Existing studies show the role of empathy with nature in improving attitudes toward the environment. This article demonstrates that induced empathy with nature can improve environmental behaviours and commitments. We find that environmental commitment and behaviour are positively affected by empathy with nature and establish a causal model between empathy with nature and pro-environmental behaviour. We further investigate the relationship between self-construal (interdependent or independent), empathy with nature (existing or non-existing) and pro-environmental behaviour. The results indicate that participants who have empathy with nature display stronger pro-environmental behaviour, particularly in the private domain. Commitment to the environment plays a mediating role in this relationship and self-construal plays a moderating role. Specifically, for individuals with interdependent self-construal, empathy with nature promotes pro-environmental behaviour, whereas for individuals with independent self-construal, empathy with nature has no statistically significant effect on pro-environmental behaviour.

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同情自然对亲环境行为的影响

现有研究显示了对自然的同情在改善对环境的态度方面的作用。本文表明，引发对自然的同理心可以改善环境行为和承诺。我们发现环境承诺和行为受到自然同情的积极影响，并在自然同情和亲环境行为之间建立因果模型。我们进一步调查了自我建构（相互依存或独立）、对自然的同理心（存在或不存在）和亲环境行为之间的关系。结果表明，对自然有同情心的参与者表现出更强的亲环境行为，尤其是在私人领域。对环境的承诺在这种关系中起中介作用，自我建构起调节作用。具体来说，