Comparison of Self-Reported Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors with Actual Behavior
Barker, K., Fong, L., Grossman, S., Quin, C., et al. (1994). Comparison of self-reported recycling attitudes and behaviors with actual behavior. Psychological Reports, 75, 1 (Part 2), 571-577.
Investigated the congruence of 102 college students' self-reported paper-recycling behaviors and attitudes with actual behavior. The hypothesis that college students would report positive attitudes toward paper recycling and associated behaviors in a survey was supported. However, unobtrusive observation indicated that self-reports did not predict actual paper recycling for most Ss. Only 14 Ss who had previously reported prorecycling attitudes and behaviors were observed to recycle.
