Consumers' Attitudes toward Energy Conservation

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Olsen, M. E. (1981). Consumers' attitudes toward energy conservation. Journal of Social Issues, 37, 2, 108-131.
Previous research indicates that about 50% of all Americans believe that the energy problem is real and serious, and less than 25% are completely unconvinced of the problem. Large…

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

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Lloyd, K. E. (1994). Do as I say, not as I do. Special Section: Attitudes and behavior in social psychology. Behavior Analyst, 17, 1, 131-139.
Examines how well responses to attitude questionnaires reflect actual behavior in situations the test questions attempt to represent. It is suggested that because a low positive c…

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…

Characteristics of Nonopinion and No Opinion Response Groups

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Faulkenberry, G. D. & Mason, R. (1978). Characteristics of nonopinion and no opinion response groups. Public Opinion Quarterly, 42, 4, 533-543.
In a nationwide survey of 1,551 Ss concerning the public acceptance of wind energy conversion systems, interviewers were trained to classify equivocal responses as nonexistent ("d…

Gender and Environmentalism: Results from the 1993 General Social Survey

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Blocker, T. J. & Eckberg, D. L. (1997). Gender and environmentalism: Results from the 1993 General Social Survey. Social Science Quarterly, 78, 4, 841-858.
This research tests the proposal that women will be more concerned about the environment than men because of their socialization to the caregiver role and because of their structu…

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…

Differences in Environmental Orientation Among Homeowners

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Gebhardt, A. M. & Lindsey, G. (1995). Differences in environmental orientation among homeowners. Journal of Environmental Education, 27, 1, 4-13.
Used responses to a contingent valuation survey to examine how 100 homeowners (59 men and 41 women) distinguished among 5 environmental orientations (an outdoors person, a conserv…

Green Buying: The Influence of Environmental Concern on Consumer Behavior

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Mainieri, T., Barnett, E. G., Valdero,T. & Unipan, J. B. (1997). Green buying: The influence of environmental concern on consumer behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 137, 2, 189-204.
Investigated variables that predict "green buying" (i.e., buying products that are environmentally beneficial). These included awareness about environmental impacts of products, s…

Pro-Environmental Habits: Propensity Levels in Behavioral Change

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Dahlstrand, U. & Biel, A. (1997). Pro-environmental habits: Propensity levels in behavioral change. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 7, 588-601.
Examined relationships between habits, beliefs about products, choice criteria for purchasing, and perceptions of such factors, applied to the area of buying home detergents and w…

Effort as a Moderator of the Attitude-Behavior Relationship: General Environmental Concern and Recycling

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Schultz, P. W. & Oskamp, S. (1996). Effort as a moderator of the attitude-behavior relationship: General environmental concern and recycling. Social Psychology Quarterly, 59, 4, 375-383.
Examined the role of effort in the link between attitudes and behavior, and tested the possibility that effort can reconcile the disparate findings on the relationship between env…

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