Environmental Concern: Conceptual Definitions, Measurement Methods, and Research Findings

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Fransson, N. & Gaerling, T. (1999). Environmental concern: Conceptual definitions, measurement methods, and research findings . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 4, 369-382.
A serious threat to human beings and their environment is the continuous and accelerating overuse and destruction of natural resources. Bearing this in mind, it is unfortunate tha…

Values as Predictors of Environmental Attitudes: Evidence for Consistency Across 14 Countries

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Schultz, P. W. & Zelezny, L. (1999). Values as predictors of environmental attitudes: Evidence for consistency across 14 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 3, 255-265.
Presents the results from a multinational study of the relationship between values and environmental attitudes. Data were obtained from 2,160 college students in 14 countries in E…

Ecological Behavior, Environmental Attitude, and Feelings of Responsibility for the Environment

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Kaiser, F. G., Ranney, M., Hartig, T. & Bowler, P. A. (1999). Ecological behavior, environmental attitude, and feelings of responsibility for the environment. European Psychologist, 4, 2, 59-74.
Rational-choice theories insufficiently explain behaviors that are at least partially moral, such as ecological behavior. The present paper establishes an expanded rational-choice…

Outdoor Recreation and the Predictive Validity of Environmental Attitudes

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Tarrant, M. A. & Green, G. T. (1999). Outdoor recreation and the predictive validity of environmental attitudes. Leisure Sciences, 21, 1, 17-30.
The utility of the attitude concept in outdoor-recreation research rests upon its predictive validity, that is, an ability to predict subsequent behavior. This study examines the …

Development of the Survey of Environmental Issue Attitudes

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Schindler, F. H. (1999). Development of the survey of environmental issue attitudes. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 3, 12-16.
Developed the Survey of Environmental Issue Attitudes to measure the environmental issue attitudes of community college students. Emotion evoking statements were collected from st…

Adverse Health Experiences, Environmental Attitudes, and Pesticide Usage Behavior of Farm Operators

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Lichtenberg, E. & Zimmerman, R. (1999). Adverse health experiences, environmental attitudes, and pesticide usage behavior of farm operators . Risk Analysis, 19, 2, 283-294.
Examined whether farmers who have had adverse health experiences believed to be associated with pesticides are more likely to have heightened concerns and therefore take greater p…

Understanding the Determinants of Environmentally Conscious Behavior

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Lee, J. A. & Holden, S. J. S. (1999). Understanding the determinants of environmentally conscious behavior. Psychology and Marketing, 16, 5, 373-392.
Examined the various motivational determinants of environmental consumer behavior based on C. D. Batson's (1987) model of prosocial behavior. 78 undergraduate business students (m…

Relationship between Environmental Knowledge and Environmental Attitude of High School Students

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Bradley, J.C., Waliczek, T. M. & Zajicek, J. M. (1999). Relationship between environmental knowledge and environmental attitude of high school students. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 3, 17-21.
Assessed 475 high school students' environmental knowledge and attitudes before and after exposure to a 10-day environmental science course. Questionnaire results indicate signifi…

Factors Influencing Children's Environmental Attitudes

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Eagles, P. F. & Demare, R. (1999). Factors influencing children's environmental attitudes. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 4, 33-37.
In a study of 72 6th-grade students, it was found that ecologistic and moralistic attitudes toward the environment correlated with talking about the environment at home, watching …

Toward a Model of Environmental Activism

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Seguin, C., Pelletier, L. G. & Hunsley, J. (1998). Toward a model of environmental activism. Environment and Behavior, 30, 5, 628-652.
The goals of this study were first to operationalize the notion of activism by using self-reported behaviors and second to propose and test a model of environmental activism. 733 …

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