Personality Profiles of Environmentally Responsible Groups

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Ramanaiah, Nerella V.; Clump, Michael; Sharpe, J. Patrick (2000). Personality profiles of environmentally responsible groups.. Psychological Reports, 87, 1, 176-178.
"relationship of high environmental responsibility attitudes & personality profiles, college students"

Educational Interventions that Improve Environmental Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis

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Zelezny, L. C. (1999). Educational interventions that improve environmental behaviors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 31, 1, 5-14.
Compared studies of the effectiveness of 18 educational interventions conducted in classrooms and in nontraditional settings in improving proenvironmental behavior. Classroom inte…

The Impact of Personal Metering in the Management of a Natural Resource Crisis: A Social Dilemma Analysis

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Van Vugt, M. & Samuelson, C. D. (1999). The impact of personal metering in the management of a natural resource crisis: A social dilemma analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 6, 731-745.
A field study (with 76 Ss [mean age 43 yrs]) and scenario study (with 64 Ss [mean age 45 yrs]) were conducted to investigate the impact of a structural solution in the management …

Attitudes and Inaction: A Case Study of the Manifest Demographics of Urban Water Conservation

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de-Oliver, M. (1999). Attitudes and inaction: A case study of the manifest demographics of urban water conservation. Environment and Behavior, 31, 3, 372-394.
The public's disposition with respect to conservation is predominantly ascertained by surveys. Rarely are these attitudes contrasted directly against manifested behavior from an i…

Predicting Intentions to Conserve Water from the Theory of Planned Behavior, Perceived Moral Obligation, and Perceived Water Right

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Lam, S. P. (1999). Predicting intentions to conserve water from the theory of planned behavior, perceived moral obligation, and perceived water right. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 5, 1058-1071.
Tested the explanatory power of I. Ajzen's (1991) theory of planned behavior (TPB) and a modified TPB model including perceived moral obligation (PMO) and perceived water right (P…

Responsibility as a Predictor of Ecological Behavior

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Kaiser, F. G. & Shimoda, T. A. (1999). Responsibility as a predictor of ecological behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 19, 3, 243-253.
Tested responsibility's role as a predictor of ecological behavior, addressing the following questions: (1) What makes people feel responsible for the environment? (2) Do people a…

Participation in the Next Generation of Agriculture Conservation Programs: The Role of Environmental Attitudes

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Luzar, E. J. & Diagne, A. (1999). Participation in the next generation of agriculture conservation programs: The role of environmental attitudes. Journal of Socio-Economics , 28, 3, 335-349.
Provides a behavioral analysis of wetland owners' decision to participate in the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP). The authors identify the WRP as an incentive based land use program…

Spillover Processes in the Development of a Sustainable Consumption Pattern

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Thogersen, J. (1999). Spillover processes in the development of a sustainable consumption pattern. Journal of Economic Psychology, 20, 1, 53-81.
Hypotheses about possible mechanisms for spillover processes between pro-environmental behaviors were developed and tested by means of structural equation modelling. Data were col…

Designing Effective Instructional Signs with Schema Theory: Case Studies of Polystyrene Recycling

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Werner, C. M., Rhodes, M.U. & Partain, K. K. (1998). Designing effective instructional signs with schema theory: Case studies of polystyrene recycling. Environment and Behavior, 30, 5, 709-735.
Two studies supported the hypothesis that signs designed to create a new polystyrene schema would be more effective than signs that did not address patrons' existing schemata. Sch…

Increasing Recycling in Academic Buildings: A Systematic Replication

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Ludwig, T. D., Gray, T. W. & Rowell, A. (1998). Increasing recycling in academic buildings: A systematic replication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 4, 683-686.
Studied recycling behavior within an ABA multiple baseline design by placing recycling receptacles in 2 locations in academic buildings. During baseline, recycling receptacles wer…
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