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Predicting Recycling Behavior from Global and Specific Environmental Attitudes and Changes in Recycling Opportunities

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Vining, J., & Ebreo, A. (1992). Predicting recycling behavior from global and specific environmental attitudes and changes in recycling opportunities. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22, 20, 1580-1607.
Surveys of 1,028 households in a medium-sized city were conducted annually for 3 yrs to investigate changes in general environmental concern (as measured by R. E. Dunlap and K. D.…

Environmentalism and Consumers' Clothing Disposal Patterns: An Exploratory Study

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Shim, S. (1995). Environmentalism and consumers' clothing disposal patterns: An exploratory study. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 13, 1, 38-48.
Examined the influence of environmental attitude and waste recycling behavior on clothing disposal patterns and the influence of gender, age, and ethnicity on clothing disposal pa…

The Unintended Effects of a Posted Sign on Littering Attitudes and Stated Intentions

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Horsley, A. D. (1988). The unintended effects of a posted sign on littering attitudes and stated intentions. Journal of Environmental Education, 19, 3, 10-14.
The effects of an anti-littering sign that read "We treat litterbugs like all insects" were compared with those for a sign that read "Please save our landscape; don't litter." Ss …

Predicting Protection: Scope of Justice and the Natural World

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Opotow, S. (1994). Predicting protection: Scope of justice and the natural world. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 49-63.
Our attitudes and behavior toward the natural world depend on our scope of justice, the psychological boundary within which considerations of fairness and moral rules govern our c…

Environmental Attitudes Conceptualized through Developmental Theory: A Qualitative Analysis

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Robbins, J. G., & Greenwald, R. (1994). Environmental attitudes conceptualized through developmental theory: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 29-47.
Women's attitudes toward the environment were explored in relation to Robert Kegan's  model of ego development, using a randomly selected sample of 27 women aged 40 to 49 from a M…

Using Verbal and Visual Prompts to Control Littering in High Schools

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Houghton, S. (1993). Using verbal and visual prompts to control littering in high schools. Educational Studies, 19, 3, 247-254.
Investigated the use of verbal and visual prompts to control litter behavior of students in 2 Western Australian high schools. 1,750 students participated in the study. Data were …

Intrinsic Satisfaction Derived from Office Recycling Behavior: A Case Study in Taiwan

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Lee, Y.-J., de Young, R. (1994). Intrinsic satisfaction derived from office recycling behavior: A case study in Taiwan. Social Indicators Research, 31, 1, 63-76.
Examined the dimensionality of intrinsic satisfaction (INS) and, using a path analysis technique, explored the causal relationships between INS and office recycling behavior (ORB)…

Green Justice: Conceptions of Fairness and the Natural World

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Opotow, S., & Clayton, S. (1994). Green justice: Conceptions of fairness and the natural world. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 1-11.
The natural environment is a topic of increasing importance, and themes of justice are increasingly relevant to that topic. This introduction to the special issue on Green Justic…

Social Marketing for the Environment: Using Information Campaigns to Promote Environmental Awareness and Behavior Change

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Maibach, E. (1993). Social marketing for the environment: Using information campaigns to promote environmental awareness and behavior change. Health Promotion International, 8, 3, 209-224.
Proposes social marketing (SM) as an approach for developing solutions to many environmental problems currently facing the world. The SM approach applies generic marketing and mar…

Balancing Personal Needs with Environmental Preservation: Identifying the Values that Guide Decisions in Ecological Dilemmas

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Axelrod, L. J. (1994). Balancing personal needs with environmental preservation: Identifying the values that guide decisions in ecological dilemmas. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 85-104.
A taxonomy of values that specifies three domains (i.e., economic, social, and universal) was developed and used to explore the influence personal values have on peoples decision…

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