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Research paper thumbnail of IPCC: social scientists are ready

Research paper thumbnail of Special issue: Understanding the risks of unconventional shale gas development

Environmental science & technology, Jan 5, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Personal and contextual influences on househould energy adaptations

Journal of Applied Psychology, 1985

Survey data on 478 residential electricity consumers in Massachusetts are used to examine the int... more Survey data on 478 residential electricity consumers in Massachusetts are used to examine the interactive effects of economic, demographic, structural, and psychological variables on four behaviorally distinct types of reported conservation response involving energy efficiency ...

Research paper thumbnail of Participation by Local Governmental Officials in Watershed Management Planning

Society & Natural Resources, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Gender, Values, and Environmentalism

Social Science Quarterly, 2002

Objective. The social psychological values altruism, self-interest, traditionalism, and openness ... more Objective. The social psychological values altruism, self-interest, traditionalism, and openness to change are key correlates of environmental concern and proenvironmental behavior. We investigate the relationship between gender and these values to better understand gender differences in environmentalism. We consider both gender differences in value priorities (differences in mean response on value scales) and differences in the meaning of values (differences in the factor structure of values) as well. Methods. Our ...

Research paper thumbnail of Values and Vegetarianism: An Exploratory Analysis1

Rural Sociology, 2010

AnSTRACf The American diet has changed substantially over the last few decades. These changes pro... more AnSTRACf The American diet has changed substantially over the last few decades. These changes provide a test for social theory and have substantial effects on the demand for various food products, thus impacting US agriculture. In this paper a rapidly growing dietary choice-vegetarianism-is explored. Prevalence of various forms of vegetarianism is estimated in a representative sample of a suburban population and factors that influence choice of a vegetarian diet are examined. About 7 percent of the sample report they are vegetarians. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Value Orientations, Gender, and Environmental Concern

Environment and Behavior, 1993

Abstract A social-psychological model is developed to examine the proposition that environmentali... more Abstract A social-psychological model is developed to examine the proposition that environmentalism represents a new way of thinking. It presumes that action in support of environmental quality may derive from any of three value orientations: egoistic, social-altruistic, or biospheric, and that gender may be implicated in the relation between these orientations and behavior. Behavioral intentions are modeled as the sum across values of the strength of a value times the strength of beliefs about the consequences of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Influences on Attitude-Behavior Relationships: A Natural Experiment with Curbside Recycling

Environment and Behavior, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of The New Ecological Paradigm in Social-Psychological Context

Environment and Behavior, 1995

Abstract The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is the most frequently used measure of environme... more Abstract The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is the most frequently used measure of environmental concern, but it has not been placed in the context of a social-psychological theory of attitude formation or attitude-behavior relationships. Using data from a northern Virginia sample, this study examines NEP in relation to the variables in a theoretical model of environmental concern. We found that the NEP is indistinguishable from a scale of awareness of consequences (AC) of general environmental conditions, both ...

Research paper thumbnail of Social Structural and Social Psychological Bases of Environmental Concern

Environment and Behavior, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing the Participation of Local Governmental Officials in the National Estuary Program

Coastal Management, 2002

... We selected for analysis three projects of the National Estuary Program (NEP): the Casco Bay ... more ... We selected for analysis three projects of the National Estuary Program (NEP): the Casco Bay Program (CBP) in Maine, the Massachusetts Bays Program (MBP), and the New Hampshire Estuaries Program (NHEP). ... Estuary Project Support and Resources ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating Social Science Research

British Journal of Educational Studies, 1980

... How to Obtain Documents. NCJ Number: NCJ 061380. Title: EVALUATING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH. A... more ... How to Obtain Documents. NCJ Number: NCJ 061380. Title: EVALUATING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH. Author(s): PC STERN. ... Origin: United States. Language: English. Annotation: THISBOOK WAS DEVELOPED FOR A 12-WEEK COURSE ON THE EVALUATION OF ...

Research paper thumbnail of Psychological research and energy policy

American Psychologist, 1981

... from DOE's Office of Conservation and Solar Applications (Smith, Note 9) concern... more ... from DOE's Office of Conservation and Solar Applications (Smith, Note 9) concerning likely mandatory ... with almost no basic knowledge of the economic and noneconomic factors that will ... to study the energy decisions of larger organizations or the ways these decisions impact on ...

Research paper thumbnail of Psychology's contributions to understanding and addressing global climate change

American Psychologist, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Psychology and global climate change: Addressing a multi-faceted phenomenon and set of challenges. A report by the American Psychological Association’s task force on the interface between psychology and global climate change

... Susan Clayton, PhD College of Wooster Thomas Doherty, PsyD Sustainable Self, LLC Robert Giffo... more ... Susan Clayton, PhD College of Wooster Thomas Doherty, PsyD Sustainable Self, LLC Robert Gifford, PhD University of Victoria George Howard, PhD University of Notre Dame Joseph Reser, PhD Griffith University Paul Stern, PhD National Academies of Science ...

Research paper thumbnail of IPCC: social scientists are ready

Research paper thumbnail of Special issue: Understanding the risks of unconventional shale gas development

Environmental science & technology, Jan 5, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Personal and contextual influences on househould energy adaptations

Journal of Applied Psychology, 1985

Survey data on 478 residential electricity consumers in Massachusetts are used to examine the int... more Survey data on 478 residential electricity consumers in Massachusetts are used to examine the interactive effects of economic, demographic, structural, and psychological variables on four behaviorally distinct types of reported conservation response involving energy efficiency ...

Research paper thumbnail of Participation by Local Governmental Officials in Watershed Management Planning

Society & Natural Resources, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Gender, Values, and Environmentalism

Social Science Quarterly, 2002

Objective. The social psychological values altruism, self-interest, traditionalism, and openness ... more Objective. The social psychological values altruism, self-interest, traditionalism, and openness to change are key correlates of environmental concern and proenvironmental behavior. We investigate the relationship between gender and these values to better understand gender differences in environmentalism. We consider both gender differences in value priorities (differences in mean response on value scales) and differences in the meaning of values (differences in the factor structure of values) as well. Methods. Our ...

Research paper thumbnail of Values and Vegetarianism: An Exploratory Analysis1

Rural Sociology, 2010

AnSTRACf The American diet has changed substantially over the last few decades. These changes pro... more AnSTRACf The American diet has changed substantially over the last few decades. These changes provide a test for social theory and have substantial effects on the demand for various food products, thus impacting US agriculture. In this paper a rapidly growing dietary choice-vegetarianism-is explored. Prevalence of various forms of vegetarianism is estimated in a representative sample of a suburban population and factors that influence choice of a vegetarian diet are examined. About 7 percent of the sample report they are vegetarians. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Value Orientations, Gender, and Environmental Concern

Environment and Behavior, 1993

Abstract A social-psychological model is developed to examine the proposition that environmentali... more Abstract A social-psychological model is developed to examine the proposition that environmentalism represents a new way of thinking. It presumes that action in support of environmental quality may derive from any of three value orientations: egoistic, social-altruistic, or biospheric, and that gender may be implicated in the relation between these orientations and behavior. Behavioral intentions are modeled as the sum across values of the strength of a value times the strength of beliefs about the consequences of ...

Research paper thumbnail of Influences on Attitude-Behavior Relationships: A Natural Experiment with Curbside Recycling

Environment and Behavior, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of The New Ecological Paradigm in Social-Psychological Context

Environment and Behavior, 1995

Abstract The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is the most frequently used measure of environme... more Abstract The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is the most frequently used measure of environmental concern, but it has not been placed in the context of a social-psychological theory of attitude formation or attitude-behavior relationships. Using data from a northern Virginia sample, this study examines NEP in relation to the variables in a theoretical model of environmental concern. We found that the NEP is indistinguishable from a scale of awareness of consequences (AC) of general environmental conditions, both ...

Research paper thumbnail of Social Structural and Social Psychological Bases of Environmental Concern

Environment and Behavior, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing the Participation of Local Governmental Officials in the National Estuary Program

Coastal Management, 2002

... We selected for analysis three projects of the National Estuary Program (NEP): the Casco Bay ... more ... We selected for analysis three projects of the National Estuary Program (NEP): the Casco Bay Program (CBP) in Maine, the Massachusetts Bays Program (MBP), and the New Hampshire Estuaries Program (NHEP). ... Estuary Project Support and Resources ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating Social Science Research

British Journal of Educational Studies, 1980

... How to Obtain Documents. NCJ Number: NCJ 061380. Title: EVALUATING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH. A... more ... How to Obtain Documents. NCJ Number: NCJ 061380. Title: EVALUATING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH. Author(s): PC STERN. ... Origin: United States. Language: English. Annotation: THISBOOK WAS DEVELOPED FOR A 12-WEEK COURSE ON THE EVALUATION OF ...

Research paper thumbnail of Psychological research and energy policy

American Psychologist, 1981

... from DOE's Office of Conservation and Solar Applications (Smith, Note 9) concern... more ... from DOE's Office of Conservation and Solar Applications (Smith, Note 9) concerning likely mandatory ... with almost no basic knowledge of the economic and noneconomic factors that will ... to study the energy decisions of larger organizations or the ways these decisions impact on ...

Research paper thumbnail of Psychology's contributions to understanding and addressing global climate change

American Psychologist, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Psychology and global climate change: Addressing a multi-faceted phenomenon and set of challenges. A report by the American Psychological Association’s task force on the interface between psychology and global climate change

... Susan Clayton, PhD College of Wooster Thomas Doherty, PsyD Sustainable Self, LLC Robert Giffo... more ... Susan Clayton, PhD College of Wooster Thomas Doherty, PsyD Sustainable Self, LLC Robert Gifford, PhD University of Victoria George Howard, PhD University of Notre Dame Joseph Reser, PhD Griffith University Paul Stern, PhD National Academies of Science ...