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Diffusion of Pro-Environment Attitudes?

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Uyeki, Eugene S; Holland, Lani J (2000). Diffusion of pro-environment attitudes? . American Behavioral Scientist, 43, 4, 646-662.
10 statements in the 1993 General Social Surveys that relate to general themes about the environment were reduced to 3 scales after factor analysis: Pro-Environment, Less-Grow…

Contingent Valuation of Global Environmental Resources: Test of Perfect and Regular embedding

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Svedsaeter, Henrik (2000). Contingent valuation of global environmental resources: Test of perfect and regular embedding. . Journal of Economic Psychology, 21, 6, 605-623.
Examines the internal consistency of willingness to pay (WTP) assessed for 4 environmental amenities (preservation of 50,000 hectares of rain forests in Bolivia, saving of the…

Empathizing with Nature: The Effects of Perspective Taking on Concern for Environmental Issues

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Schultz, P. Wesley. (2000). Empathizing with nature: The effects of perspective taking on concern for environmental issues. . Journal of Social Issues, 56, 3, 391-406.
In this article, the author proposes that concern for environmental problems is fundamentally linked to the degree to which people view themselves as part of the natural envir…

A Multinational Perspective on the Relation between Judeo-Christian Religious Beliefs and Attitudes of Environmental Concern

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Schultz, P. Wesley; Zelezny, Lynnette; Dalrymple, Nancy J. (2000). A multinational perspective on the relation between Judeo-Christian religious beliefs and attitudes of environmental concern. . Environment & Behavior, 32, 4, 576-591.
Drawing on a recent multinational survey of environmental attitudes and behaviors, we examined the relation between religious beliefs and environmental concern. Measures inc…

Control of Human Behavior, Mental Processes, and Consciousness: Essays in Honor of the 60th Birthday of August Flammer

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Peter, Ursula; Kaufmann-Hayoz, Ruth. (2000). The concept of control: A key concept in understanding and overcoming barriers to responsible environmental behavior. . In Perrig, Walter J. (Ed); Grob, Alexander (Ed). (Ed.). Control of human behavior, mental processes, and consciousness: Essays in honor of the 60th birthday of August Flammer. . (pp. 307-322). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.
Examines the relevance of different aspects of control, as well as of development and change of control beliefs for environmental behavior. An action problem is defined by ide…

Managerial Interpretations and Organizational Context as Predictors of Corporate Choice of Environmental Strategy

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Sharma, Sanjay (2000). Managerial interpretations and organizational context as predictors of corporate choice of environmental strategy. . Academy of Management Journal, 43, 4, 681-697.
Examined links between managerial interpretations of environmental issues and corporate choice of environmental strategy among 99 firms in the Canadian oil and gas industry.…

Environmental Education and Attitudes:

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Pooley, Julie Ann; O'Connor, Moira (2000). Environmental education and attitudes: Emotions and beliefs are what is needed. . Environment & Behavior, 32, 5, 711-723.
The main focus of environmental education programs has been to change environmental behavior through increasing environmental knowledge. As many environmental studies have f…

Psychology and Sustainability: An Introduction

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McKenzie-Mohr, D. & Oskamp, S. (1995). Psychology and Sustainability: An Introduction. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 1-14.
A special issue on psychology and the promotion of a sustainable future. Topics discussed include sustainability as a social vision; education, the media, and tax refor…

Personal and Contextual Factors Supporting the Switch to Transit Use: Evaluating a Natural Transit Intervention

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Brown, Barbara B.; Werner, Carol M.; Kim, Naree (2003). Personal and Contextual Factors Supporting the Switch to Transit Use: Evaluating a Natural Transit Intervention. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 3, 1, 139-160.
U.S. communities are becoming increasingly automobile dependent, with car use embedded in U.S. policies, practices, and preferences. To encourage transit use, transit systems too …

The New Environmental Paradigm and Personal Norms

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Widegren, Oerjan. (1998). The new environmental paradigm and personal norms. Environment & Behavior, 30, 1, 75-100.
Using data from a nationwide representative sample of 1,018 Swedes (aged 18-80 yrs) and from members and activists of Swedish environmental organizations, proenvironmental b…
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