Attitudes and Intentions Towards Purchasing GM Food

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Cook, A., Kerr, G., & Moore, K. (2002). Attitudes and intentions towards purchasing GM food. Journal of Economic Psychology, 23(5), 557-572. doi:10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00117-4.
This study identifies the nature, strength and relative importance of influences on intentions to purchase genetically modified (GM) food. Drawing upon contemporary attitude-behav…

Internal and External Barriers to Eco-conscious Apparel Acquisition

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Connell, K. (2010). Internal and external barriers to eco-conscious apparel acquisition. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 34(3), 279-286. doi:10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00865.x.
Apparel consumption is a contributing cause of environmental change, and environmental integrity requires the encouragement of eco-conscious apparel acquisition. Unfortunately, am…

Internal and External Influences on Pro-environmental Behavior: Participation in a Green Electricity Program

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Clark, C., Kotchen, M., & Moore, M. (2003). Internal and external influences on pro-environmental behavior: Participation in a green electricity program. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23(3), 237-246. doi:10.1016/S0272-4944(02)00105-6.
This paper integrates themes from psychology and economics to analyze pro-environmental behavior. Increasingly, both disciplines share an interest in understanding internal and ex…

Crafting Normative Messages to Protect the Environment

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Cialdini, R. (2003). Crafting normative messages to protect the environment. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12(4), 105-109. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.01242.
It is widely recognized that communications that activate social norms can be effective in producing societally beneficial conduct. Not so well recognized are the circumstances un…

Social Norms and Identity Relevance: A Motivational Approach to Normative Behavior

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Christensen, P., Rothgerber, H., Wood, W., & Matz, D. (2004). Social norms and identity relevance: A motivational approach to normative behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(10), 1295-1309. doi:10.1177/0146167204264480.
Two studies demonstrated that greater identification with a group was associated with more positive emotions for members who conformed with versus violated the group's norms. Thes…

Consumer Identity and Moral Obligations in Non-Plastic Bag Consumption: A Dialectical Perspective

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Cherrier, H. (2006). Consumer identity and moral obligations in non-plastic bag consumption: A dialectical perspective. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 30(5), 515-523. doi:10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00531.x.
According to many, we live in an era of autonomy, choice, enterprise and lifestyles. Consumers are active agents who exercise informed and autonomous responsibilities in relation …

Linking Social Norms to Efficient Conservation Investment in Payments for Ecosystem Services

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Chen, X., Lupi, F., He, G., & Liu, J. (2009). Linking social norms to efficient conservation investment in payments for ecosystem services. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(28), 11812-11817. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809980106.
An increasing amount of investment has been devoted to protecting and restoring ecosystem services worldwide. The efficiency of conservation investments, including payments for ec…

The Bystander Effect and Social Control Behavior: The Effect of the Presence of Others on Peoples Reactions to Norm Violations

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Chekroun, P., & Brauer, M. (2002). The bystander effect and social control behavior: The effect of the presence of others on people's reactions to norm violations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32(6), 853-866. doi:10.1002/ejsp.126.
Three field studies were conducted to explore the influence of the number of bystander-observers on the likelihood of social control. We predicted that the presence of others woul…

Emotions, Habits and Rational Choices in Ecological Behaivours: The Case of Recycling and Use of Public Transportation

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Carrus, G., Passafaro, P., & Bonnes, M. (2008). Emotions, habits and rational choices in ecological behaviours: The case of recycling and use of public transportation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 28(1), 51-62. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.09.003.
Two field studies examined the role of attitudes, subjective norms, perceived control, anticipated emotions, past behaviour and desire in the prediction of pro-environmental behav…

Social Norms and Expectancy Violation Theories: Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Communication Campaigns

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Campo, S., Cameron, K., Brossard, D., & Frazer, M. (2004). Social Norms and Expectancy Violation Theories: Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Communication Campaigns. Communication Monographs, 71(4), 448-470. doi:10.1080/0363452042000307498.
College students' processing of alcohol, smoking, and exercise social norms messages, and related effects on judgments, attitudes toward one's own behaviors, and attitudes toward …

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