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Values, Environmental Concern, and Environmental Behavior: A Study into Household Energy Use

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Poortinga, Wouter, Steg, Linda, Vlek, Charles·2004·Environment and Behavior
DOI 10.1177/0013916503251466
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In this study, the role of values in the field of household energy use is investigated by using the concept of quality of life (QOL). Importance judgments on 22 QOL aspects could be summarized into seven clearly interpretable value dimensions. The seven value dimensions and general and specific environmental concern contributed significantly to the explanation of policy support for government regulation and for market strategies aimed at managing environmental problems as well as to the explanation of the acceptability of specific home and transport energy-saving measures. In line with earlier research, home and transport energy use were especially related to sociodemographic variables like income and household size. These results show that it is relevant to distinguish between different measures of environmental impact and different types of environmental intent. Moreover, the results suggest that using only attitudinal variables, such as values, may be too limited to explain all types of environmental behavior.

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Authors
Poortinga, W., Steg, L., & Vlek, C.
Venue
Environment and Behavior
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2004-01
Volume
36
Issue
1
Pages
70-93
ISSN
  • 0013-9165 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-390X
DOI
10.1177/0013916503251466
OpenAlex
W2156383633
Cited by
1,133
References
2
FWCI
81.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
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