Studies of Individual Environmental Concern: The Role of Knowledge, Gender, and Background Variables
Schahn, J., & Holzer, E. (1990). Studies of individual environmental concern: The role of knowledge, gender, and background variables. Environment and Behavior, 22, 6, 767-786.
Analyzed the interplay of environmentally relevant knowledge, attitudes, and behavior as well as gender differences in environmental concern and the role of demographic variables for the prediction of self-reported behavior. In 167 German adults, knowledge and gender moderated the relationship between attitudes and behavior. For 105 prople active in conservation groups, these moderator effects were not as clear. For both samples, women were more environmentally concerned in those topical areas that refer to household behavior, whereas men knew more about environmental problems.
