Personality Characteristics and Environmental Attitudes
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Investigated the relationship between attitudes toward environmental issues and certain personality characteristics related to locus of control, openness of belief system, and perceptions about self, using 74 female college students in a teacher preparation program. Results indicate that (1) self-controlled, well-organized, and goal oriented Ss were more likely to display favorable environmental behaviors and (2) Ss who viewed themselves as having more control over events in their environment were less likely to favor laws or restrictive measures designed to preserve or improve environmental quality.
