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Environmental Knowledge, Awareness and Concern among 11th-Grade Students: New York State

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Hausbeck, K. W. & Milbrath, L. W. & Enright, S. M. (1992). Environmental knowledge, awareness and concern among 11th-grade students: New York State. Journal of Environmental Education, 24, 1, 27-34.
Evaluated the quality of environmental education (EE) among 3,207 11th graders in 30 secondary schools in New York State. Independent variables included type of school, region of …

Environmental Attitudes: 20 Years of Change

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Gigliotti, L. M. (1992). Environmental attitudes: 20 years of change. Journal of Environmental Education, 24, 1, 15-26.
Examined individuals' willingness to make personal sacrifices and give up material goods to benefit the environment. A study conducted of 1,500 college students in 1990 compared a…

Attitudes toward Managing Hazardous Waste: What Should be Cleaned Up and Who Should Pay for it?

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Baron, J., Gowda, R. & Kunreuther, H. (1993). Attitudes toward managing hazardous waste: What should be cleaned up and who should pay for it?. Risk Analysis, 13, 2, 183-192.
Assessed attitudes toward the hazardous waste policy in the US of 60 chief executive officers of oil and chemical companies, 57 economists, 94 environmentalists, 29 experts on haz…

The Impact of an Environmental Education Program on Knowledge and Attitude

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Armstrong, J. B. & Impara, J. C. (1991). The impact of an environmental education program on knowledge and attitude. Journal of Environmental Education, 22, 4, 36-40.
Evaluated the impact of the environmental education program NatureScope (developed by the National Wildlife Federation) in regular classrooms where it was used as a curriculum s…

Religion and Attitudes toward the Environment

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Greeley, A. (1993). Religion and attitudes toward the environment. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 32, 1, 19-28.
Extended a study (D. L. Eckberg and T. J. Blocker; 1990) of the relationship between religion and concern for the environment among 300 adults in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the present s…

Improving Attitude-Behavior Prediction Models with Economic Variables: Farmer Actions toward Soil Conservation

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Lynne, G. D. & Rola, L. R. (1988). Improving attitude-behavior prediction models with economic variables: Farmer actions toward soil conservation. Journal of Social Psychology, 128, 1, 19-28.
Determined if attitude and income have effects on conservation behavior, using a survey of 102 farmers. Ss reported their beliefs and attitudes about conservation, responsibility,…

Ecological Awareness, Environmentalist Action, and International Conservation Strategy

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Kottak, C. P. & Costa, A. C. (1993). Ecological awareness, environmentalist action, and international conservation strategy. Human Organization, 52, 4, 335-343.
Describes ongoing research on environmental risk perception and action in Brazil and Madagascar. Researchers have been investigating the relationship between the perception of env…

Authoritarianism and Attitudes toward the Environment

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Schultz, P. W. & Stone, W. F (1994). Authoritarianism and attitudes toward the environment. Environment and Behavior, 26, 1, 25-37.
Assessed the relationship between authoritarianism and concern for the environment. Study 1, a field study with 80 attendants (aged 19-86 yrs) of 2 planning board meetings, found …

Development of Concern for the Environment and Formative Experiences of Educators

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Palmer, J. A. (1993). Development of concern for the environment and formative experiences of educators. Journal of Environmental Education, 24, 3, 26-30.
Investigated the significance of several categories of influence on the development of knowledge and concern about the environment for 232 environmental educators. Results confirm…

Field and Laboratory Studies of Littering

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Krauss, R. M. & Freedman, J. L. & Whitcup, M. (1978). Field and laboratory studies of littering. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 14, 1, 109-122.
Reports 2 field and 2 laboratory experiments on littering behavior. In Exp I, observations of 1,765 Ss at 9 locations in the New York City area showed that littering rates varied …
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