Using Motivational Interviewing to reduce threats in conversations about environmental behavior

Human behavior contributes to a waste of environmental resources and our society is looking for ways to reduce this problem. However, humans may perceive feedback about their environmental behavior as threatening. According to self-determination theory (SDT), threats decrease intrinsic motivation fo...

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Main Authors: Florian Erik Klonek, Amelie Verena Güntner, Nale eLehmann-Willenbrock, Simone eKauffeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01015/full