New Environmental Theories
Toward a Coherent Theory of Environmentally Significant Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10219905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul C Stern (0000-0002-9481-3904, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 407-424 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0022-4537.00175 |
| OpenAlex | W1983150389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1.915 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article develops a conceptual framework for advancing theories of environmentally significant individual behavior and reports on the attempts of the author's research group and others to develop such a theory. It discusses definitions of environmentally significant behavior; classifies the behaviors and their causes; assesses theories of environmentalism, focusingespecially on value‐belief‐norm theory; evaluates the relationship between environmental concern and behavior; and summarizes evidence on the factors that determine environmentally significant behaviors and that can effectively alter them. The article concludes by presenting some major propositions supported by available research and some principles for guiding future research and informing the design of behavioral programs for environmental protection
Conceptual framework · Environmentalism · Management science · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Forging environmentalism
Aiding or shaming in climate politics
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A Cross-National Study of Beliefs in Science and Value-Beliefs-Norms Perspectives
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Understanding residents' engagement for the protection of urban green spaces by enriching the value‐belief‐norm theory with relational values—A case study of Munich (Germany)
Communicating Ecology Through Art
Environmental justice research shows the importance of social feedbacks in ecosystem service trade-offs
Environmental tastes, opinions and behaviors
Beyond proximate and distal causes of land-use change
Landowners' perceptions of risk in grassland management
Ways of farming and ways of thinking
Sustainability science as if the world mattered
Individual and collective political efficacy predict farmer engagement and support for groundwater policies
Observations of Everyday Biodiversity
Global environmental change
The emergence of social licence necessitates reforms in environmental regulation
Three perspectives on motivation and multicriteria assessment of organic food systems
Enhancing Adaptive Capacity in Food Systems
An interview methodology for exploring the values that community leaders assign to multiple-use landscapes
Cross-cultural analysis of the ecological behavior of Chilean and Spanish ecotourists
Evaluación de una intervención proambiental en escolares de educación primaria (10-13 años) de Castilla-La Mancha (España)
Using protection motivation theory to explain Australian's motivations to engage in individual and collective climate actions
Predictors of the intention to adopt residential photovoltaics in Cambodia–A psychological perspective
Afterlife karmic beliefs and pro‐environmental consumption behaviours of egoistic consumers
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The Ecofetish
The relationship of environmental concern with public and private pro‐environmental behaviours
The identity‐attitude nexus in the representation of energy transition in a coal region (Sulcis, Italy)
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Advances in consumer electric vehicle adoption research
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The Effect of Empathy in Proenvironmental Attitudes and Behaviors
A Social Identity Model of Pro-Environmental Action (Simpea).
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Organic and local food consumer behaviour
The roles of users in shaping transitions to new energy systems
Introducing the prebound effect
The joint impact of green human resource management, leadership and organizational culture on employees’ green behaviour and organisational environmental performance
Overcoming the barriers to pro-environmental behaviors in the workplace
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Does gender make a difference in pro-environmental behavior? The case of the Basque Country University students
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Green marketing consumer-level theory review
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Theory of green purchase behavior (TGPB)
Green thinking but thoughtless buying? An empirical extension of the value-attitude-behaviour hierarchy in sustainable clothing
Social norms and social influence
The influence of cultural values on pro-environmental behavior
Predicting climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviors in agricultural production
A moral basis for recycling
Evaluating user-generated content in social media
The roles of values and social norm on personal norms and pro-environmentally friendly apparel product purchasing behavior
Measurement and Determinants of Environmentally Significant Consumer Behavior
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Application of the extended theory of planned behavior to predict Iranian farmers’ intention for safe use of chemical fertilizers
Social context, personal norms and the use of public transportation
The influence of consumers' environmental beliefs and attitudes on energy saving behaviours
Ethical values and motives driving organic food choice
Environmental behavior in a private-sphere context
Good Intents, but Low Impacts
The promises of big data and small data for travel behavior (aka human mobility) analysis
Three dimensional energy profile
Changing Norms to Change Behavior
Environmental Values
Theory of Planned Behavior and the Value-Belief-Norm Theory explaining willingness to pay for a suburban park
Collective guilt mediates the effect of beliefs about global warming on willingness to engage in mitigation behavior
Mean or green
Social factors influencing household waste separation
Acceptability of travel demand management measures
Environmental concern has a weaker association with pro-environmental behavior in some societies than others
Protection motivation theory and pro‐environmental behaviour
How to SHIFT Consumer Behaviors to be More Sustainable
Predicting green hotel behavioral intentions using a theory of environmental commitment and sacrifice for the environment
Application of the extended VBN theory to understand consumers’ decisions about green hotels
Green identity, green living? The role of pro-environmental self-identity in determining consistency across diverse pro-environmental behaviours
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Five principles for the practice of knowledge exchange in environmental management
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Goal-directed conservation behavior
Explaining environmental behavior across borders
The environmental action scale
Experiencing nature in children's summer camps
Tourists' perceptions of responsibility
Public opinion about climate policies
Global environmental change
Dual-Process Models in Social and Cognitive Psychology
Values and their Effect on Pro-Environmental Behavior
Understanding of consumer behaviour as a prerequisite for environmental protection
Influences on Attitude-Behavior Relationships
Behavioral Decision Research
Information, Incentives, and Proenvironmental Consumer Behavior
The New Ecological Paradigm in Social-Psychological Context
Values, Beliefs, and Proenvironmental Action
A Multinational Perspective on the Relation between Judeo-Christian Religious Beliefs and Attitudes of Environmental Concern
Cultural Theory and Individual Perceptions of Environmental Risks
Social Structural and Social Psychological Bases of Environmental Concern
Values as Predictors of Environmental Attitudes
The New Environmental Paradigm and Personal Norms
Environmental Concern
Personal and contextual influences on househould energy adaptations.
Emotional Affinity toward Nature as a Motivational Basis to Protect Nature
The theory of planned behavior
The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis
Normative Influences on Altruism
Integrating social value orientation and the consideration of future consequences within the extended norm activation model of proenvironmental behaviour
Risk and Culture
Value elicitation
Psychological research and energy policy
Definitions of conflict and the legitimation of resources
Are There Universal Aspects in the Structure and Contents of Human Values
The Value Basis of Environmental Concern
The Land Ethic Realized
Normative explanations of helping behavior
Religion and Attitudes toward the Environment
Climate Change and Society
Orienting Dispositions in the Perception of Risk
| Unique citing works | 1.915 |
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| Citations per year | 79,79 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1.879 |