The Psychotherapeutic Value of Low-Carbon Behaviors: Demand Satisfaction and Mental Health Benefits Supported by Interactive Platforms
Yueyang Qu, Jiaze Yuan, Xiaozhe Ding, Tian Wang, Fengxiang XiAbstract
Objective
Low-carbon environmental behaviors carry inherent psychotherapeutic potential to relieve daily psychological pressure and improve mental health status. This study develops an interactive digital platform centered on psychological need satisfaction, aiming to boost public sustainable low-carbon behaviors, alleviate negative mental states, and verify the positive mental health benefits of environmentally friendly behavioral participation.
Subjects and Methods
This study adopts a mixed-methods design. A preliminary survey of 500 respondents identifies core psychological needs for behavioral participation. On this basis, an interactive platform with real-time feedback and social interaction functions is constructed. A 12-week controlled field experiment involving 240 participants is conducted, with pre-test and post-test questionnaires and interviews adopted to compare behavioral changes and mental health variations between experimental and control groups.
Results
The experimental group achieved a 43% higher growth in low-carbon behaviors, with significantly improved autonomy, competence and social relatedness (p<0.05). Platform interaction effectively satisfies individual psychological needs, delivers positive psychological hints, relieves sub-health mental states, and remarkably enhances participants’ psychological well-being and mental health levels during sustainable behavioral practice.
Conclusions
Psychological need-based interactive platforms can effectively stimulate persistent low-carbon behaviors and exert stable psychotherapeutic effects. Such technology-driven behavioral interventions optimize individual mental states, alleviate implicit psychological pressure, and improve overall mental health quality. This study validates the bidirectional value of environmental behavior governance and mental health promotion, providing feasible psychological intervention strategies for public mental wellness cultivation.
Corresponding Author
Yueyang Qu, Electrical Engineering College of Suihua University, Suihua, Heilongjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Engineering Materials Preparation and Application, Suihua University, Suihua, Heilongjiang, China.