Personal and social factors that influence pro‐environmental concern and behaviour: A review

R Gifford, A Nilsson - International journal of psychology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We review the personal and social influences on pro‐environmental concern and behaviour,
with an emphasis on recent research. The number of these influences suggests that …

Residential electricity consumption behavior: Influencing factors, related theories and intervention strategies

Z Guo, K Zhou, C Zhang, X Lu, W Chen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The proportion of residential electricity consumption in the total energy consumption has
increased rapidly in the past decades all over the world. It is becoming increasingly …

Believing that we can change our world for the better: A Triple-A (Agent-Action-Aim) Framework of self-efficacy beliefs in the context of collective social and ecological …

KRS Hamann, MC Wullenkord… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Social and ecological crises require people to act together, for instance, against climate
change or social injustice. Psychological scholarship suggests that human agency, in terms …

Citizens' willingness to participate in local renewable energy projects: The role of community and trust in Germany

BJ Kalkbrenner, J Roosen - Energy Research & Social Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Citizen participation can be an important means for energy transitions at the local level.
However, little is known about citizens' willingness to engage in community-based …

Relationships among environmental attitudes, environmental efficacy, and pro-environmental behaviors across and within 11 countries

LB Miller, RE Rice, A Gustafson… - Environment and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) are crucial to reducing environmental degradations,
and much research has focused on two key psychological antecedents: pro-environmental …

Environmental knowledge, pro-environmental behaviour and energy savings in households: An empirical study

M Pothitou, RF Hanna, KJ Chalvatzis - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we evaluate the impact of knowledge about environmental and energy issues
on potential pro-environmental behaviour in households, specifically relating to behaviours …

Towards a multi-level framework of household food waste and consumer behaviour: Untangling spaghetti soup

M Boulet, AC Hoek, R Raven - Appetite, 2021 - Elsevier
Changing the everyday food-related behaviours of consumers is a critical part of tackling the
global food waste challenge. Comprehensive frameworks of household food waste and …

Environmental psychology matters

R Gifford - Annual review of psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Environmental psychology examines transactions between individuals and their built and
natural environments. This includes investigating behaviors that inhibit or foster sustainable …

Good intents, but low impacts: diverging importance of motivational and socioeconomic determinants explaining pro-environmental behavior, energy use, and carbon …

S Moser, S Kleinhückelkotten - Environment and behavior, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Earlier research has yielded contradictory results as to the main drivers of environmentally
significant behavior. Intent-oriented research has stressed the importance of motivational …

Understanding the inherent complexity of sustainable consumption: A social cognitive framework

M Phipps, LK Ozanne, MG Luchs… - Journal of Business …, 2013 - Elsevier
This article explores the potential of a theoretical framework, based on social cognitive
theory (SCT), to inspire future research into sustainable consumption. The SCT framework …