TY  - JOUR
T1  - Çevreci Davranışlarda Dinamik Normlar: Mekanizması, Etkililiği ve Sınırlılıkları Üzerine Bir İnceleme
TT  - Dynamic Norms in Pro-Environmental Behavior: Mechanisms, Effectiveness, and Limitations
AU  - Elcil, Tuğçenaz
PY  - 2026
DA  - April
Y2  - 2026
JF  - Türk Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - JTSSR
PB  - Hasan Kalyoncu University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2548-009X
SP  - 14
EP  - 28
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
LA  - tr
AB  - Çevre sorunlarının çözümü, çevreye olumsuz etkileri bulunan davranışların yerini çevreci davranışların almasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Ancak çevreci tutumlar her zaman davranışlara yansımamakta ve tutum-davranış uyumsuzluğunun ortaya çıktığı görülebilmektedir. Bu bağlamda davranışsal değişimin önündeki psikolojik bariyerlerden biri, çevreci davranışların sosyal bağlamdaki yaygınlığına ilişkin algılar olabilmektedir. Araştırmacılar, dinamik normların, bu psikolojik bariyerleri zayıflatarak davranış değişimini teşvik edebileceğini öne sürmüşlerdir. Bulgular, dinamik norm mesajlarının çevreci davranışları teşvik etmede etkili olabildiğini ancak etkisinin bazı faktörlere bağlı olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu makalenin amacı, çevreci davranışları teşvik etme potansiyeli taşıyan dinamik normlara dair kapsamlı bir inceleme sunmaktadır. Öncelikle dinamik norm kavramı ve psikolojik mekanizması ele alınmıştır. Ardından, çevreci davranış bağlamındaki bulgular incelenmiş ve dinamik normların etkisinin hangi koşullara bağlı olduğu, tutarsız bulguların olası sebepleri ve literatürün sınırlılıkları tartışılmıştır. Bu incelemenin, gelecekteki araştırmalara ve çevre sorunları ile iklim krizi bağlamlarında oluşturulacak dinamik norm müdahalelerine yol göstermesi beklenmektedir. Bildiğimiz kadarıyla mevcut çalışma, Türkçe literatürde dinamik normlara odaklanan ilk kapsamlı derlemedir.
KW  - dinamik norm
KW  - sosyal norm
KW  - çevreci davranış
KW  - sürdürülebilirlik
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