An Immediate Response to Environmentally Disturbing News and the Environmental Attitudes of College Students

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Gardos, V. T. & Dodd, D. K. (1995). An immediate response to environmentally disturbing news and the environmental attitudes of college students. Psychological Reports, 77, 3, pt 2, 1121-1122.
Examined the effects of a news article about a devastating oil spill and inadequate clean-up efforts on the environmental attitudes of 31 male and 34 female college students (aged…

Teaching and Learning in Environmental Education: Developing Environmental Conceptions

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Ballantyne, R. R. & Packer, J. M. (1995). Teaching and learning in environmental education: Developing environmental conceptions. Journal of Environmental Education, 27, 2, 25-32.
Presents a theoretical model for developing environmental conceptions that incorporate environmental knowledge, attitudes/values, and behavioral orientations. Developing conceptio…

Black Environmentalism and Gender Differences: An Ethics of Care?

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Arp, W. & Howell, C. (1995). Black environmentalism and gender differences: An ethics of care?. Western Journal of Black Studies, 19, 4, 300=305.
Examined Black gender differences in concern for the physical environment of communities and level of environmental participation to determine if Black women possess an ethic of c…

The Influence of Acculturation on Environmental Concerns: An Exploratory Study

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Caro, V. & Ewert, A. (1995). The influence of acculturation on environmental concerns: An exploratory study. Journal of Environmental Education, 26, 3, 13-21.
Investigated the effects of acculturation on responses to a selected group of environmental issues. A scale of environmental concerns was administered to 398 forest visitors in 2 …

Locus of Control, Altruism and Agentic Disposition

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Guagnano, G. A. (1995). Locus of control, altruism and agentic disposition. Population and Environment: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 17, 1, 63-77.
Tested a model of attitudinal and personality influences on willingness to take action in support of the environment (agentic disposition) in a sample of 367 Virginia residents. T…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…
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