Research on the Effect of Herd’s Positive Psychological Quality on Energy Saving

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.632How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Conformity, Positive factors, Energy conservation

Abstract

Objective: To explore the influence and enlightenment of herd ’s positive psychological quality on energy saving, and to provide empirical evidence for further targeted interventions to reduce the electricity consumption in the family community. Method: From the perspective of social psychology and the positive psychological quality of conformity, this study adopted an experimental intervention of conformity on 60 groups of families in Nanchang City and a follow-up study of their household electricity consumption for four months. By the t-test to explore the impact of herd ’s positive psychological quality on energy conservation. Results: The family group that given the herd experimental intervention produced significant herd behavior. The first group’s household electricity consumption increased significantly, and the second group’s household electricity consumption decreased significantly. Conclusion: The positive psychological factors of the herds can indeed guide the people to save energy, and effectively reduce the electricity consumption of the family community.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yongchao Luo
AU  - Juan Liu
AU  - Lan Luo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - Research on the Effect of Herd’s Positive Psychological Quality on Energy Saving
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 889
EP  - 893
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.632
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.632
ID  - Luo2020
ER  -