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Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Environment

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Thompson, S. C. G., & Barton, M. A. (1994). Ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes toward the environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 2, 149-157.
Examined the relationship between 2 motives underlying environmental attitudes: ecocentrism, valuing nature for its own sake; and anthropocentrism, valuing nature because of mater…

Changes in Euro-American Values Needed for Sustainability

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Clark, M. E. (1995). Changes in Euro-American values needed for sustainability. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 63-82.
Discusses the worldview that gives rise to contemporary Euro-American values. It is argued that this worldview is no longer adaptive, due to some of the underlying subconscious be…

Determinants of Responsible Environmental Behavior

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Nemiroff, L. S., & McKenzie-Mohr, D. (1992). Determinants and distinguishing variables of pro-disarmament behavior and responsible environmental behavior.. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 7, 1, 1-24.
Two experiments examined the variables characteristic of individuals who engage in responsible environmental behavior. In Exp 1, 142 Canadians (mean age 36 yrs) completed a phone …

Actively Caring for the Environment: An Integration of Behaviorism and Humanism. Special Issue: Litter control and Recycling

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Geller, E. S. (1995). Actively caring for the environment: An integration of behaviorism and humanism. Special Issue: Litter control and recycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 2, 184-195.
Integrates perspectives from behavior-based psychology (BBP) and person-based psychology (PBP) to summarize ways to protect the environment. Community-based interventions are need…

Demographics, Attitudes, and Behavioral Responses to Important Environmental Events

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Nietzel, M. T. & Winett, R. A. (1977). Demographics, attitudes, and behavioral responses to important environmental events. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1977, 2, 195-206.
To assess energy conservation attitudes and behaviors, an Environmental Quality Questionnaire was developed and administered to 143 city residents and 135 undergraduates at 3 diff…

Surging Environmentalism: Changing Public Opinion or Changing Publics?

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Kanagy, C. L., Humphrey, C. R., & Firebaugh, G. (1994). Surging environmentalism: Changing public opinion or changing publics?. Social Science Quarterly, 75, 4, 804-819.
Examined whether growing environmental concern in the US from 1980 to 1990 reflects a post-World War II cohort replacement process. G. Firebaugh's (1989) linear decomposition tech…

The Prediction of Household Recycling of Newspapers: The Role of Attitudes, Intentions, and Situational Factors

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Boldero, J. (1995). The prediction of household recycling of newspapers: The role of attitudes, intentions, and situational factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 5, 440-462.
Tested I. Ajzen and T. J. Madden's (see PA, Vol 75:10653) theory of planned behavior for observed household newspaper recycling. The effects of recycling in the past, individual's…

The Development of an Environmental Values Short Form

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Zimmermann, L. K. (1996). The development of an environmental values short form. Journal of Environmental Education, 28, 1, 32-37.
Developed a scale to assess environmental values in adults and, eventually, children. First, several subscales from the Children's Environmental Response Inventory (CERI; T. E. Bu…

Comparison of Self-Reported Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors with Actual Behavior

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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 …

Motivating Recycling Behavior: A Quasiexperimental Investigation of Message and Source Strategies

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Lord, K. R. (1994). Motivating recycling behavior: A quasiexperimental investigation of message and source strategies. Special Issue: Psychology, marketing, and recycling. Psychology and Marketing, 11, 4, 341-358.
Using a quasiexperimental design, direct behavioral observations and attitudinal and other survey data were drawn from 140 households to test hypotheses related to the efficacy of…

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