Socio-demographic determinants of environmental attitudes, perceptions, place attachment, and environmentally responsible behaviour in Gauteng province, South Africa

Dlamini, Simangele; Tesfamichael, Solomon G.; Mokhele, Tholang

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00772

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“…Another prior study also revealed that demographic variables included age, gender, period of work, and origin district significantly influenced farmers’ satisfaction with a negative relationship ( Fernandes et al., 2021 ), where the indicator of age and period of work showed as a negative predictor. The same result was revealed by Dlamini et al. (2021) and Castillo et al.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Another prior study also revealed that demographic variables included age, gender, period of work, and origin district significantly influenced farmers' satisfaction with a negative relationship (Fernandes et al, 2021), where the indicator of age and period of work showed as a negative predictor. The same result was revealed by Dlamini, Tesfamichael, and Mokhele (2021) and G. M. L. Castillo, A. Engler, and M. Wollni (2021) where farmers age has a negative influence on perception and behavioral intention to adopt pressurized irrigation technologies. Peng, Zhou, Tan, Liu, and Wang (2020) suggested that personal characteristic factors (age and education) were not significant in influencing farmers' intention to cultivate wheat in China, most likely because they were getting older.…”

Section: Discussion and Implicationsupporting

confidence: 73%

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Farmers’ willingness to adopt geographical indication practice in Indonesia: A psycho behavioral analysis

Laksono

Irham

Mulyo

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confidence: 84%

Section: Discussion and Implicationsupporting

confidence: 73%

Farmers’ willingness to adopt geographical indication practice in Indonesia: A psycho behavioral analysis

Laksono

Irham

Mulyo

et al. 2022

Heliyon

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“…Therefore, studying environmental attitudes is important because they may determine behaviors (Gifford & Sussman, 2012). The existing studies highlight that many factors such as gender, educational background, age, and income (Lee et al 2015;Blocker & Eckberg, 1989;Dlamini et al, 2021;Mohai, 1992;Zhang, 1994;Marquart-Pyatt, 2008;Kemmelmeie et al, 2002;Franzen & Vogl, 2013a) significantly impact individuals' environmental attitudes. Based on these previous studies, the literature indicates that females, more educated, younger, and economically better situated individuals have more positive environmental attitudes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Critical Thinking Dispositions as a Predictor for High School Students’ Environmental Attitudes

Orhan¹

2022

Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health

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This non-experimental quantitative study aimed to determine if high school students' critical thinking (CT) dispositions and environmental attitudes differ by gender, father, and mother's educational background and their CT dispositions are significant predictors of environmental attitudes. UF/EMI Critical Thinking Disposition Instrument and Environmental Attitude Scale were used to collect data in this study carried out with 139 high school students. It was found out that students' CT dispositions did not differ by gender, father, and mother's educational background. Also, while students' environmental attitudes differed by gender in favor of females, they did not differ by mother and father's educational background. Besides, engagement, maturity, and innovativeness were significant predictors of the students' environmental attitudes. A positive relationship was found between students' CT dispositions and environmental attitude scores and engagement, maturity, and innovativeness together explained 31% of the total variance on their environmental attitudes.

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“…Ramkissoon et al [14] found no certain rules concerning whether the relationship between place attachment and behavioral intention has direct, indirect, or no effects. Dlamini et al [8] suggested that the link between attitudes and behavior is indirect, but that attitudes affect behavioral intention, which, in turn, shapes behavior. Intention is affected not only by attitudes but also by normative pressures.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Associated threats have had a great impact on countries globally [3], and particularly on Taiwan, which is an island state and is prone to flooding [4][5][6]. Many people believe that environmental problems are caused by human activities [7,8]. The relationship between place attachment and pro-environmental behavior has attracted considerable attention as it relates to the interaction between people and the environment [9][10][11][12][13].…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Perceptions of Climate Change and Flood Risk on Coping Behavior: A Case Study of Taipei, Taiwan

Lee¹,

Lin²

2021

Sustainability

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Globalization and population growth have put great pressure on the environment over the last few decades, and climate change has increased associated negative effects. Researchers examine the interactions between human and the environment. Among them, the relationship between place attachment and pro-environmental behavior has attracted particular research attention. However, few studies have addressed the relationships among flood risk perceptions, place attachment, and climate change coping behavior in a densely populated urban area. This study examines the effects of perceptions of climate change and flood risk on coping behavioral intention, and determines whether place attachment plays a mediating or moderating role therein in Taipei, the flood-prone capital city of Taiwan. A total of 1208 questionnaires were collected. An analysis of the mediation effects based on a three-level regression model (Phase I) suggested that place attachment is not a mediator. Adjustment of the model and analysis of moderation effects using structural equation modeling (Phase II) suggested no moderation effect. In Phase III, the mediation effect was reexamined, with the replacement of dependent variables (adaptation/mitigation) with high-effort/low-effort coping behaviors, and one dimension of place attachment was replaced with four dimensions thereof (place dependence and place identity, place satisfaction, place affect, place social bonding). The results thus obtained reveal that the paths of place satisfaction exhibit significant mediating effects between attitudes and high-effort coping behavior. Some paths exhibit significant mediating effects between perceptions and low-effort coping behavior through place satisfaction. Another four paths exhibit partial significant mediating effects through place dependence and place identity and place social bonding. These results suggest that affective attachment of people to local places results in a behavioral tendency to protect or improve those places. The main contribution of this study is its support of meta-analyses of the effects of each dimension of place attachment to provide a better understanding of the effects of place attachment on flood risk perception and coping behavior.

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Socio-demographic determinants of environmental attitudes, perceptions, place attachment, and environmentally responsible behaviour in Gauteng province, South Africa

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Farmers’ willingness to adopt geographical indication practice in Indonesia: A psycho behavioral analysis

Farmers’ willingness to adopt geographical indication practice in Indonesia: A psycho behavioral analysis

Critical Thinking Dispositions as a Predictor for High School Students’ Environmental Attitudes

Effects of Perceptions of Climate Change and Flood Risk on Coping Behavior: A Case Study of Taipei, Taiwan

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