How does environmental knowledge translate into pro-environmental behaviors?: The mediating role of environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions

2020 ◽  
Vol 728 ◽  
pp. 138126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pihui Liu ◽  
Minmin Teng ◽  
Chuanfeng Han
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Role

The Effect of New Ecological Paradigm on Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Mediating Role of Environmental Attitudes

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Kai-bin Zhao ◽  
Zheng Jin ◽  
Timothy Tamunang Tamutana ◽  
Yi-Ming Shi ◽  
Marina Kogay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Ecological Paradigm

scholarly journals Influence of Environmental Knowledge on Affect, Nature Affiliation and Pro-Environmental Behaviors among Tourists

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Seong Kim ◽  
Jinwon Kim ◽  
Brijesh Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Visitor Management ◽  
Commercial Expansion ◽  
Practical Implications

Jeju Island is a popular destination in South Korea that is dependent on nature-based tourism. The annual increase in the influx of visitors has created major environmental impacts due to overuse and commercial expansion. With projected growth in arrivals and the development of tourism infrastructure, the island will experience perpetual challenges for sustainable management of natural resources. However, the role of visitors will be central via a commitment to practice pro-environmental behaviors to protect the island from further degradation. This study was grounded in the cognition-affection-attitude-behavior model to examine the predictive validity of tourists’ environmental knowledge, environmental affect, and nature affiliation on pro-environmental behavior. The data comprised responses from 304 domestic visitors who had visited Jeju Island. The empirical findings indicate that environmental affect was significantly impacted by two dimensions of environmental knowledge (i.e., subjective and objective). Additionally, nature affiliation was positively impacted by environmental affect, while pro-environmental behavior was significantly influenced by both environmental affect and nature affiliation. Overall, these findings provide theoretical and practical implications for sustainable tourism at a nature-based destination. The findings can be utilized for implementation of intervention programs and visitor management at Jeju Island.

scholarly journals Prediction of environmental activism: The role of knowledge, attitudes, affects and behaviors

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Milica Marušić-Jablanović ◽  
Jelena Stanišić
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Problem ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Environmental Activism ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Affective Attitude ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Behavior

The components of ecological li teracy comprise knowledge, attitudes, affect, behavior, and environmental activism. The goal of this paper is to establish whether environmental activism can be predicted on the basis of environmental knowledge, proenvironmental attitudes, affect, and behavior. In addition to this, the goal of the research is to examine to what extent individuals of different activism levels differ in terms of knowledge of basic environmental problems, expression of the attitude of ecological apathy, anthropocentrism, belonging to nature and connection with nature, as well as usual practices of pro-environmental behavior. By surveying a sample of adult respondents from Serbia who belong to a group devoted to an environmental problem (N=255), we have discovered that general environmental knowledge alone does not contribute to pro-environmental behaviors or environmental activism. The predictors of activism are pro-environmental attitudes, an affective attitude towards nature, and common pro-environmental behaviors, even though they help distinguish a group of barely active members from two groups of more active members, but they do not help distinguish those who are active in a virtual space from those who participate personally. The groups are further distinguished by other variables, such as the locus of control, values, and the phenomenon of quasi-activism. The established connection between knowledge and emotional affinity towards nature seems to represent a reciprocal relationship, and indicates that the right way to learn is to acquire knowledge, but while developing a love for nature.

scholarly journals Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyapong Janmaimool ◽  
Samattaphong Khajohnmanee
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Environmental System ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
System Knowledge

This study aims to investigate the role of environmental system knowledge in promoting pro-environmental behaviors. Relationships between environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes as well as environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviors were analyzed. Environmental system knowledge includes knowledge of political ecology, sustainable development, environment and ecology, and environmental situations. This study included 128 students enrolling in the elective course entitled “Environment and Development” provided by the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok city of Thailand and 150 students who were not participating in this course. The results revealed that environmental attitudes of students participating in the course was significantly higher than that of students not attending the course. Only knowledge of the environment and ecology highly correlated with environmental attitudes; on the other hand, diverse environmental knowledge significantly correlated with pro-environmental behaviors. The result also demonstrated that indirect impact environmental behaviors reported by both groups were statistically different, but there was no significant difference in direct impact environmental behaviors. This study suggested that environmental knowledge provided through a formal education could promote environmental attitudes, but it may not contribute to students’ engagement in direct impact environmental behaviors.

scholarly journals Contact with nature: effects of field trips on pro-environmental knowledge, intentions and attitudes

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 889-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zysman Neiman ◽  
César Ades
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Environmental Behaviors

The effects of direct contact with nature on pro-environmental attitudes, values and knowledge were assessed by taking college students on field trips at Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), and applying a system of directed activities developed throughout 16 years. The changes in knowledge, values and attitudes were evaluated in these students (experimental groups) and other students who were not exposed to the field trips (control groups) through questionnaires which were applied before (pre-tests) and after the trip (post-tests). Meaningful differences were verified between the control and the experimental groups, as well as discrepancies between the pre- and post-tests applied to the experimental groups - a clear indication that the direct contact with nature affected the positioning of the students towards environmental matters. These outcomes reinforce the idea of the importance of contact with nature as a way of implementing pro-environmental behaviors.

scholarly journals The Role of Curtailment Versus Efficiency on Spillovers Among Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Evidence from Two Towns in Granada, Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Marta Suárez-Varela ◽  
Ariel Dinar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Behavioral Consistency ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Cross Domain ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels

In this paper we explore the existence of behavioral consistency between individuals’ pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in related domains (cross-domain), distinguishing between the following two types of behaviors that the literature has identified as entailing different levels of sacrifice on the part of the individual: curtailment, i.e., implying the adoption of daily habits, and efficiency behaviors, i.e., installation of efficient devices. Using a dataset on bottled water demand from two cities in southern Spain, we find evidence of behavioral consistency between the undertaking of certain pro-environmental habits related to household water consumption and the decision to consume (or not) bottled water. These effects are found only when curtailment behaviors are considered, but not in relation to efficiency behaviors. Moreover, our results suggest that policies fostering pro-environmental habits could prove more successful than the ones promoting pro-environmental attitudes or awareness. These results have important implications for the design of environmental campaigns and rebate programs.

scholarly journals Customer Experience and Behavioral Intentions: The Mediation Role of Customer Perceived Value

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fortune Edem Amenuvor ◽  
Kwasi Owusu-Antwi ◽  
Richard Basilisco ◽  
Bae Seong-Chan
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Hedonic Value ◽  
Customer Perceived Value ◽  
Utilitarian Value

The overarching aim of this research is to empirically test the effect of customer experience on customer perceived value and behavioral intentions while assessing the mediating role of customer perceived value. To achieve this aim, we collect data from 338 customers of restaurants in South Korea. The hypotheses intended to achieve this aim are tested using the structural equations modeling technique. The outcome of the research reveals that customer experience positively and significantly affects behavioral intentions. Additionally, customer experience has a significant positive effect on both hedonic and utilitarian value respectively. Hedonic value positively and significantly predicts behavioral intents while utilitarian value is negative but significantly related to behavioral intentions. The study further finds support for a mediating effect of hedonic value on the relationship between customer experience and behavioral intentions. The current study provides managerial and theoretical insights into understanding customer experience management, customer perceived value, and customer behavioral intentions.

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