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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

Barriers to Individual Environmental Action: The Influence of Attitudes and Social Experiences

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Wall, G. (1995). Barriers to individual environmental action: The influence of attitudes and social experiences. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 32, 4, 465-489.
Using data from a 1990 random sample of 448 Edmonton residents and applying LISREL techniques, selected perceptual, situation, and structural influences on environmental lifestyle…

Commitment, Behavior, and Attitude Change: An Analysis of Voluntary Recycling

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Werner, C. M., Turner, J., Shipman, K., Twitchell, F. S., et al. (1995). Commitment, behavior, and attitude change: An analysis of voluntary recycling. Special Issue: Green psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15, 3, 197-208.
Describes a project designed to help local agencies select a method of inducing residents to participate in a free curbside recycling program. The project also provided an opportu…

Environmental Attitudes and Behavior: A Pennsylvania Survey

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Scott, D. & Willits, F. K. (1994). Environmental attitudes and behavior: A Pennsylvania survey. Environment and Behavior, 26, 2, 239-260.
A statewide survey of 3,632 Pennsylvanians conducted in 1990 provided data on residents' opinions about ideas contained in the new environmental paradigm (NEP) and behaviors engag…

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