Psychological ownership to enhance public green space loyalty

[en] Urban nature is increasingly acknowledged as being one of the suppliers of citizen health and well-being. However, currently, many publicly accessible green spaces (GS) remain underused. The present study (N = 232) examines the impact psychological ownership (PO) can have on GS attendance intention and attendance behavior (GS loyalty) while controlling for place attachment (PA). Contrary to previous research, PA showed no significant impact on GS loyalty, but an increase in PO was significantly and positively related to both intentional and behavioral loyalty. If PA is one of the most studied attitudinal factors in place loyalty research, results suggest that people's sense of PO has a potentially more interesting role to play when trying to enhance GS attendance, although PA should probably not be overlooked to move an individual from intention to action.

Disciplines :

Social, industrial & organizational psychology

Author, co-author :

Noël, Tania ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie sociale

Dardenne, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie sociale

Language :

English

Title :

Psychological ownership to enhance public green space loyalty

Publication date :

August 2024

Journal title :

Cities

ISSN :

0264-2751

eISSN :

1873-6084

Publisher :

Elsevier BV

Volume :

151

Pages :

105088

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Development Goals :

3. Good health and well-being
11. Sustainable cities and communities

Additional URL :

https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0264275124003020?httpAccept=text/xml

Funders :

ERDF - European Regional Development Fund

Funding number :

UIA04-217; “Urban Innovative Actions” (Grant number UIA04-217)

Funding text :

This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the initiative “Urban Innovative Actions” (Grant number UIA04-217).

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