The Effect of Stress on Individuals’ Wasting Behavior: The Mediating Role of Impaired Self-Control

Ke Zhang and Yuanyuan Cai
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Ke Zhang: SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Yuanyuan Cai: SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: Wasting behavior has become a serious issue in modern society, especially when individuals face economic recessions and environmental problems. Despite the literature exploring cultural and sociological antecedents of wasting behavior, limited attention has been given to the role of individuals’ associated psychological states. The present research fills this gap by examining how and why stress, a psychological state pervasive among people in the modern world, can influence individuals’ wasting behavior through three studies. Pilot study and Study 1 provide evidence of the positive relationship between stress and wasting behavior. Then, Study 2 sheds light on the mechanism underlying the proposed effect by taking impaired self-control as a mediator. Lastly, the theoretical contributions and practical implications of this research are discussed.

Keywords: stress; wasting behavior; self-control; waste management; psychology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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