• The phenomenon and mechanism of intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors

    Subjects: Other Disciplines >> Synthetic discipline submitted time 2023-10-09 Cooperative journals: 《心理科学进展》

    Abstract: Intergenerational transmission in the field of environmental psychology and behaviors is an important fulcrum for sustainable development. Existing studies mainly focus on the intergenerational transmission effects and mechanisms of pro-environmental attitudes (such as environmental values, environmental concern, sustainable consumption attitudes) and pro-environmental behaviors (such as energy saving behaviors, recycling behaviors, green consumption behaviors). Traditional approaches to the study of relationships among generations view ecosocialization as a top-down phenomenon in which parents transmit their attitudes and behaviors to their children in a unidirectional and often deterministic manner. However, although there is evidence of intergenerational correlation between pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors, it has not been proved that parents influence children’s pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors through the process of socialization. Family socialization is a dynamic and interactive process, in which parents and children will be reciprocal influences and counterinfluence. (Several theoretical considerations suggest that the influence of parents and children is reciprocal). Children are not only passive receivers of the socialization process, they are also active agents, passing on information and knowledge from schooling, peers and the mass media to their parents. In addition, in most families, parents and children live in a shared socio-cultural context, which further complicates the interpretation of intergenerational correlation. Based on the socialization theory and parent-child values similarity framework, and integrating existing studies, the authors propose a intergenerational transmission framework of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. In this framework, we argue for considering intergenerational correlation as the result of a complex network of mutual influences among parents, children, and their shared environments. The intergenerational transmission has three interdependent pathways of socialization: (1) parents influence their children, through modeling learning, parent-child communication, parent-child participation; (2) children influence their parents, that is, the process of reverse intergenerational transmission; (3) parents and children are influenced by the shared social and cultural environment, that is, the process of cultural acculturation. We argue that the three processes for intergenerational correlation should be viewed as interdependent, compatible, working jointly. Among them, parents influence their children and reverse intergenerational transmission are a dynamic process. The former occurs earliest in childhood and persists into adolescence, while the latter mostly occurs in later adolescence. Future research should be carried out from four aspects. (1) Construct a dynamic model of intergenerational transmission by longitudinally tracking parent-child interactions and children’s developmental trajectories, and explore in depth the potential mechanisms of intergenerational transmission, such as parental characteristics, children’s characteristics, parent-child relationship. (2) Strengthen the research of intergenerational transmission in the context of Chinese culture, and explore in depth the role of horizontal socialization factors (e.g., peer influence, school environmental educations, mass media) in promoting and blocking intergenerational transmission. (3) Explore the potential mechanism of intergenerational transmission in different fields, and summarize the domain universality and domain specificity of intergenerational transmission, in order to better understand the formation and development of individual psychological and behavioral patterns. (4) Future research needs to construct a family-based environmental education mechanism that involves both parents and children generations to promote the application of research results.

  • The phenomenon and mechanism of intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors

    Subjects: Psychology >> Applied Psychology submitted time 2023-02-27

    Abstract: There is a phenomenon of intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. Ample studies on intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental attitudes primarily focus on environmental values, environmental concern, sustainable consumer attitudes, while researches on intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental behaviors pay much attention to saving energy behaviors, green purchase behaviors, and recycling behaviors and reuse behaviors. The intergenerational transmission has three interdependent pathways of socialization: (1) parents influence their children, through modeling learning, parent-child communication, parent-child participation; (2) children influence their parents, that is, the process of reverse intergenerational transmission; (3) parents and children are influenced by the shared social and cultural environment, that is, the process of cultural acculturation. In the future, it is necessary to strengthen the research on the intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in the context of Chinese culture, and explore its internal mechanism in depth.

  • 多孔氧化锌对断奶仔猪粪便中微量元素含量、盲肠内容物及粪便中短链脂肪酸含量及肠道菌群多样性的影响

    Subjects: Biology >> Zoology submitted time 2018-12-25 Cooperative journals: 《动物营养学报》

    Abstract:本试验旨在研究饲粮中添加多孔氧化锌对断奶仔猪粪便中微量元素含量、盲肠内容物及粪便中短链脂肪酸含量、肠道菌群多样性的影响。选取192头体重为(6.32±0.24) kg的21日龄断奶仔猪,随机分为4组,每组6个重复,每个重复8头仔猪(公母各占1/2)。其中,A组(正对照组)饲喂在基础饲粮中添加3 000 mg/kg普通氧化锌的饲粮,B组(负对照组)饲喂基础饲粮;C组饲喂在基础饲粮中添加750 mg/kg多孔氧化锌的饲粮,D组饲喂在基础饲粮中添加1 500 mg/kg多孔氧化锌的饲粮。试验期14 d。结果显示:1)与A组相比,B组、C组和D组仔猪粪便中锌含量显著降低(P0.05)。2)与B组相比,A组、C组和D组盲肠内容物中乙酸含量分别增加33.58%、44.74%、39.79%(P0.05);各组粪便中各短链脂肪酸含量均无显著差异(P>0.05)。3)与A组相比,B组、C组和D组空肠内容物特有可操作分类单元(OTUs)数大幅度提高,且B组、C组、D组Chao1、ACE指数逐步提高,并有提高Simpson指数的趋势(P=0.095 9)。从菌群门水平分布看,随着多孔氧化锌添加量的增加,厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)相对丰度增加,变形杆菌门(Proteobacteria)、放线菌门(Actinobacteria)相对丰度降低;从菌群属水平分布看,与B组相比,A组、D组链球菌属(Streptococcus)相对丰度增加,乳杆菌属(Lactobacillus)相对丰度降低,A、C组罗斯氏菌属(Rothia)相对丰度增加。由此可见,在断奶仔猪饲粮中添加多孔氧化锌能够提高盲肠内容物中短链脂肪酸含量,有利于提高肠道菌群多样性并改善肠道微生态环境;相比于普通氧化锌,多孔氧化锌还能减少断奶仔猪粪便锌的排放,节约锌资源,减少环境污染。