Title
Predictors of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Rural American Communities
Date Issued
26 October 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Selfa T.
Michigan State University
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Ltd
Abstract
Place and community attachment, community satisfaction, and environmental attitudes have all been independently linked to environmental behaviors. However, few efforts have attempted to determine the relationship between these factors, and together, how they relate to pro-environmental behaviors. Moreover, few studies have analyzed these concepts and relationships in the context of rural and low amenity settings. This study integrates these factors in a conceptual framework and examines them in the context of rural, low amenity communities. Based on the analysis of data from a survey of residents in six small, rural communities in Kansas and Iowa (N = 1,088), we find that environmental attitudes and place attachment are the strongest predictors of self-reported pro-environmental behaviors, while community satisfaction—including satisfaction with services and satisfaction with community leadership—is not a significant predictor. Recommendations for future research following the theoretical approach used in the study are presented.
Start page
856
End page
876
Volume
47
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales)
Sociología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84940038098
Source
Environment and Behavior
ISSN of the container
00139165
Sponsor(s)
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (Grant No. DE-FG02-07ER64476), Office of Biological and Environmental Research, ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Societal Implications) Program.
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