Interactions among Locus of Control, Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviour in China

Giefer, Madeline M.; Peterson, M. Nils; Chen, Xiao

doi:10.1017/s0376892919000043

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“…In contexts of greater personal agency (i.e., higher SES, less collectivistic, and more individualistic), people view their actions as freely chosen according to their own preferences and volitions, compared to contexts of greater communal agency (i.e., lower SES, more collectivistic, and less individualistic). The sense of control (Lachman & Weaver, 1998) is the belief that individuals have control over their environments, akin to the well-known concepts of internal locus of control (Rotter, 1966; see Giefer et al, 2019 in the environmental context) or primary control (Rothbaum et al, 1982). The sense of control is a concept used to examine social class differences.…”

Section: Sociocultural Variation In Sense Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beliefs and Social Norms as Precursors of Environmental Support: The Joint Influence of Collectivism and Socioeconomic Status

Sherman

Updegraff

Handy

et al. 2021

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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The present research investigates how the cultural value of collectivism interacts with socioeconomic status (SES) to influence the basis of action. Using a U.S. national sample ( N = 2,538), the research examines how these sociocultural factors jointly moderate the strength of two precursors of environmental support: beliefs about climate change and perceived descriptive norms. SES and collectivism interacted with climate change beliefs such that beliefs predicted environmental support (i.e., proenvironmental behaviors and policy support) more strongly for those who were high in SES and low in collectivism than for all other groups. This interaction was explained, in part, by sense of control. For descriptive norms, SES and collectivism did not interact but rather norms predicted action most strongly for those high in collectivism and high in SES. These findings demonstrate the theoretical and applied importance of examining multiple sociocultural characteristics together to understand the factors that drive action.

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Section: Sociocultural Variation In Sense Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beliefs and Social Norms as Precursors of Environmental Support: The Joint Influence of Collectivism and Socioeconomic Status

Sherman

Updegraff

Handy

et al. 2021

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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“…The inverse correlations of the EA&B to ELOC dimensions and distant orientation are deviations from a few researches that focused on locus of control of their respondents (Giefer et al, 2019;Weimer et al, 2017). In this study, the STEM students' ELOC might have been affected by the widespread environmental campaigns which persistently call for humans' environmental accountability.…”

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Relationships among Environmental Literacy, Locus of Control, and Future Orientation of STEM Students in the Philippines

Gatan

Yangco

Monterola

2021

INTERDISCIPLINARY J ENV SCI ED

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This study reports on the status and correlations among environmental literacy (EL), locus of control (LOC), and future orientation (FO) of STEM students (N = 512). The EL results showed a low rate of students' Environmental Knowledge but high Environmental Skills. The LOC results revealed that students believed that they could best create environmental impacts through recycling yet least by advocating on the environment. They were also more inclined to considering distant outcomes or consequences of their actions rather than focusing on their immediate needs. The STEM students' academic background, convenience, and personal benefit among others might have contributed to correlation results of EL, LOC, and FO reported in this study. It is suggested that ample opportunities be given to students to improve their EL. This may include going beyond environmental theories and engaging students in authentic experiences to provide them with active roles in learning environmental topics. Moreover, these topics should not only be consistently integrated among the fields of sciences but also in other subjects making them interdisciplinary, meaningful, and relatable.

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“…Giefer et al (2019) [24] investigated the moderating role of LOC in inducing PEB among adolescents. Results suggest that those with external LOC had lower intention to engage in PEB, as compared to individuals with internal locus of control.…”

Section: Environmental Locus Of Control (E-loc)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding The Prevalence of Eco Guilt and Eco Grief among Adolescents: A Salutogenic Approach Towards Building ‘Pro-Environmental Behaviour’

Nambiar,

Singh

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Negative emotions within the context of environment such as eco guilt and eco grief help individuals understand their impact on the environment and motivate them to act favorable to the environment. Antonovsky’s Salutogenic theory, specifically the sense of coherence model consisting of 3 components, namely, Comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness has been used as a foundation for explaining the concept of eco-guilt, eco-grief, environmental locus of control and pro-environmental behavior in adolescents. This paper aims to examine the relationship between eco-guilt, eco-grief, environmental locus of control and pro-environmental behavior among adolescents. The Eco guilt questionnaire, Eco grief questionnaire and Adolescent Internal Environmental Locus of Control Questionnaire were administered to the subjects to measure the prevalence of eco guilt, eco grief, and environmental locus of control, respectively, and General Ecological Behavior scale was used to assess pro-environmental behavior. Upon analysis, it was found that eco-guilt, eco-grief, and environmental locus of control shared a positive association with pro-environmental behavior among adolescents. Moreover, eco-guilt, eco-grief, and environmental locus of control were found to predict pro-environmental behavior among adolescents. Further investigation may be conducted to deepen the understanding of the relationship between eco-guilt, eco-grief and environmental locus of control and pro-environmental behavior.

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Interactions among Locus of Control, Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviour in China

Cited by 16 publications

References 51 publications

Beliefs and Social Norms as Precursors of Environmental Support: The Joint Influence of Collectivism and Socioeconomic Status

Beliefs and Social Norms as Precursors of Environmental Support: The Joint Influence of Collectivism and Socioeconomic Status

Relationships among Environmental Literacy, Locus of Control, and Future Orientation of STEM Students in the Philippines

Understanding The Prevalence of Eco Guilt and Eco Grief among Adolescents: A Salutogenic Approach Towards Building ‘Pro-Environmental Behaviour’

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