Factors Influencing Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: A U.K. Case Study of Household Waste Management
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Three waste management behaviors (waste reduction, reuse, and recycling) were examined with the use of a conceptual framework developed by the author. It was posited that environmental values, situational characteristics, and psychological factors all play a significant role in the prediction of waste management behavior, within the context of a core intention-behavior relationship. The framework was tested in a self-report questionnaire of 673 residents of Exeter, UK. It was found that the predictors of reduction, reuse, and recycling behavior differed significantly, with reduction and reuse being predicted by underlying environmental values, knowledge, and concern-based variables. Recycling behavior was, in contrast, characterized as highly normative behavior. The use of the approach taken for investigating other environmental behaviors is examined.
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Recycling waste: Does culture matter?
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Behavioral determinants towards enhancing construction waste management: A Bayesian Network analysis
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Recreationist behaviour in forests and the disturbance of wildlife
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“Recently there has been considerable interest from government and researchers in pro-environmental behaviours and how knowledge can be linked to support for certain behaviours (e.g. Darnton et al. 2006; Barr 2007; DEFRA 2008; Lucas et al. 2008; Kollmuss and Agyeman 2002).”
BackgroundLoizia, P., Voukkali, I., Zorpas, A., Pedreño, J. N., Chatziparaskeva, G., Inglezakis, V., Vardopoulos, I., & Doula, M. (2020) · Science of the Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141974 · Cited by 112 · see citing works
Identifying Bias in Self-Reported Pro-Environmental Behavior
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Barriers to waste recycling development: Evidence from Brazil
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Discordance between self-report and clinical diagnosis of Internet gaming disorder in adolescents
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“A number of empirical studies conclude that public education and information campaigns are effective approaches to promote recycling (e.g., see Barr, 2007; or Siddique, Lupi, and Joshi, 2010), but few papers are explicit about how to use media to foster recycling.”
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“Finally, given that the present study relied on selfreports, we were unable to assess the way in which individual difference variables may affect real-life behavior, such as recycling behavior (Barr, 2007).”
ResultA proposed structural model for housewives' recycling behavior: A case study from Turkey
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Student engagement with sustainability : understanding the value–action gap
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“It is fair to say that the idea of energy efficiency is widespread, yet, it is suggested that the only proenvironmental behaviour that could be classed as normative is that of recycling (Barr, 2007).”
BackgroundA cross-national perspective on youth environmental attitudes
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Consumers’ Pro-Environmental Behavior and Its Determinants in the Lodging Segment
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The influence of Internet use on pro-environmental behaviors: An integrated theoretical framework
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- Authors
- Barr, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Barr, Stewart
- ORCID
- Barr, Stewart
- Venue
- Environment and Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-07
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 435-473
- ISSN
- 0013-9165 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-390X
- OpenAlex
- W1989535098
- Cited by
- 849
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 76.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environment and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Keywords
- environmental attitudes, environmental behavior, waste management behavior, waste reduction, reuse, recycling, environmental values, situational characteristics, psychological factors, intention-behavior relationship, normative behavior, environmental concern, environmental knowledge
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