Green Issues: Dimensions of Environmental Concern

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Zimmer, M. R., Stafford, T. F. & Stafford, M. R. (1994). Green issues: Dimensions of environmental concern. Journal of Business Research, 30, 1, 63-74.
Identified specific environmental issues that are important to consumers to define the domain of the construct of environmental issues and to examine how issues involved in enviro…

Values, Environmental Attitudes, and Buying of Organic Foods

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Grunert, S. & Juhl, H. J. (1995). Values, environmental attitudes, and buying of organic foods. Journal of Economic Psychology, 16, 1, 39-62.
Surveyed 174 Danish schoolteachers about their values, environmental attitudes, and buying behaviors regarding organic foods in order to investigate the applicability of the value…

Gender Differences in Environmental Concern among College Students

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MacDonald, W. L. & Hara, N. (1994). Gender differences in environmental concern among college students. Sex Roles, 31, 5-6, 369-374.
Tested the impact of gender on environmental concern while controlling for class standing and family income in a study of 539 college students (aged 17-35 yrs). Male students were…

Human Disposition toward Hazards: Testing the Environmental Appraisal Inventory

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Fridgen, C. (1994). Human disposition toward hazards: Testing the Environmental Appraisal Inventory. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 2, 101-111.
Expands work by F. N. Schmidt and R. Gifford on the Environmental Appraisal Inventory (EAI) by testing it on a larger population, adding 4 human-generated environmental threats (E…

Factors Predicting Environmental Concern and Indifference in 13- to 16-Year-Olds

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Lyons, E. & Breakwell, G. M. (1994). Factors predicting environmental concern and indifference in 13- to 16-year-olds. Environment and Behavior, 26, 2, 223-228.
Examined the relative power of sociodemographic, knowledge, and attitudinal variables in predicting environmental concern and indifference in 1,089 13-26 yr olds who participated …

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,…

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…

Communicating about Environmental Risks: How the Public Uses and Perceives Information Sources

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McCallum, D.B., Hammond, S. L. & Covello, V. T. (1991). Communicating about environmental risks: How the public uses and perceives information sources. Health Education Quarterly, 18, 3, 349-361.
Examined environmental risk communication as a community-based public health issue in 6 communities prior to the implementation of national community right-to-know legislation. 3,…

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 …
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