The Generalizability of Attitudinal Correlates of Proenvironmental Behavior

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Siegfried, W. D., Tedeschi, R. G., & Cann, A. (1982). The generalizability of attitudinal correlates of proenvironmental behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 118, 2, 287-288.
Tested certain demographic and attitudinal variables with a wide range of pro-environmental behaviors by analyzing questionnaires completed by 192 undergraduates. Ss engaged in on…

Support for Environmental Protection: The Role of Moral Norms

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Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., & Black, J. S. (1986). Support for environmental protection: The role of moral norms. Population and Environment, Behavioral and Social Issues, 8, 3-4, 204-222.
Presents a theoretical model that traces support for environmental protection to a social-psychological process involving the activation of moral norms against harming innocent pe…

Responses to Changing Energy Conditions among Massachusetts Households

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Stern, P. C., Black, J. S. & Elworth, J. T. (1983). Responses to changing energy conditions among Massachusetts households. Energy, 8, 7, 515-523.
Survey data on 478 residential electricity consumers in Massachusetts are used to examine the effects of economic, demographic, structural, and attitudinal variables on energy-sav…

The Home Power Movement: Technology, Behavior, and the Environment

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Tatum, J. S. The home power movement: Technology, behavior, and the environment. Human Dimensions, 2, 141-149.
Extended interviews with about 50 widely distributed participants in the Home Power movement suggest that approximately 25,000 homes in the U. S. now rely on their own photovoltai…

Values, Beliefs, and Proenvironmental Action: Attitude Formation toward Emergent Attitude Objects

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Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., Kalof, L., & Guagnano, G. A. (1995). Values, beliefs, and proenvironmental action: Attitude formation toward emergent attitude objects. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26, 18, 1611-1636.
Explored a model in which individuals construct attitudes to new or emergent attitude objects by referencing personal values and beliefs about the consequences of the objects for …

The New Ecological Paradigm in Social-Psychological Context

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Stern, P. C., Dietz, T., & Guagnano, G. A. (1995). The new ecological paradigm in social-psychological context. Environment and Behavior, 27, 6, 723-743.
Examined the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale in relation to the variables in a theoretical model of environmental concern using data from 199 adults. It was found that the NEP…

Environmental Attitude Survey of University Students: 1971 vs. 1981

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Thompson, J. C., & Gasteiger, E. L. (1985). Environmental attitude survey of university students: 1971 vs. 1981. Journal of Environmental Education, 17, 1, 13-22.
Conducted an attitudinal survey that contrasted university student perceptions on environmental/energy questions in 1971 and 1981 (3,414 and 3,867 students, respectively). The sur…

Energy Behavior

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Archer, D., Pettigrew, T., Costanzo, M., Iritani, B., Walker, I. & White, L. (1987). Energy conservation and public policy: The mediation of individual behavior. Energy Efficiency: Perspectives on Individual Behavior, 69-92.
Evaluates 2 schools of thought about energy conservation--the behavioral school, which calls for incentives to individuals, and the attitude change approach, which relies on infor…

Environmental Attitudes and Knowledge: A Comparison of Marketing and Business Students with Other Groups. Special Issue: Social Values

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Synodinos, N. E. (1990). Environmental attitudes and knowledge: A comparison of marketing and business students with other groups. Special Issue: Social values. Journal of Business Research, 20, 2, 161-170.
161 university students in Hawaii were administered a modified version of the Ecological Attitudes and Knowledge Scale (EAKS) by M. P. Maloney et al (see PA, Vol 54:8704). Results…

Patterns of Residential Energy Behavior

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van-Raaij, W. F., & Verhallen, T. M. (1983). Patterns of residential energy behavior. Journal of Economic Psychology, 4, 1-2, 85-106.
Investigated energy-related behavioral patterns, based on self-reported behaviors of 145 households in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands. Energy-related behavior may not be a separate …

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