Reducing Household Energy Consumption: A Qualitative and Quantitative Field Study

Articles
Brandon, G. & Lewis, A. (1999). Reducing household energy consumption: A qualitative and quantitative field study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 1, 75-85.
Investigated the effect of feedback conditions, income constraints, behavioural/structural aspects, environmental attitudes, and socio-demographics on energy consumption for 120 h…

Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior in Dutch Secondary Education

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Kuhlemeier, H., van den Bergh, H. & Lagerweij, N. (1999). Environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in Dutch secondary education. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 2, 4-14.
Examined the environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, and environmentally responsible behavior via questionnaire in a nationwide sample of approximately 9,000 students (a…

Reducing Solid Waste: Linking Recycling to Environmentally Responsible Consumerism

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Ebreo, A., Hershey, J. & Vining, J. (1999). Reducing solid waste: Linking recycling to environmentally responsible consumerism. Environment and Behavior, 31, 1, 107-135.
Examined through a mail survey, the relation between 654 Champaign-Urbana residents' beliefs about environmentally responsible consumerism and environmental attitudes, motives, an…

Environmental Attitude and Ecological Behaviour

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Kaiser, F. G., Woelfing, S. & Fuhrer, U. (1999). Environmental attitude and ecological behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 1, 1-19.
Based on I. Ajzen's (1985) theory of planned behavior, this study used a unified concept of attitude and a probabilistic measurement approach to overcome shortcomings (e.g., the l…

Evaluating Adult Groundwater Education

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Gerakis, A. (1998). Evaluating adult groundwater education. Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 1, 20-24.
The Michigan Association of Soil Conservation Districts and the Michigan Soil Conservation Service organized a series of 1-day groundwater education workshops throughout Michigan.…

Spillover Processes in the Development of a Sustainable Consumption Pattern

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Thogersen, J. (1999). Spillover processes in the development of a sustainable consumption pattern. Journal of Economic Psychology, 20, 1, 53-81.
Hypotheses about possible mechanisms for spillover processes between pro-environmental behaviors were developed and tested by means of structural equation modelling. Data were col…

Environmental Concern: Conceptual Definitions, Measurement Methods, and Research Findings

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Fransson, N. & Gaerling, T. (1999). Environmental concern: Conceptual definitions, measurement methods, and research findings . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 4, 369-382.
A serious threat to human beings and their environment is the continuous and accelerating overuse and destruction of natural resources. Bearing this in mind, it is unfortunate tha…

Black and White Children's Knowledge and Perception of the Environment

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Corder, C. K. (1994). Black and White children's knowledge and perception of the environment. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 6, 3, 307-310.
Compared the knowledge, beliefs, and perceptions of South African Black and White children towards environmental issues. 291 Black children (aged 8-15 yrs) and 237 White children …

Ecological Behavior, Environmental Attitude, and Feelings of Responsibility for the Environment

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Kaiser, F. G., Ranney, M., Hartig, T. & Bowler, P. A. (1999). Ecological behavior, environmental attitude, and feelings of responsibility for the environment. European Psychologist, 4, 2, 59-74.
Rational-choice theories insufficiently explain behaviors that are at least partially moral, such as ecological behavior. The present paper establishes an expanded rational-choice…

The Influence of Attitude Priming and Social Responsibility on the Valuation of Environmental Public Goods Using Paired Comparisons

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Clarke, A. & Bell, P. A., Peterson, G. L. (1999). The influence of attitude priming and social responsibility on the valuation of environmental public goods using paired comparisons. Environment and Behavior, 31, 6, 838-857.
Examined contextual influences (social responsibility and persuasive priming) on paired comparison assessment of the value of environmental public goods. 460 19-50 yr old college …

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