Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Abstract

In comparison with the relations between the human and natural environments that have been the central focus of environmental psychology for many years, the interactions between the psychological processes underlying human behaviour and the built environment have only recently regained the interest of researchers. Main research goal of the present study is to define environmental and psychological dimensions of sustainability that contribute to persons’ subjective well-being. Participants were 230 adults who filled in a questionnaire designed for the purpose of this study as well as Subjective Well-being questionnaire (SWB; Diener et al., 1985) and Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS; Ladier et al., 2018). The results show significant correlation between various dimensions of sense of community and subjective well-being. Also, environmental parameters, measured in our study suggest to be associated with those two particular psychological factors, which could be interpreted as important in contributing towards sustainability development.