Attitudinal Determinants of Environmentally Responsible Behavior

By O. Iwata. 2001

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A study was conducted to investigate how voluntary simplicity lifestyle (VSL), hedonism and anti-materialism affect environmentally responsible behavior (ERB). Questionnaires containing multi-item 5-point or 7-point scales of ERB, VSL, hedonism and anti-materialism were administered to 130 undergraduates (51 males and 79 females). Factor analysis was applied to each of the scales. The VSL scale yielded two factors: 1) Careful shopping attitudes intended for long-term use and 2) self-sufficiency oriented attitudes. A measure of positive attitudes toward ERB was also obtained from this VSL scale. Multiple regression analysis was carried out on ERB, with other indices entered simultaneously as predictors. Results indicate that careful shopping attitudes in-tended for long-term use and positive attitudes toward ERB make a substantial contribution to ERB.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Marketing

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Environmentally Responsible Behavior in Ecotourism: Exploring the Role of Destination Image and Value Perception (2014, background): “Environmentally responsible behavior is a characteristic of individuals who are knowledgeable and concerned about the environment and will therefore engage in a behavior that would avoid damage to the environment (Iwata, 2001; Mobley, Vagias, & DeWard, 2010).”
The positive psychology of sustainability (2012, background): “This means that a sustainably oriented person is at least proecological, frugal, altruistic, and equitable, and there is empirical evidence showing significant interrelationships among those four types of sustainable actions (De Young 1993; Iwata 2001; Schultz 2001; Corral-Verdugo et al. 2010).”
Happiness as Correlate of Sustainable Behavior: A Study of Pro-Ecological, Frugal, Equitable and Altruistic Actions That Promote Subjective Wellbeing (2011, background): “Those, which are of a psychological nature, are not as tangible as the abovementioned (environmental, political, social, and economic) ones; however they are fundamentally important for all individuals: Satisfaction, personal wellbeing, intrinsic motivation, and psychological restoration are among t”