The roles of various media in the decision making process for recycling behavior: A path analysis model.

Too positive to change? Examining optimism bias as a barrier to media effects on environmental activism

“…The importance of understanding the interplay between different types of media, optimism bias, and environmental activism is valuable not only from a scientific, but also from a practical point of view (e.g., efficient resource allocation in environmental communication campaigns). Indeed, the fact that some types of media are more helpful than others in developing pro-environmental perceptions and behaviors (e.g., Nixon & Saphores, 2009;Nonami et al, 1997) questions whether optimism bias is a factor that helps better understand these differential media effects.…”

Sustainable consumption: Green purchasing behaviours of urban residents in China

“…There have been several research examples where the model presented by Hirose was applied (e.g. Nonami et al , 1997; Yamakawa et al , 1996). The results of these studies support the model in general.…”

Comparison of waste prevention behaviors among three Japanese megacity regions in the context of local measures and socio-demographics

“…A large number of studies have focused on psychological and socio-demographic factors to determine recycling behaviors (Oskamp et al, 1991;Gamba and Oskamp, 1994;Hornik et al, 1995;Schultz et al, 1995;Owens et al, 2000;Davies et al, 2002;Knussen et al, 2004;Vicente and Reis, 2008), particularly Japanese recycling behaviors (Nonami et al, 1997;Ohnuma et al, 2005). However, studies on WPBs are very limited.…”