Understanding Contextual Spillover: Using Identity Process Theory as a Lens for Analyzing Behavioral Responses to a Workplace Dietary Choice Intervention
Understanding Contextual Spillover: Using Identity Process Theory as a Lens for Analyzing Behavioral Responses to a Workplace Dietary Choice Intervention
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了解情境溢出：使用身份过程理论作为分析对工作场所饮食选择干预的行为反应的镜头
DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00345
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Caroline J. Oates
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作者：
C. Verfuerth;Christopher R. Jones;Diana Gregory‐Smith;Caroline J. Oates
当一种环境上可持续的行为导致另一种行为时，就会发生溢出，通常是由行为改变干预引发的。一些研究调查了积极和消极的溢出效应，但经验证据是混合的，显示积极和消极的溢出效应的证据，并完全缺乏溢出。环境特性已被确定为溢出效应的一个影响因素。基于认同过程理论，目前的框架提出，积极的，消极的，缺乏溢出是由感知的威胁的初始行为和身份过程机制评估的行为。有人建议，环境行为改变干预可能会威胁到一个人的现有身份，导致（a）整合，（B）分隔，或（c）一个人的环境身份和非环境身份之间的冲突。拟议框架的初步证据是基于实地干预，其中包括在一个中型私营部门公司的食堂肉类减少计划。半结构化访谈和探索性可视化方法，旨在评估身份的变化，实施了13名员工（即，干预前和干预后。通过NVivo12使用主题分析对定性数据进行分析。可视化任务和访谈方法的结果提供了直接和间接的积极的背景溢出效应的初步证据，相对较少的证据缺乏溢出和相对缺乏报告的负面溢出。本文以认同过程理论为核心，提出了一种新的理论方法，以加深对正溢出、负溢出和溢出缺失的理解。
Spillover occurs when one environmentally sustainable behavior leads to another, often initiated by a behavior change intervention. A number of studies have investigated positive and negative spillover effects, but empirical evidence is mixed, showing evidence for both positive and negative spillover effects, and lack of spillover altogether. Environmental identity has been identified as an influential factor for spillover effects. Building on identity process theory the current framework proposes that positive, negative, and a lack of spillover are determined by perceived threat of initial behavior and identity process mechanisms evaluating the behavior. It is proposed, that an environmental behavior change intervention may threaten one's existing identities, leading to either (a) integration, (b) compartmentalization, or (c) conflict between one's environmental identity and non-environmental identities. Initial evidence for the proposed framework is based on a field intervention which included a meat reduction programme in a canteen of a medium size private sector company. Semi-structured interviews and an explorative visualization method that aimed at assessing identity change were implemented with thirteen employees (i.e., intervention participants) before and after the intervention. The qualitative data was analyzed by using thematic analysis via NVivo12. Results of the visualization task and interview method provided initial evidence of direct and indirect positive contextual spillover effects, with comparatively less evidence a lack of spillover and a relative absence of reported negative spillover. This paper provides a novel theoretical approach, centered on identity process theory to enhance understanding of positive spillover, negative spillover, and the lack of spillover.