Environmental knowledge and conservation behavior : exploring prevalence and structure in a representative sample

By J. Frick, Florian G. Kaiser, Mark R. Wilson. 2004

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Youth perceptions of climate change: A narrative synthesis (2020, background): “It should aim to enhance system knowledge—found to be low in these reviewed studies, as well as action and effectiveness knowledge (Frick et al., 2004) which have greater potential to instil climate-friendly behaviors.”
Motivations for promoting the consumption of green products in an emerging country: exploring attitudes of Brazilian consumers (2015, neutral): “…Lai (1993) Roberts (1996) Schlegelmilch et al. (1996) Chan (2001) Laroche et al. (2001) Diamantopoulos et al. (2003) Williams and Parkman (2003) Frick et al. (2004) Gilg et al. (2005) McDonald and Oates (2006) Tsen et al. (2006) Environmental consciousness/ concern; ecological/ environmental…”
Understanding behavior to understand behavior change: a literature review (2008, background): “Knowledge about environmental behaviors is also complex: Frick et al. (2004) note that behavioral cognition as it relates to environmental knowledge relies not only on system knowledge – or understanding the ecological issue – but also action-related knowledge (what can be done) and effectiveness…”
Predicting people’s environmental behaviour: theory of planned behaviour and model of responsible environmental behaviour (2012, background): “Despite the finding that only 6% of the variance in conservation behaviour was explained by three forms of knowledge, system, action-related and effectiveness knowledge; Frick, Kaiser, and Wilson ( 2004 ) still argued that knowledge represented a necessary but not sufficient means of promoting conse”
Getting to know nature: evaluating the effects of the Get to Know Program on children’s connectedness with nature (2017, background): “Specifically, developing an understanding of environmental issues (Barrett 2006) and how to address them (Frick, Kaiser, and Wilson 2004) are espoused as key elements for increasing environmental caring expressed through attitudes and behaviors.”
Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors (2019, background): “[10] suggest that environmental knowledge can be classified into three types: system knowledge, action knowledge, and effectiveness knowledge.”
Transforming Environmental Knowledge Into Behavior: The Mediating Role of Environmental Emotions (2015, methodology): “In the present article, we accepted the challenge presented by Kaiser and Fuhrer (2003) and by Frick et al. (2004), and attempted to employ the structural equation approach in assessing a causal chain from knowledge to behavior or, in other words, the mediated or indirect effect of knowledge on…”
An Exploratory Study of Domestic Violence: Perpetrators’ Reports of Violence Against Animals (2018, neutral): “Convergence of all knowledge types toward the same environmental goal (insect conservation) is required to create positive attitudes and behavior changes (Frick et al., 2004; Kaiser & Fuhrer, 2003).”