Who cares about ecology? Personality and sex differences in environmental concern1

Borden, Richard J.; Francis, Janice L.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1978.tb00610.x

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“…On the surface, their model therefore contradicts Borden and Francis's (1978) altruism hypothesis mentioned above since Stern et al (1993) claim that the stronger the egoistic orientation the stronger the motivation for the behavior. Yet the egoistic orientation can only be a motivator for pro-environmental behavior as long as the action serves the person's needs and wants (e.g.…”

Section: Altruism Empathy and Prosocial Behavior Modelsmentioning

confidence: 86%

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Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?

Kollmuss¹,

Agyeman²

2002

Environmental Education Research

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Section: Altruism Empathy and Prosocial Behavior Modelsmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Altruism is a subset of prosocial behavior. Borden andFrancis (1978, as noted in Lehmann, 1999, p. 34) hypothesize that:…”

Section: Altruism Empathy and Prosocial Behavior Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?

Kollmuss¹,

Agyeman²

2002

Environmental Education Research

5,976

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“…In the same vein, Stern, Dietz & Kalof (1993) [65] and Mostafa (2009) [66] found that prosocial behavior (or altruism) has a positive influence on pro-environmental behavior. Oppositely, individuals with a stronger level of selfish and competitive orientation are less likely to act ecologically [67]. Therefore, we hypothesize that:…”

Section: Prosocial Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Moderating Effects of Trust on Environmentally Significant Behavior in Korea

2017

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Abstract:To treat environmental problems and to seek sustainable development, voluntary and cooperative efforts, which is really against the traditional mentality with the emphasis on the individual competitive optimization, became the key to maintain the sustainability of complex social and ecological systems. To understand the cooperative and voluntary individual's environmentally significant behavior (ESB), this paper focuses on the role of trust, and assesses the effect of trust on the relationship between existing factors and ESB. A structural equation model (SEM) is constructed to estimate the moderating effects of trust on ESB in Korea. We found that people with a negative view on strict environmental regulations do not exhibit ESB and thus nudge policies could be much more effective than the forceful measure. It is noteworthy that public private partnership, as a kind of optimal trust, should be more promoted in the environmental protection policies.

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“…Substantial published evidence shows that females have stronger and more affective attitudes towards animals than males. For instance, Borden and Francis (1978) and Van Liere and Dunlap (1980) reported that females exhibit higher perceptions concerning the environment than males. Tikka et al (2000) also observed that females show a higher degree of environmental concern through their daily activities than men.…”

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Knowledge of conservationists on the effect of lead toxicity on the conservation status of African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens) in Ibadan, Nigeria

Jubril¹,

Omonona²,

Adetuga³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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The role of humans in any conservation action is vital and plays a key role in the success of biodiversity and wildlife conservation. The awareness and related activities of people to the risk of lead contamination as a threat to the conservation status is evaluated, particularly with respect to the status of the mourning dove. Lead pollution and toxicity has been reported in mourning dove with associated health and mortality patterns, and is therefore a recognised threat to the conservation of the species. This study therefore aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and perception of conservationists, who are the custodian of knowledge, on the conservation status of African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens) as a species model, and lead toxicity as an associated threat. The result shows that all the correspondents had varying degree of knowledge about the conservation of African mourning dove (S. decipiens) and the associated threat of lead toxicity. 16.3% of the respondents showed very high level of attitude, while 27.6 and 46.9% showed an average and high level of attitude to the conservation of African mourning dove (S. decipiens) and the associated threat of lead toxicity. Based on perception scores, 41.8% showed average level, while 28.6 and 5.1% showed high and very high level of perception, respectively; but 13.3% of the respondents showed low level of perception. Higher educational status corresponds to a higher knowledge, but less significant relationship to attitude and perception. It is concluded that, knowledge about conservation would affect the attitude and perception, though there are no significant gender and age differences regarding the topic.

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Who cares about ecology? Personality and sex differences in environmental concern1

Cited by 96 publications

References 25 publications

Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?

Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?

Moderating Effects of Trust on Environmentally Significant Behavior in Korea

Knowledge of conservationists on the effect of lead toxicity on the conservation status of African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens) in Ibadan, Nigeria

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