Psychologies of the Environment: Searching for Themes in the Literature

Psychology's leaders have called for research and practices that contribute to the cultivation of more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Much work has been done by psychologies of the environment, which include environmental psychology, ecopsychology, ecological psychology, and other areas; but these diffuse and disparate disciplines with varying approaches, methodologies, and publication sources may make it difficult to identify efforts and findings relevant to environmental issues, behavior, and sustainability. As such, this study sought to explore research from psychologies of the environment to highlight content themes within the literature, sources in which this research was published, and the extent to which cases offered novel data. Using a qualitative approach, this study examined the content of 449 published works, identifying 12 themes in the literature. Results revealed the most common journal sources, as well as the content areas most active in collecting new data and publishing...