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ClearRisk, efficacy, and the moderating role of policy effectiveness in microplastic reduction intentions
A survey study examined how perceived risk severity, vulnerability, self-efficacy, and response efficacy influence people's intentions to reduce microplastic use, finding that perceived policy effectiveness moderated the relationship between these beliefs and pro-environmental behavioral intentions.
Environmental Value and Pro-environmental Behavior Among Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception and Moral Anger
A survey of 558 young adults tested the relationship between environmental values and pro-environmental behavior, finding that risk perception and moral anger acted as mediating mechanisms through which values translated into action. The study provides insights for environmental communication strategies aimed at motivating plastic pollution reduction behaviors in younger populations.
Mediating and Moderating Factors Affecting Pro-environmental Decision-Making: A Spanish Study
Researchers investigated the mediating role of perceived responsibility and the moderating role of political ideology on pro-environmental decision-making in a Spanish population. The study found that perceived responsibility partially mediated the relationship between environmental concern and pro-environmental behavior, with political orientation moderating the strength of these effects.
A Retrospective Approach to Pro-Environmental Behavior from Environmental Education: An Alternative from Sustainable Development
This 20-year bibliometric retrospective on environmental education and pro-environmental behaviour research found a persistent gap between acquiring environmental knowledge and changing behaviour, concluding that participatory pedagogical approaches and greater integration of sustainable development into higher education are needed to bridge this divide.
Consistent or inconsistent? The effects of inducing cognitive dissonance vs. cognitive consonance on the intention to engage in pro-environmental behaviors
Researchers investigated how cognitive dissonance between environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior influences individuals' rationalization strategies, finding that attempts to induce cognitive consonance could shift behavioral intentions, with implications for designing more effective pro-environmental communications.
Factors Affecting the Intention to Implement Pro-environmental Behaviors: A Case of Riverside Communities in Cotabato City Rivers, Mindanao Island, Philippines
Researchers applied the Theory of Planned Behavior to survey 387 riverside community residents in Cotabato City, Philippines, finding that attitude and subjective norms significantly predicted pro-environmental behavior intentions for river conservation, while gender moderated the relationship between perceived behavioral control and behavioral intention.
The Impact of Seeking and Processing Environmental Information Related to Microplastics on Pro-environmental Behavior Intentions : Focusing on the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model (RISP)
Researchers applied the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) model to examine how seeking and processing microplastic-related environmental information influences pro-environmental behavior intentions, finding that subjective norms around information were more predictive than negative emotions or perceived information insufficiency.
The Effect of Environmental Education, Consumer Awareness, and Environmentally Friendly Practices on Plastic Waste Reduction in Indonesia
Researchers measured the effects of environmental education, consumer awareness, and environmentally friendly purchasing intentions on pro-environmental behavior, using structural equation modeling on survey data. Environmental education indirectly improved behavior through increasing awareness and purchase intention, suggesting that educational interventions are most effective when paired with behavioral prompts.
Citizen Environmental Behavior From the Perspective of Psychological Distance Based on a Visual Analysis of Bibliometrics and Scientific Knowledge Mapping
A bibliometric and scientific knowledge mapping analysis examined how psychological distance theory has been applied to research on citizen environmental behavior, finding that perceived distance from environmental problems reduces motivation to act. The review identifies framing strategies that reduce psychological distance as key for designing effective environmental communication campaigns.
Social Preferences and Environmental Behavior: A Comparison of Self-Reported and Observed Behaviors
A study comparing self-reported and observed environmental behaviors found people often overstate how pro-environmentally they act. Social preferences and peer influence shape both stated and actual behaviors, with implications for designing more effective environmental campaigns.
Factors Affecting the Intention to Implement Pro-environmental Behaviors: A Case of Riverside Communities in Cotabato City Rivers, Mindanao Island, Philippines
A study of riverside communities in Cotabato City, Philippines, examined what factors influence residents' intention to adopt environmentally protective behaviors, including proper waste disposal. Understanding community behavior drivers is relevant to reducing the plastic pollution that Filipino rivers contribute to the ocean.
Knowledge of ecological concepts, environmental concern, and ecological behavior: A multiple correlation analysis
This education study examined the relationship between ecological knowledge, environmental concern, and pro-environmental behavior in students. Environmental education that increases knowledge about plastic pollution and microplastics is associated with greater concern and more sustainable behaviors.
Public knowledge of microplastics for pro-environmental behavior
Researchers analyzed public knowledge of microplastics and its relationship to pro-environmental behavior, finding that because microplastics are invisible to the naked eye, public perception depends entirely on external information sources rather than direct experience, with implications for environmental communication strategies.
Creating Positive Environmental Impact Through Citizen Science
This paper examines how citizen science programs can generate positive environmental outcomes by engaging the public in data collection while building environmental awareness. It discusses what conditions and design choices maximize both scientific value and real-world impact from citizen science initiatives.
Scale validation and prediction of environmental health literacy in Brazil
Researchers surveyed nearly 400 people in Brazil to measure environmental health literacy — how well people understand the links between pollution and human health — and found that education, income, age, and ethnicity were the strongest predictors of awareness levels. The findings can help policymakers design targeted communication strategies for communities most vulnerable to environmental health risks.
How Do Environmental Concerns and Governance Performance Affect Public Environmental Participation: A Case Study of Waste Sorting in Urban China
A survey of Chinese urban residents found that higher confidence in government environmental management was paradoxically associated with lower personal participation in waste sorting programs, suggesting that trust in official institutions can reduce citizens' sense of individual responsibility for environmental action.
Pro-environmental behaviors, uncertainty, and social welfare
This French economics thesis investigates the factors that influence pro-environmental behaviors and how uncertainty affects them, using behavioral microeconomic models and lab experiments. Findings suggest pessimism and ambiguity reduce environmentally friendly choices such as purchasing green goods and making charitable donations.
Predicting green product consumption using theory of planned behavior and reasoned action
Researchers applied the theory of planned behavior to investigate how environmental awareness and social influence predict consumer intentions to use reusable bags, finding that these factors significantly shape green purchasing behavior in a plastic waste reduction context.
Perceived social cohesion and littering control behavior in China: The mediating role of subjective social status
Researchers analyzed a large Chinese survey dataset and found that residents with stronger perceptions of community social cohesion were significantly more likely to intervene against littering behavior, with subjective social status acting as a partial mediating pathway between social connectedness and willingness to enforce community norms.
Youth and the Environment: Assessing Awareness, Attitudes, and Action
This study assessed environmental awareness, attitudes, and pro-environmental action among university students, investigating the gap between knowing about environmental issues and actually taking action. The research found that while students generally showed awareness of environmental problems including pollution, a significant disconnect persists between awareness and consistent environmentally responsible behavior.
Multi-Criteria Relationship Analysis of Knowledge, Perception, and Attitude of Stakeholders for Engagement towards Maritime Pollution at Sea, Beach, and Coastal Environments
Researchers used multi-criteria analysis to assess the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of stakeholders toward marine pollution governance, finding persistent gaps between awareness and action, and identifying barriers to mobilizing the level of engagement needed for effective protection of vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
Exploring First-Time and Repeat Volunteer Scuba Divers’ Environmentally Responsible Behaviors Based on the C-A-B Model
Researchers applied the C-A-B (cognition-attitude-behavior) model to survey 238 Taiwanese marine volunteer scuba divers, examining how environmental knowledge, sensitivity, and destination social responsibility influenced environmentally responsible behaviors, while testing for moderating effects between first-time and repeat volunteers. Environmental knowledge significantly influenced destination social responsibility, which in turn fully mediated its effect on environmentally responsible behaviors.
The value of multi-proxy experiments to study pro-environmental behavior
This methodological study argues that pro-environmental behavior research should use multiple proxy measures rather than relying on a single behavioral indicator, since different measures capture different dimensions of environmental action. The recommendation is relevant to studies assessing consumer responses to plastic pollution and waste reduction initiatives.
Extending the theory of planned behaviour to investigate the issue of microplastics in the marine environment
Researchers extended the theory of planned behaviour to investigate public attitudes toward marine microplastic pollution, finding that environmental awareness and perceived behavioral control significantly predicted consumers' intentions to reduce microplastic-generating product use.