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…

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…

Changing Organizational Energy Consumption Behaviour through Comparative Feedback

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Siero, F. W., Bakker, A. B., Dekker, G. B., van-den-Burg, M. T. C. Changing organizational energy consumption behaviour through comparative feedback. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 16, 3,
The differential effects of 2 forms of feedback on energy consumption behavior were examined in 2 units of a metallurgical company. In 1 unit, employees received information about…

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…

Public Perception of Strategies for Increasing Participation in Recycling Programs

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Nyamwange, M. (1996). Public perception of strategies for increasing participation in recycling programs. Journal of Environmental Education, 27, 4, 19-22.
Assessed public perception of selected strategies for increasing participation in city recycling programs. Ss completed a questionnaire regarding frequency of recycling, items rec…

Black Environmentalism and Gender Differences: An Ethics of Care?

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Arp, W. & Howell, C. (1995). Black environmentalism and gender differences: An ethics of care?. Western Journal of Black Studies, 19, 4, 300=305.
Examined Black gender differences in concern for the physical environment of communities and level of environmental participation to determine if Black women possess an ethic of c…

Teaching and Learning in Environmental Education: Developing Environmental Conceptions

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Ballantyne, R. R. & Packer, J. M. (1995). Teaching and learning in environmental education: Developing environmental conceptions. Journal of Environmental Education, 27, 2, 25-32.
Presents a theoretical model for developing environmental conceptions that incorporate environmental knowledge, attitudes/values, and behavioral orientations. Developing conceptio…

An Immediate Response to Environmentally Disturbing News and the Environmental Attitudes of College Students

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Gardos, V. T. & Dodd, D. K. (1995). An immediate response to environmentally disturbing news and the environmental attitudes of college students. Psychological Reports, 77, 3, pt 2, 1121-1122.
Examined the effects of a news article about a devastating oil spill and inadequate clean-up efforts on the environmental attitudes of 31 male and 34 female college students (aged…

International Public Opinion on the Environment

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Bloom, D. E. (1995). International public opinion on the environment. Science, 269, 5222, 354-358.
Analyzes public opinion data on environmental issues collected in 2 surveys: (1) the 1992 Gallup survey, "The health of the planet," and (2) the "Public and leadership attitudes t…

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