimental manipulation
Received: 02 Aug 2025; Accepted: 09 Dec 2025.
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* Correspondence: Jiandong Fang
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