Determinants of pro‐environmental consumption intention in rural China: The role of traditional cultures, personal attitudes and reference groups

Wang, Xingdong; Tu, Ming; Yang, Rong; Jin-yong, Guo; Yuan, Zhimei; Liu, Wenxing

doi:10.1111/ajsp.12142

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“…In addition, we have also found an interesting trend: the amount of variance accounted for by the search for meaning was more than the presence of meaning on various indicators of life satisfaction and mental health, which is the opposite trend compared to Western subjects (Steger et al, 2009). The results suggest that search for meaning may be an important personality trait for Chinese students who have grown up under the Confucian philosophy of san bu xiu ( ) or the 'three indestructibles' (see Liu et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 98%

Structure and Levels of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship With Mental Health in Chinese Students Aged 10 to 25

Wang

Yang

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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T his study examines the usage of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in Chinese students aged from 10 to 25 within four age groups (N = 5,510): early adolescence (10-13 years old, n = 1,258), middle adolescence (14-17 years old, n = 1,987), late adolescence (18-21 years old, n = 1,950) and early adulthood (22-25 years old, n = 315); and analyses the structure and levels of meaning in life, as well as the relationship between meaning in life and mental health. Results showed that: (1) the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the four age groups of Chinese students had good construct validity and internal consistency reliability; (2) the average levels of the presence of meaning and search for meaning of Chinese students were moderate or above, and had obvious differences according to gender and family location (i.e., urban vs. rural); (3) the level of presence of meaning showed a trend of rising rapidly in middle adolescence and the level of search for meaning continued to rise in early adolescence and fell rapidly towards the end of adolescence; (4) presence of meaning was positively related to life satisfaction and positive affect and negatively related to depression and negative affect, and the same correlations were found with search for meaning.

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Structure and Levels of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship With Mental Health in Chinese Students Aged 10 to 25

Wang

Yang

et al. 2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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“…For example, Nguyen et al () argue that the cultural values of collectivism and the long‐term perspective of consumers have significant influence on consumers’ purchasing intention for environmentally friendly products. Wang et al () have also demonstrated that a human–nature perspective as well as values of collectivism function as determinants in environmentally friendly consumption intention. As for Chinese consumers, the Doctrine of the Mean is rooted in their traditional culture and is linked with their green purchasing intention.…”

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“…The philosophy also encompasses principles that promote self-restraint and long-term development (Chang & Yang, 2014;Chou, Chu, Yeh, & Chen, 2014;He, 2011;Ji, Lee, & Guo, 2010;Yang, 2001Yang, , 2010. Notably, collectivism and an emphasis on harmony between nature and human kind are fundamentally related to green purchasing intention (Chan, 2001;Wang et al, 2016). Moreover, the principles of self-restraint and long-term development have also been recognized as drivers for behaviour in consumption that is environmentally friendly (Chuang, Xie, & Liu, 2016;Nguyen, Lobo, & Greenland, 2017).…”

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The role of cultural values in green purchasing intention: Empirical evidence from Chinese consumers

Sheng

Xie

Shouliang

et al. 2019

Int J Consumer Studies

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Environmental problems, especially in the case of water and air pollution, are the harmful result of the overconsumption of fossil fuels as well as various forms of industrial sewage water discharge. Recently, growing environmentally friendly purchasing behaviour of consumers has become regarded as an effective method for alleviating such environmental problems. Due to concerns regarding the natural environment, consumers have increasingly begun to exhibit favourable attitudes towards environmentally friendly products, and as a result, are more likely to purchase “green” products. However, green purchasing behaviour of consumers varies across different nations and cultures. This study aims to reveal how Chinese cultural values (specifically, the Doctrine of the Mean) influence green purchasing intention of Chinese consumers. As the lifestyles of consumers will be deeply affected by their cultural values, this study examines the mediating effects of the four dimensions of Chinese lifestyle have on consumers. At the same time, environmental knowledge is considered as a moderating variable in order to investigate the relationship between the Doctrine of the Mean and green purchasing intention. The study’s data were collected from Chinese consumers. Empirical results reveal that such Chinese cultural values are positively associated with green purchasing intention, and that three dimensions of consumer lifestyle (namely leadership, cost consciousness and development consciousness), are all found to play mediating roles in the relationship between the Doctrine of the Mean and green purchasing intention in Chinese consumers. The moderating effects of environmental knowledge are exhibited in the influence of leadership as well as development consciousness on green purchasing intention. The study’s findings have theoretical implications for understanding green purchasing intention as well as behaviour of Chinese consumers further. The study’s findings also present practical implications for how to promote green purchasing intention in Chinese consumers better.

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“…A fact which causes them to give into peer pressure. Peer influence is generally defined as the extent to which attitudes, beliefs, and actions of an individual are influenced by peers (Sheu and Wang et al, 2016;Wang, 2016;Makgosa and Mohube, 2007;Asubonteng et al, 1996;Armistead, 1985). Furthermore, peer pressure is the direct or indirect influence that is exerted on a peer group, observers or individuals who encourage others to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform to groups as a socially acceptable behaviour under it (Gulati, 2017;Akar et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, a reference group is a group of people whose values and attitudes are considered through direct interaction (Wang et al, 2016;Liang, 2017;Gheorghiu et al, 2015;Sisa and Theuns, 2014;Gillani, 2012;Turcinkova and Moisidis, 2011;Chang et al, 2011;Bearden and Etzel, 2001). Referents with high credibility, such as those having presumed expertise, will often serve as sources of information-based influence for uncertain or uninformed consumers.…”

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confidence: 99%

Peer pressure and its influence on consumers in Taiwan

Chang¹,

Nguyen²

2018

Afr. J. Bus. Manage.

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The social influence in the form of peer pressure is prevalent in many countries across the globe. Peer pressure is the influence of a group on behaviors of individual members of that group such that the individuals tend to follow what everybody does. In the field of business, understanding consumer's interest is of paramount importance and therefore understanding peer pressure can be a useful tool to persuade consumers to follow their peers and buy the targeted products. How this can help businessmen promote sales and increase the brand awareness thus remains an open question for many researchers. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the importance of peer pressure on the consumption behavior of customers in Taiwan. The hypothesis is that peer pressure has a positive correlation with consumers' decisions to buy, that is, the more consumers are affected by their peers, the more they are willing to buy products that their friends buy. This study also investigated the possible explanations for the influence of peer pressure on consumption behaviors in Taiwan (if any) and from the results obtained, suggestions on how to attract more customers and increase brand awareness in Taiwan, with respect to peer pressure, were also proposed. Online and printed questionnaires were given to a wide range of participants of different characteristics including age groups, races and gender. The results were then statistically processed using SPSS software. A total of 103 participants took part in the research and the impacts of peer pressure, together with possible explanations, were examined. Possible applications of the results in real life businesses were also given.

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Determinants of pro‐environmental consumption intention in rural China: The role of traditional cultures, personal attitudes and reference groups

Cited by 26 publications

References 38 publications

Structure and Levels of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship With Mental Health in Chinese Students Aged 10 to 25

Structure and Levels of Meaning in Life and Its Relationship With Mental Health in Chinese Students Aged 10 to 25

The role of cultural values in green purchasing intention: Empirical evidence from Chinese consumers

Peer pressure and its influence on consumers in Taiwan

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