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Pro-environmental behaviour and support for environmental policy as expressions of pro-environmental motivation [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2021 To effectively limit climate change, we need people to both behave pro-environmentally and support environmental policy. However, there are conflicting results about whether people are likely to do both these actions. Extending previous research, we propose that people are likely to both behave pro-environmentally and support environmental policy ...
Elliot J. Sharpe +2 more
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Moderating effects of pro-environmental self-identity on pro-environmental intentions and behaviour: A multi-behaviour study [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2017 Self-identity is considered as a useful additional predictor in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). However, previous research generally assessed the impact of pro-environmental self-identity in relation to single behaviours and no studies considered its potential role in moderating the impact of other predictors on behaviour.
Carfora, V +3 more
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The Intrinsic Route to Pro-Environmental Behaviour [PDF]
, 2021 Engaging in pro-environmental behaviours is oftentimes associated with some personal costs. Despite this, many people do engage in different types of pro-environmental behaviours. Why is this the case? In this dissertation, we propose that people engage in pro-environmental behaviours because they are intrinsically motivated to do so.
Zeiske, Nadja; id_orcid, Zeiske, Nadja
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Social norms and pro-environmental behaviour [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter focuses on social norms and people’s tendency to conform to pro-environmental behaviour. It explains what social norms are, how they influence (environmental) behaviour, and when. Social norms are rules and standards that are understood by members of a group, and that guide and/or constrain human behaviour without the force of laws ...
Keizer, Kees, Schultz, P. Wesley
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Promoting pro-environmental behaviour: existing evidence and policy implications
Environmental Science & Policy, 2008 This paper describes a recent study in the UK aimed at identifying how policy makers might more effectively encourage pro-environmental behaviours amongst their target audiences. The study included analysis and synthesis of theories and models of behaviour change, a range of current policy programmes and instruments and ‘real world’ practices of ...
Lucas, K +3 more
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Predictive Analysis of the Pro-Environmental Behaviour of College Students Using a Decision-Tree Model. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has hindered the achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pro-environmental behaviour contributes to the achievement of the SDGs, and UNESCO considers college students as major contributors ...
Wang Q +6 more
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Will Costliness Amplify the Signalling Strength of Past Pro-Environmental Behaviour? Exploratory Study on Autonomy. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Research has shown that the extent to which previous environmental actions are linked to people’s environmental self-identity influences subsequent environmentally-friendly behaviour.
Bai S, Wang Y, She S, Wei S.
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Pro-environmental behaviour is a moral issue [PDF]
, 2023 Many people engage in pro-environmental behaviour because it is morally the right thing to do. Two theoretical models are discussed that focus on the role of morality: the norm activation model (NAM) and the value-identity-personal norm model (VIP model).
van der Werff, Ellen; id_orcid
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Do economic preferences predict pro-environmental behaviour? [PDF]
, 2021 Understanding the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour is key to addressing many environmental challenges. Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that human behaviour is partly determined by people's economic preferences which therefore ...
Weber, Till O +2 more
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Values, identity and pro-environmental behaviour [PDF]
Contemporary Social Science, 2012 The importance of understanding and promoting pro-environmental behaviour among individual consumers in modern Western Societies is generally accepted.
Gatersleben, B, Murtagh, N, Abrahamse, W
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