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…

Motivations and Behaviors that Support Recycling

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Werner, C. M. & Makela, E. (1998). Motivations and behaviors that support recycling. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 4, 373-386.
Adult residents from 309 households were questioned about their attitudes towards recycling and the processes involved in recycling (recyclers' phenomenal experiences and organizi…

Muddy Waters and Heavy Metal: Time and Attitudes Guide Judgements of Pollution

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Eiser, J. R., Podpadec, T. J., Reicher, S. D. & Stevenage, S. V. (1998). Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 2, 199-208.
Following an incident of serious river pollution from a disused mine, postal surveys of local residents were conducted approximately 6 wks (Time 1 [T1]; n = 536) and then 8 mo (T…

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 …

Willingness to Pay or Intention to Pay: The Attitude-Behavior Relationship in Contingent Valuation

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Luzar, E. J. & Cosse, K. J. (1998). Willingness to pay or intention to pay: The attitude-behavior relationship in contingent valuation. Journal of Socio-Economics, 27, 3, 427-444.
This study describes a conceptual model of the attitude-behavior relationship involved in the process of contingent valuation in an economic behavior context. Explanatory attitudi…

The Environment and Mental Health: A Guide for Clinicians

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Lundberg, A. (1998). Risk perception and coping . In Spedden, S. E. (Ed.). The environment and mental health: A guide for clinicians. (pp. 103-114). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Many factors influence perceptions of environmental risk and choices of coping strategies. We make judgments and decisions within a framework that is described by cultural and per…

Social Structural and Social Psychological Bases of Environmental Concern

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Dietz, T., Stern, P. C. & Guagnano, G. A. (1998). Social structural and social psychological bases of environmental concern. Environment and Behavior, 30, 4, 450-471.
Efforts to explain environmental concern as a function of social structure have revealed some weak but reliable associations. Stronger associations have been found between environ…

Social Value Orientations and Decisions to Take Proenvironmental Action

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Cameron, L. D., Brown, P. M. & Chapman, J. G. (1998). Social value orientations and decisions to take proenvironmental action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 8, 675-697.
Assessed whether social value orientations influence decisions to actively support a proposal for a transportation pollution reduction program. 135 undergraduate students with pro…

Demographic Predictors of Environmental Concern: It Does Make a Difference How it's Measured

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Klineberg, S. L., McKeever, M. & Rothenbach, B. (1998). Demographic predictors of environmental concern: It does make a difference how it's measured. Social Science Quarterly, 79, 4, 734-753.
Examined the reasons for the inconsistent relationships reported in previous research between measures of environmental concern and standard demographic predictors. This study cal…

Perception of Environmental Risk Related to Gender, Community Socioeconomic Setting, Age, and Locus of Control

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Riechard, D. E. & Peterson, S. J. (1998). Perception of environmental risk related to gender, community socioeconomic setting, age, and locus of control. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 1, 11-19.
Examined how precollege students' perception of risk for 20 environmental hazards related to gender, community socioeconomic setting (CSES), age, and locus of control. The sample …

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