Gender and Environmentalism: Results from the 1993 General Social Survey

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Blocker, T. J. & Eckberg, D. L. (1997). Gender and environmentalism: Results from the 1993 General Social Survey. Social Science Quarterly, 78, 4, 841-858.
This research tests the proposal that women will be more concerned about the environment than men because of their socialization to the caregiver role and because of their structu…

Teaching the Concept of Precycling: A Campaign and Evaluation

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Gillilan, Sheryl; Werner, Carol M.; Olson, Lynne; Adams, Dorothy (1996). Teaching the Concept of Precycling: A Campaign and Evaluation. Journal of Environmental Education, 28, 1, 11-18.
Evaluated the extent to which shoppers acquired knowledge about precycling from radio, TV and in-store advertising campaign (ADC) and whether that knowledge was translated into se…

Public Perception of Strategies for Increasing Participation in Recycling Programs

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Nyamwange, M. (1996). Public perception of strategies for increasing participation in recycling programs. Journal of Environmental Education, 27, 4, 19-22.
Assessed public perception of selected strategies for increasing participation in city recycling programs. Ss completed a questionnaire regarding frequency of recycling, items rec…

Differences in Environmental Orientation Among Homeowners

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Gebhardt, A. M. & Lindsey, G. (1995). Differences in environmental orientation among homeowners. Journal of Environmental Education, 27, 1, 4-13.
Used responses to a contingent valuation survey to examine how 100 homeowners (59 men and 41 women) distinguished among 5 environmental orientations (an outdoors person, a conserv…

Changing Organizational Energy Consumption Behaviour through Comparative Feedback

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Siero, F. W., Bakker, A. B., Dekker, G. B., van-den-Burg, M. T. C. Changing organizational energy consumption behaviour through comparative feedback. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 16, 3,
The differential effects of 2 forms of feedback on energy consumption behavior were examined in 2 units of a metallurgical company. In 1 unit, employees received information about…

Effort as a Moderator of the Attitude-Behavior Relationship: General Environmental Concern and Recycling

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Schultz, P. W. & Oskamp, S. (1996). Effort as a moderator of the attitude-behavior relationship: General environmental concern and recycling. Social Psychology Quarterly, 59, 4, 375-383.
Examined the role of effort in the link between attitudes and behavior, and tested the possibility that effort can reconcile the disparate findings on the relationship between env…

Pro-Environmental Habits: Propensity Levels in Behavioral Change

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Dahlstrand, U. & Biel, A. (1997). Pro-environmental habits: Propensity levels in behavioral change. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 7, 588-601.
Examined relationships between habits, beliefs about products, choice criteria for purchasing, and perceptions of such factors, applied to the area of buying home detergents and w…

Green Buying: The Influence of Environmental Concern on Consumer Behavior

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Mainieri, T., Barnett, E. G., Valdero,T. & Unipan, J. B. (1997). Green buying: The influence of environmental concern on consumer behavior. Journal of Social Psychology, 137, 2, 189-204.
Investigated variables that predict "green buying" (i.e., buying products that are environmentally beneficial). These included awareness about environmental impacts of products, s…

Global Changes and Local Accidents: Consistency in Attributions for Environmental Effects

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Eiser, J. R., Reicher, S. D. & Podpadec, T. J. (1995). Global changes and local accidents: Consistency in attributions for environmental effects. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 17, 1518-1529.
Administered a questionnaire concerning environmental issues to 462 tourists visiting beaches in southwestern England. One set of items concerned the greenhouse effect and causes …

International Public Opinion on the Environment

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Bloom, D. E. (1995). International public opinion on the environment. Science, 269, 5222, 354-358.
Analyzes public opinion data on environmental issues collected in 2 surveys: (1) the 1992 Gallup survey, "The health of the planet," and (2) the "Public and leadership attitudes t…
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