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Nuclear Power: The Dynamics of Acceptability

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Levi, D. J., & Holder, E. E. (1986). Nuclear power: The dynamics of acceptability. Environment and Behavior, 18, 3, 385-395.
175 psychology and 35 landscape architecture students completed a questionnaire concerning the construction of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to test the hypotheses that an…

Effects of Fear and Specificity of Recommendation upon Attitudes and behavior

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Leventhal, H., Singer, R. & Jones, S. (1965). Effects of fear and specificity of recommendation upon attitudes and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 1, 20-29.
The study dealt with the effects of (a) level of fear and (b) specific plans for action vs. general recommendations on attitudes toward tetanus inoculations and actually getting t…

Ecological Knowledge and Perception of Environmental Modifiability

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Levenson, H. (1974). Ecological knowledge and perception of environmental modifiability. American Psychologist, 29, 4, 274-275.
Comments that, in a study by M. P. Maloney and M. P. Ward (see PA, Vol 51:5007) that presented an objective scale for measuring ecological attitudes and knowledge, Maloney and War…

Protection Motivation and Self-Efficacy: A revised Theory of Fear Appeals and Attitude Change

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Maddux, J., & Rogers, R. W. (1983). Protection motivation and self-efficacy: A revised theory of fear appeals and attitude change.. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 19, 5, 469-479.
Investigated the effects of fear appeals on persuasion in a factorial experiment that was designed to test a combined model of protection motivation theory and self-efficacy the…

The Recycling of Solid Wastes: Personal Values, Value Orientations, and Attitudes about Recycling as Antecedents of Recycling Behavior. Special Issue: Linking Theory to Policy

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McCarty, J. A., & Shrum, L. J. (1994). The recycling of solid wastes: Personal values, value orientations, and attitudes about recycling as antecedents of recycling behavior. Special issue: Linking theory to policy. Journal of Business Research, 30, 1, 53-62.
Using a structural modeling framework, this study investigated the relationships of personal values, value orientations, and attitudes about recycling with the frequency of recycl…

Male-Female Differences in Concern for Environmental Quality

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McStay, J. R., & Dunlap, R. E. (1983). Male-female differences in concern for environmental quality. International Journal of Women's Studies, 6, 4, 291-301.
Tested the hypothesis that females are significantly more concerned about environmental quality than are males. 806 Ss drawn from a probability sample of Washington State resident…

Ecology: Let's Hear from the People: An Objective Scale for the Measurement of Ecological Attitudes and Knowledge

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Maloney, M. P., & Ward, M. P. (1973). Ecology: Let's hear from the people: An objective scale for the measurement of ecological attitudes and knowledge. American Psychologist, 28, 7, 583-586.
Reports the development of a 130-item scale measuring verbal and actual commitments to ecological issues, degree of emotionality toward these issues, and specific knowledge of f…

A Revised Scale for the Measurement of Ecological Attitudes and Knowledge

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Maloney, M. P., Ward, M. P., & Braucht, G. N. (1975). A revised scale for the measurement of ecological attitudes and knowledge. American Psychologist, 30, 7, 787-790.
Investigated the effects of fear appeals on persuasion in a factorial experiment that was designed to test a combined model of protection motivation theory and self-efficacy the…

An Activist's Perspective: The Inner Nature of the Environmental Crisis

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Myers, R. J. (1990). An activist’s perspective: The inner nature of the environmental crisis. Quadrant, 23, 2, 39-55.
Argues that humanity's inability to find inner harmony is reflected in its inability to live in harmony with nature. Jung (1931) points to the connection between the inner and out…

Personal Values and Commitment to Energy Conservation

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Neuman, K. (1986). Personal values and commitment to energy conservation. Environment and Behavior, 18, 1, 53-74.
Examined the role values play in people's commitment to energy conservation, using data from 376 households in southern California. An adult member (aged 18+ yrs) of each househol…
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