TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hahn, Lena
A1  - Buttlar, Benjamin
A1  - Walther, Eva
T1  - Unpacking Plastic: Investigating Plastic Related Ambivalence
T2  - Sustainability
N2  - Many people are aware of the negative consequences of plastic use on the environment. Nevertheless, they use plastic due to its functionality. In the present paper, we hypothesized that this leads to the experience of ambivalence—the simultaneous existence of positive and negative evaluations of plastic. In two studies, we found that participants showed greater ambivalence toward plastic packed food than unpacked food. Moreover, they rated plastic packed food less favorably than unpacked food in response evaluations. In Study 2, we tested whether one-sided (only positive vs. only negative) information interventions could effectively influence ambivalence. Results showed that ambivalence is resistant to (social) influence. Directions for future research were discussed.
KW  - ambivalence
KW  - plastic
KW  - MouseTracker
KW  - intervention
KW  - Umweltbewusstsein
KW  - Kunststoff
KW  - Verpackung
KW  - Lebensmittel
KW  - Funktionalität
KW  - Ambivalenz
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1673
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-16739
IS  - 13/4
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -