Abstract Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss are worldwide problems caused by human activities, which can often be classified as a resource dilemma. Across two studies, and using self-determination theory as a framework, we examine the relationships between motivation, goals, sanctioning systems and sustainable behaviour in a resource dilemma. The resource dilemma used was a 2-person partnered design where each participant was required to make decisions about recreational fishing harvests in a small, private lake with a simulated partner. Study 1 used mediational analysis to demonstrate that quality of motivation affects goal content, and goal content predicts sustainable behaviour. Study 2 introduced a centralized sanctioning system to the resource dilemma, and found that this type of sanctioning system increased sustainable behaviour in the resource dilemma when added, and decreased sustainable behaviour when removed, concomitantly affecting the quality of participant motivation and goal content. The results expand upon self-determination theory, and point to the importance of distinguishing motivation from goals, examining quality of motivation through degree of internalization, and how these constructs as well as sustainable behaviour can be affected by a centralized sanction system.

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资源困境中动机和目标对可持续行为的作用：自决理论视角

摘要 环境退化和生物多样性丧失是人类活动引起的世界性问题，常被归类为资源困境。通过两项研究，并使用自我决定理论作为框架，我们研究了资源困境中的动机、目标、制裁系统和可持续行为之间的关系。所使用的资源困境是 2 人合作设计，其中每个参与者都需要与模拟合作伙伴一起在一个小型私人湖泊中做出有关休闲捕鱼收获的决定。研究 1 使用中介分析来证明动机质量影响目标内容，而目标内容预测可持续行为。研究 2 针对资源困境引入了集中制裁系统，并发现这种类型的制裁系统在添加时增加了资源困境中的可持续行为，而在移除时减少了可持续行为，同时影响了参与者动机和目标内容的质量。结果扩展了自我决定理论，并指出了区分动机和目标的重要性，通过内化程度检查动机的质量，以及集中制裁系统如何影响这些结构和可持续行为。