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Validating nature relatedness scale in the Philippines

Social responsibility as a cultural driver on why nature relatedness promotes green purchase intention

Bibliographic Data

ID4388790
AuthorsJohn Jamir Benzon Aruta (0000-0003-4155-1063, De La Salle University Manila Philippines, corresponding author), Karmia A Pakingan (De La Salle University Manila Philippines)
Year2022
Volume72
Issue245
Pages635-654
Publication date2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/issj.12338
OpenAlexW4224267284
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited87

Despite the global nature of environmental problems, research on environmental psychology has been mainly based on Western countries, and very limited studies looked into environmental psychological constructs and processes through a non-Western cultural lens. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the short-form Nature Relatedness Scale (NR-6) and investigated culturally relevant mechanisms that facilitate the positive influence of nature relatedness on green purchase intentions among Filipinos. Two studies were conducted to attain these objectives. Study 1 (N = 504) validated the NR-6. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded a stable unidimensional factor structure of NR-6 with good data-model fit and strong factor loadings. Study 2 (N = 366) tested a moderated mediation model indicating the mediating role of social responsibility on nature relatedness and green purchase intention relationship across the different levels of interdependent self-construal. Results indicated that social responsibility mediated the positive impact of nature relatedness on the intention to buy green products among Filipinos. More importantly, results showed a significant moderating role of interdependent self-construal such that the indirect effect of social responsibility was stronger among Filipinos with higher levels of self-construal than those with lower levels. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed

Confirmatory factor analysis · Construal level theory · Geography · Interdependence · Mediation · Political science · Scale (ratio) · Self construal · Social responsibility · Social science · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Animal and Plant Science Education · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
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