Household energy consumption and its social determinants in Mazandaran

Salehi, Sadegh; Pazokinejad, Zahra

doi:10.1080/13511610.2022.2092076

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“…From a social cognitive perspective, Bandura (1977) asserts that creating appropriate learning contexts and experiences generates interest and new input, with self-efficacy and affective responses playing an important role. According to Bandura (1983), perceptions of self-efficacy explain how people develop an implicit interest in tasks for which they originally had no intrinsic motivation, as evidenced by the satisfaction they experience when participating in PEB (Salehi & Pazokinejad, 2022). Similarly, Locke and Latham (2002) discuss that any activity can arouse people's implicit interest if the activity is challenging and provides feedback on success and goal achievement (Mar et al, 2023).…”

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Pro-Environment Behaviors, Efficacy Beliefs, Perceived Individual and Social Norms: A Questionnaire Survey in a Sample of Young Adults From Pakistan

Acquadro Maran,

Butt,

Begotti

2023

Sage Open

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The aim of this work was to examine the relationships between climate change experiences and perceived individual and social norms related to climate change, individual and collective efficacy, and implementation of pro-environmental behaviors among a group of young adults from Pakistan. We examined these variables among 373 young adults in Pakistan and differentiated them into those who reported direct experience with climate change and those who did not. Findings show that 179 participants felt they had directly experienced a climate change event. Results also show that they were more likely to follow individual and social norms, perceive higher levels of individual and collective efficacy, and were more likely to adopt pro-environmental behaviors. Among participants who reported having had a direct experience, perceived social norms and individual self-efficacy emerged as predictors of pro-environmental behaviors, whereas among participants who reported not having had a direct experience, only perceived social norms were significant predictors. These results underscore the importance of sharing information about good environmental practices.

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