scholarly journals Personal Experience with Covid-19 is Associated with Increased Environmental Concern and Pro-Environmental Behavioral Intentions

2022 ◽  
pp. 100031
Author(s):  
Deborah Shulman ◽  
Eran Halperin ◽  
Michal Reifen-Tagar
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Concern

The Buddha's Path of Peace

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Gombrich
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
The Core ◽  
World Today ◽  
Introductory Overview ◽  
The World ◽  
The Buddha

The Buddha’s Path of Peace sets out the basic instructions for the life-changing way of the Buddha (the so-called “Noble Eightfold Path”) wholly in the context of contemporary and everyday life, personal experience, human relationships, work, environmental concern and the human wish for peace. In this book, the core of the Buddha’s teaching is comprehensively cast in modern models of thought—borrowed from science and philosophy—and informed by contemporary concerns. The reader, who may be completely new to Buddhism, is accompanied along the Path with practical exercises that are fully explained. The Path begins with an introductory overview and then proceeds through Right Speech, Right Acting, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Concentration, Right Mindfulness, Right Understanding and Right Resolve, and concludes with a short chapter on the relevance of the Path to the multiple crises facing the world today. The reader is mentored throughout by practical meditational and contemplative exercises, with tables, diagrams, analogies and stories. Gradually the reader who has followed this handbook with commitment will feel the benefits of growing peacefulness, wisdom and compassion.

scholarly journals Saving Species in a Snap: On the Feasibility and Efficacy of Augmented Reality-based Wildlife Interactions for Biodiversity Conservation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Pimentel
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Mobile Augmented Reality ◽  
Within Subjects ◽  
Environmental Interests

Abstract Interactions with wildlife can contribute to biodiversity conservation outcomes, though safety and accessibility considerations limit animal encounters from being a viable strategy. This investigation explores the feasibility of mobile augmented reality to facilitate interactions with wildlife and encourage biodversity conservation. A mobile augmented reality experience (Snapchat lens), titled “Penguin Rescue!”, was created to allow users to rehabilitate an oil-slicked virtual penguin. Study 1 distributed the lens globally to Snapchat users (N=63,605) who spent an average of 47 seconds rehabilitating the penguin; psychographic data showed pro-environmental interests were not associated with the lens’ use. Study 2 employed a within-subjects experimental design (N=80) to examine the effects of Penguin Rescue! on conservation outcomes. Results showed that the interaction increased connectedness with the species. Moreover, social presence and plausibility served as key mechanisms contributing to environmental concern and behavioral intentions. Overall, results clarify how biophilic interactions via augmented reality can benefit biodiversity conservation.

Investigating consumers' behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce: an extended theory of planned behavior – a cross-cultural study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Adel ◽  
Xin Dai ◽  
Rana S. Roshdy
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Consciousness ◽  
Tpb Model

PurposeThis study extends the theory of planned behavior (TPB) through the inclusion of motivating variables for suboptimal produce preference (i.e. environmental concern, food waste awareness, and familiarity), and demotivating variables (i.e. health consciousness and risk perception) to investigate behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research methodology using the online survey technique is employed to collect cross-cultural data from respondents from China (n = 430) and Egypt (n = 441). Structural equation modeling (SEM) via SmartPLS v.3.2.9 is used to analyze data.FindingsThe proposed extended TPB model could enhance predicting consumers' behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce except for “environmental concern” since it has been found that environmental concern has a nonsignificant effect on consumers' attitudes and behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce in both countries. The results also reveal that the proposed extended TPB constructs could predict 79.9% of intentions to purchase suboptimal produce and 65.3% of the variance in intentions to recommend such produce for others.Originality/valueThis study is one of the few attempts that investigates the suboptimal food consumption based on a theoretical lens by extending the TPB model. Previous studies on suboptimal food do not pay attention to the demotivating variables such as health consciousness and risk perception, and thus, this thesis represents the first effort that sheds light on such variables. Moreover, prior investigation on such issues in Egypt and China as a cross-cultural research has not existed.

scholarly journals Consumers’ Intentions towards Green Hotels in China: An Empirical Study Based on Extended Norm Activation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2165
Author(s):  
Hongru Yan ◽  
Huaqi Chai
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Price Policy ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Activation Model ◽  
Personal Norm ◽  
Perceived Price ◽  
Perceived Consumer Effectiveness ◽  
Green Hotels

Although the occupancy rate of green hotels is a hot topic in the sustainable tourism economy, few empirical studies have used the expanded norm activation model to explore what drives consumers’ intentions to stay at green hotels. This study took environmental concern and perceived consumer effectiveness as antecedents, and perceived price, policy, and publicity as moderator variables to broaden the norm activation mode to explore consumers’ willingness to stay at green hotels. The hypothesis was tested in a survey that comprised a sample size of 435 participants in China. The outcomes exhibited environmental concern, and perceived consumer effectiveness as having a significant positive influence on personal norm and behavioral intention. Perceived price, as the external cost, negatively moderated the relationship between personal norm and consumers’ behavioral intentions. Policy and publicity had a positive moderating impact on the link between personal norms and consumers’ behavioral intentions.

scholarly journals Consumer’s Behavioral Intention toward “Green” Restaurant: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Athaya Tsamara Zahra
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Research Needs

This study specifically discusses the relationships between consumers’ environmental concern, attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and their behavioral intention toward “green” restaurant. Such a study is important because behavioral intentions towards “green” practice in the restaurant industry is still an under-explored topic in the literature, despite the “green” trend. This study adopted Theory of Planned Behavior as the theoretical framework with additional environmental concern construct as antecedent. The findings from this research illustrate that customer’s environmental concern has a positive influence with behavioral intention toward “green” restaurant especially indirectly through attitude and perceived behavioral control. This study recommends that this topic of research needs to be explored more to understand the “green” restaurant customers and to develop marketing strategies to promote “green” restaurant in Indonesia.  

Rural-Urban Differences in Environmental Concern, Attitudes, and Actions

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Berenguer ◽  
José A. Corraliza ◽  
Rocío Martín
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
And Behaviors

Abstract. Pro-environmental orientation constitutes one of the basic referents of modern culture. However, this pro-environmental orientation of a general nature does not permit us to predict pro-environmental behaviors. In order to explain this incongruence, it is necessary to take into account the sociostructural factors and socialization experiences through which people form their environmental values, attitudes, and behaviors. In this study we compare the values, attitudes, and behaviors of a rural sample and an urban sample, measured by means of three scales: the New Ecological Paradigm Scale, a moral obligation scale specifically designed for this study, and a scale of pro-environmental behavioral intentions. The results indicate high levels of environmental concern and low levels of pro-environmental behavior in both samples. On comparing the two samples it was found that those living in cities assume a larger number of environmental responsibility values but show less pro-environmental orientation when the attitude and behavioral intention scales are used. People living in the rural context present more attitudes of environmental responsibility and greater consistency on expressing behavioral intentions compatible with the protection of the environment.

In what sense does the public need to understand global climate change?

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Bord ◽  
Robert E. O'Connor ◽  
Ann Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Environmental Beliefs

In a survey of 1,218 Americans, the key determinant of behavioral intentions to address global warming is a correct understanding of the causes of global warming. Knowing what causes climate change, and what does not, is the most powerful predictor of both stated intentions to take voluntary actions and to vote on hypothetical referenda to enact new government policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Identifying bogus causes (e.g., insecticides) correlates with the belief that the globe will warm, but is only weakly related to voluntary actions and not at all related to support for government policies. General pro-environmental beliefs and perceptions that global warming poses serious threats to society also help to explain behavioral intentions. The explanatory power of an air pollution framework is substantial in bivariate analyses, but has little explanatory power in multivariate analyses that include knowledge, risk perceptions, and general environmental beliefs. Translating public concern for global warming into effective action requires real knowledge. General environmental concern or concern for the negative effects of air pollution appear not to motivate people to support programs designed to control global warming.

Anticipated Emotions and Personal Experience for Predicting Behavioral Intentions and Behavioral Expectations

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Carrera ◽  
Amparo Caballero ◽  
Dolores Muñoz ◽  
Luis Oceja
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Excessive Drinking ◽  
Behavioral Expectations ◽  
Behavior Study ◽  
Drinking Study ◽  
Anticipated Emotions

We tested how anticipated emotions interact with personal experience in risk behavior to improve predictions from TPB on behavioral intention (BI) and behavioral expectation (BE) for sex without condom (Study 1) and excessive drinking (Study 2). In the moderate-high experience group, anticipated emotional profiles (AEPs) improve TPB prediction from 28% to 45% in the case of BI and from 19% to 40% in that of BE in relation to sexual risk behavior (Study 1), and from 23% to 36% in the case of BI and from 17% to 31% in that of BE in relation to binge drinking (Study 2). However, in the low-experience group (Study 2) AEPs improve TPB predictions for BI (12% to 34%) but not for BE, showing that in less experienced people BI and BE are not equivalent: anticipated emotions have different relevance in their prediction. These results were replicated using a general negative anticipated emotion index (averaging emotional categories).

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