%0 Journal Article
%T Promoting Spillover: How Past Behaviors Increase Environmental Intentions by Cueing Self
%A Angela J. Dean
%A Liam D. G. Smith
%A Nita Lauren
%A Winnifred R. Louis
%J Environment and Behavior
%@ 1552-390X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0013916517740408
%X Behavioral spillover theory has potential for promoting meaningful behavior change. Spillover occurs when engagement in environmental behaviors affects the adoption of other environmental behaviors. By testing a new experimental model of spillover, this article is the first to concurrently investigate three predicted mechanisms of spillover¡ªself-identity, self-efficacy, and contribution ethic¡ªon different types of environmental behavior. The experimental spillover model examined how triggering self-perceptions (i.e., self-identity, self-efficacy, and contribution ethic) may influence the likelihood of spillover to occur from engagement in household behaviors to intentions for other environmental behaviors. Triggering self-identity was associated with increased private- and public-sphere intentions. Contrary to expectations, contribution ethic was not associated with decreased intentions, and instead was associated with increased public-sphere intentions. Self-efficacy did not uniquely influence intentions. These findings demonstrate that everyday behaviors can provide an ¡°entry point¡± for other behaviors, strengthening self-perceptions and generating positive spillover
%K behavioral spillover
%K self-identity
%K self-efficacy
%K contribution ethic
%K environmental behavior
%K behavior change
%K civic behaviors
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0013916517740408