Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: a review.

By R. Gifford, Andreas Nilsson. International Journal of Psychology, 2014

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

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Psychological Barriers to Energy Conservation Behavior: The Role of Worldviews and Climate Change Risk Perception (2018, background): “Many, but not all, studies conclude that higher levels of education correlate with more environmental concern (Gifford & Nilsson, 2014; van der Linden, 2015).”
Does environmental knowledge drive pro-environmental behaviour in developing countries? Evidence from households in Ghana (2020, background): “Thus, “[a]s the authors say, making informed pro-environmental choices is difficult if one has incorrect or no knowledge” (Gifford and Nilsson 2014, p.142).”
The role of climate change risk perception, response efficacy, and psychological adaptation in pro-environmental behavior: A two nation study (2020, background): “Some such research has shown that risk perceptions, response efficacy, and psychological adjustment are predictive of proenvironmental behaviors (Gifford & Nilsson, 2014; Grothmann & Patt, 2005; Stern, 2000; Van Valkengoed & Steg, 2019; Wachinger et al., 2013).”
Effect of frequency and mode of contact with nature on children's self-reported ecological behaviors (2015, background): “Similarly, it is widely believed that living in a rural area implies experiencing nature differently than living in an urban one, mainly because people in rural areas tend to havemore contact with nature than those in urban ones (Gifford & Nilsson, 2014).”
Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions (2015, background): “People are called to change their behavior in an effort to reduce its detrimental impact on the environment (see Gifford & Nilsson, 2014).”
Being environmentally responsible: Cosmopolitan orientation predicts pro-environmental behaviors (2015, background): “…for individual variability in environmental consciousness by focusing on social demographics (e.g., age, gender, party affiliation; Dunlap, 1975; Gifford & Nilsson, 2014; Malkis & Grasmick, 1977; McEvoy, 1972), personal values and beliefs (e.g., postmaterialist values, belief about humans'…”
Reducing meat consumption in developed and transition countries to counter climate change and biodiversity loss: a review of influence factors (2017, background): “Its importance for pro-environmental behaviour has been shown in several studies, as summarised by Antonetti and Maklan (2014) and Gifford and Nilsson (2014).”
A meta-analysis of factors predicting cyberbullying perpetration and victimization: From the social cognitive and media effects approach (2017, background): “Personal factors could include personality traits, belief, skill level, available effort, and experiences (Gifford and Nilsson, 2014; Gist and Mitchell, 1992).”
Feasible Options for Behavior Change Toward More Effective Ocean Literacy: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “According to Gifford and Nilsson (2014), many studies have shown that well-known established social-psychological models such as the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991), the value-belief-norm model (Stern, 2000), and the norm-activation theory (Schwartz, 1977) should be “expanded to include…”