We examined the connection between individuals’ relationships with the natural environment and their environmental behaviors with a focus on commitment to the environment, defined as psychological attachment and long-term orientation to the natural world. Commitment is theorized to emerge from structural interdependence with the environment and to lead to pro-environmental behaviors. Close rela...

Moderate inverse correlations are typically found between well-being and mental illness. We aimed to investigate the role of genes and environments in explaining the relationships between two aspects of well-being and two measures of internalizing symptoms. Altogether, 4700 pairs of 16-year-old twins contributed data on subjective happiness and life satisfaction, as well as symptoms of depressi...

This report describes the demonstration and evaluation of an immunoassay field screening technology designed to determine polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in soil. The immunoassay technology was the EnviroGard PCB Test developed by Millipore, Inc. The technology was demonstrated in Kansas City, Missouri, in August 1992, by PRC Environmental Management, Inc. (PRC), under contract to ...

BACKGROUND Hearing aids amplify low-intensity sounds to make them audible while keeping high-intensity sounds at an acceptable loudness for listeners with impaired hearing. PURPOSE The purpose of this analysis was to assess loudness and satisfaction at the same time using a combined loudness and satisfaction questionnaire to rate 18 everyday environmental sounds. RESEARCH DESIGN Ten sets of...

OBJECTIVE Environmental psychology as a science could be useful in understanding the dissociation between the man and the environment. The aim of this study was to compare mental health, job satisfaction and well-being of nurses who work in hospital environments with different designs. MATERIAL This was a quasi-experimental study, in which 250 nurses filled out the mental health, well-being a...

Since the introduction of corporate social responsibility (CSR), it has become an important duty of companies and organizations. In addition, academic and industry researchers have attempted to explore the effects of corporate social responsibility on firm performance. To this end, this study examined how corporate social responsibility and service quality are notably associated with customer s...

Two studies examined individual and environmental forces that affect engagement in prosocial behavior. Self-determination theory was used to derive a model in which autonomy orientation and autonomy support predicted satisfaction of three core psychological needs, which in turn led to engagement in prosocial activities. In Study 1, college students reported their engagement in various prosocial...

deteriorated urban textures are areas of a city isolated from developmental life cycle. they have turned into the focus of problems and inefficiencies. the evaluation of renewal actions claims to promote residents’ satisfaction in some cases. at the same time of improving objective and economic quality of life, there are claims regarding the lack of any improvements in their subjective quality ...