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Consumer Energy Research: A Review

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McDougall, G. H., Claxton, J. D., Ritchie, J. R., & Anderson, C. D. (1981). Consumer energy research: A review. Journal of Consumer Research, 8, 3, 343-354.
Reviews the evolution of consumer energy research over the past decade by (1) categorizing consumer research and examining trends by category, (2) reviewing the more theoretical r…

The Case for Approaching Global Issues Systemically: International Security and Environmental Security

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McKenzie-Mohr, D. & Du Nann Winter, D. The case for approaching global issues systemically: International security and environmental security. The Peace Psychology Bulletin, 4-6.
Peace psychologists have, traditionally, approached the issue of international peace and conflict separately from the issues of environmental destruction and third-world poverty. …

Promoting Energy Conservation in University Dormitories by Physical, Policy and Resident Behavior Changes

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McClelland, L. & Belsten, L. (1979). Promoting energy conservation in university dormitories by physical, policy and resident behavior changes. Journal of Environmental Systems, 9, 1, 29-38.
Two successive energy conservation programs were implemented in four University of Colorado dormitories. Program I included persuasive communications, information, feedback, and …

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…

Toward a Theory of Conversion Behavior

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Moscovici, S. (1980). Toward a theory of conversion behavior.. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 13, 209-239.

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…

A Decade of Residential Energy Research: Some New Directions and Some Spectulations about the Future

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Morrison, B. M. (1987). A decade of residential energy research: Some new directions and some spectulations about the future. Energy Efficiency: Perspectives on Individual Behavior, 185-206.

Energy Conservation and Public Policy: If it's Such a Good Idea, Why Don't we Do More of it?

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Morell, D. (1981). Energy conservation and public policy: If it's such a good idea, why don't we do more of it?. Journal of Social Issues, 37, 2, 8-30.
Examines the reasons for the gap between an ineffective energy conservation strategy and the realities of American public policy from social and political perspectives. The discus…

Energy Inputs and Household Behaviour in France

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Monnier, E. (1983). Energy inputs and household behaviour in France. Journal of Economic Psychology, 4, (1-2), 197-207.
Determined the relations between contemporary life-styles in France and the total consumption of energy by considering both the energy directly consumed within the home and that w…

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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