Air Pollution and Human Behavior

Evans, G. W., & Jacobs, S. V. (1981). Air pollution and human behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 37, 1, 95-125.

Reviews the literature on air pollution and behavior and presents an organizational structure that demonstrates gaps in the literature and lays an initial, conceptual framework for future research. Research on the health effects, cognitive, affective, and conative components of air pollution and human response is discussed. In addition, the important roles of mediational constructs, such as controllability of pollutant and adaptation, are presented in detail. (80 ref)

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