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ECOSCALE: A Scale for the Measurement of Environmentally Responsible Consumers

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Stone, G., Barnes, J. H. & Montgomery, C. (1995). ECOSCALE: A scale for the measurement of environmentally responsible consumers. Psychology and Marketing, 12, 7, 595-612.
Describes the development of a 31-item instrument (ECOSCALE) for the assessment of environmental responsibility. The conceptualization and operational functions used in constructi…

Assessing Environmentally Responsible Behaviour

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Caltabiano, N. J. & Caltabiano, M. L. (1995). Assessing environmentally responsible behaviour. Psychological Reports, 76, 3, pt 2, 1080-1082.
Examined the environmentally responsible behavior practiced by 247 university students. Analysis showed that responsible behavior has 3 dimensions: Reusing/Recycling, Conserving, …

Locus of Control, Altruism and Agentic Disposition

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Guagnano, G. A. (1995). Locus of control, altruism and agentic disposition. Population and Environment: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 17, 1, 63-77.
Tested a model of attitudinal and personality influences on willingness to take action in support of the environment (agentic disposition) in a sample of 367 Virginia residents. T…

Values, Environmental Attitudes, and Buying of Organic Foods

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Grunert, S. & Juhl, H. J. (1995). Values, environmental attitudes, and buying of organic foods. Journal of Economic Psychology, 16, 1, 39-62.
Surveyed 174 Danish schoolteachers about their values, environmental attitudes, and buying behaviors regarding organic foods in order to investigate the applicability of the value…

Human Disposition toward Hazards: Testing the Environmental Appraisal Inventory

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Fridgen, C. (1994). Human disposition toward hazards: Testing the Environmental Appraisal Inventory. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 2, 101-111.
Expands work by F. N. Schmidt and R. Gifford on the Environmental Appraisal Inventory (EAI) by testing it on a larger population, adding 4 human-generated environmental threats (E…

Factors Predicting Environmental Concern and Indifference in 13- to 16-Year-Olds

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Lyons, E. & Breakwell, G. M. (1994). Factors predicting environmental concern and indifference in 13- to 16-year-olds. Environment and Behavior, 26, 2, 223-228.
Examined the relative power of sociodemographic, knowledge, and attitudinal variables in predicting environmental concern and indifference in 1,089 13-26 yr olds who participated …

Gender Differences in Environmental Concern among College Students

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MacDonald, W. L. & Hara, N. (1994). Gender differences in environmental concern among college students. Sex Roles, 31, 5-6, 369-374.
Tested the impact of gender on environmental concern while controlling for class standing and family income in a study of 539 college students (aged 17-35 yrs). Male students were…

Green Issues: Dimensions of Environmental Concern

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Zimmer, M. R., Stafford, T. F. & Stafford, M. R. (1994). Green issues: Dimensions of environmental concern. Journal of Business Research, 30, 1, 63-74.
Identified specific environmental issues that are important to consumers to define the domain of the construct of environmental issues and to examine how issues involved in enviro…

The Socioeconomic Context of Exposure and Response to Environmental Risk

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Vaughan, E. (1995). The socioeconomic context of exposure and response to environmental risk. Environment and Behavior, 27, 4, 454-489.
Examined the association between socioeconomic factors and the risk responses of 437 Mexican immigrant farmworkers (MIFs) chronically exposed to agricultural pesticides. MIFs from…

Communicating about Environmental Risks: How the Public Uses and Perceives Information Sources

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McCallum, D.B., Hammond, S. L. & Covello, V. T. (1991). Communicating about environmental risks: How the public uses and perceives information sources. Health Education Quarterly, 18, 3, 349-361.
Examined environmental risk communication as a community-based public health issue in 6 communities prior to the implementation of national community right-to-know legislation. 3,…
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