1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A basic study on environmentally responsible behavior
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09610123
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokushima |
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Principal Investigator |
IWATA Osamu The University of Tokushima, College of Integrated Arts & Sciences, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (70090230)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Keywords | environmentally responsible behavior / environmental conservation / environment / behavior |
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| Research Abstract |
In 1997, a mail survey was conducted 1) to investigate the frequency of practice regarding various environmentally responsible behavior, 2) to develop an internally consistent scale of environmentally responsible behavior, and 3) to examine the effect of a few associated factors on environmentally responsible behavior. A 28-item four-point scale was used to measure the frequency of practice regarding environmentally responsible behavior. Support for global environmental protection was measured by a six-item five-point scale. Question items as well as these two scales were contained in the survey regarding job and population size for place of residence. Data from 174 housewives (reply rate of 70.7 %) was analyzed.
First, in general, housewives did not practice environmentally responsible behavior frequently. Secondly, factor analysis produced a 12-item internally consistent scale to measure the frequency of practice regarding environmentally responsible behavior. Finally, there was a hig
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h positive relationship between environmentally responsible behavior and support for global environmental protection. Whether or not housewives were working affected environmentally responsible behavior, but population size for place of residence did not affect environmentally responsible behavior.
In 1998, an investigation was carried out to examine whether or not some psychological variables affect the frequency of practice regarding environ-mentally responsible behavior. An 11-item four-point scale was used to measure this frequency. The psychological variables were measured by multiple-item five-point scales. Mail survey containing all the scales mentioned above was conducted and complete data from 219 housewives (reply rate of 78.21 %) was obtained. Factor analysis was carried out for each scale and items having factor loadings of .40 or over were generally selected for the scale. Internal consistency was evidenced regarding selected items for the scale.
Analysis of multiple regression was carried out on environmentally responsible behavior, with seven predictors entered simultaneously. "Concern about global environment for future generations, " "cautious attitudes in shopping" and "acceptance of self-sufficiency" affected environmentally responsible behavior, but hedonism, anti-materialism, "perception of seriousness of the consequences caused by environmental pollution and destruction" and responsibility to future generations" did not affect environmentally responsible behavior. Less
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