Eco-Guilt 1 Running head: ECO-GUILT Eco-Guilt: Personal Responsibility and Actual Behavior’s Affect on Environmental Guilt
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In this study, individuals’ levels of personal responsibility and actual behavior towards protecting the environment were studied to examine the effects both these variables would have on the individuals’ environmental guilt or “eco-guilt.” The research measured 95 participants’ personal eco-guilt through surveys. Half received a manipulation that was used to make them feel responsible for their environment’s destruction while the other half fell into a control group. It was predicted that eco-guilt should be highest when individuals feel they should be engaging in pro-environmental behavior but they are not doing so. Conversely, eco-guilt should be lowest when individuals feel they should be engaging in pro-environmental behavior and they do so. Our hypothesis was supported and we conclude that both variables: personal level of responsibility and actual behavior towards the environment, strongly affect how eco-guilty an individual will feel.
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