Roles of neighborhood ties, community attachment and local identity in residents’ household waste recycling intention

Pei, Zhijun

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118217

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“…In line with this, recent research in Hangzhou (China) has found that both emotional attachment and having close neighbourhood ties had significant direct effects on intentions to recycle (Pei, 2019). Although somewhat less directly relevant, Fu's (2019) work in Guangzhou (China) also showed that both community attachment and social capital measured by a position generator were predictive of participation in homeowners associations (yezhu weiyuanhui) as well as relatively contentious civic engagement (e.g., protesting, signing a letter, contacting the media or government agencies), some of which may relate to sustainability.…”

Section: Community (Mesodynamics)supporting

confidence: 57%

Low carbon readiness in social context: Introducing the social context of environmental identity model

Kashima

O'Brien

McNeill

et al. 2021

Asian J of Social Psycho

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Low carbon readiness (LCR) is an aspect of environmental identity, an individual citizen's willingness to reduce carbon emissions and transition to low carbon lifestyle as a personal striving. Nevertheless, individuals' personal strivings are strongly influenced by the social context in which they are situated. We propose the social context of environmental identity model, which postulates that social contexts for LCR have a nested structure. The micro-level Home is linked with other households through social networks at the meso-level Community, which are further embedded in a macro-level Society. These contexts are likely to influence LCR through different mechanisms. Home can exert direct influences by monitoring and reminding each other of the need to engage in low carbon behaviours. Community affects individuals' readiness by providing social capital. The macro-level Society exerts social influence through societal norms not only its current descriptive norm but also through its dynamic norms about the changing trends into the future. We have tested and found support for these propositions in three national cross-sectional data sets from Australia. Our discussions will centre around a need to investigate social and cultural processes involved in climate change mitigation, and to link these insights to public policies.

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Section: Community (Mesodynamics)supporting

confidence: 57%

Low carbon readiness in social context: Introducing the social context of environmental identity model

Kashima

O'Brien

McNeill

et al. 2021

Asian J of Social Psycho

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“…The risk perception can be considered a motivation to act either in an egoistic perspective or from a social values point of view, depending on the faced risks. The importance of risk perception in influencing pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors has been demonstrated by many studies in different populations, times, and countries [ 21 ]. These studies considered general environmental risks (including both the ecological and the health-related ones), whereas our investigation focused on health-related risk perception deriving from environmental threats: the impact of this factor was evident both on attitudes and behaviors, although more evident on the first ones.…”

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Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Determinants and Obstacles among Italian University Students

Carducci

Fiore

Azara

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The awareness of citizens concerning the health risks caused by environmental pollution is growing, but studies on determinants of pro-environmental behaviors have rarely examined health-related aspects. In this study, we investigated these determinants using data from a large survey among Italian university students (15 Universities: 4778 filled questionnaires). Besides the health-related aspects, represented by environmental health risk perception and functional health literacy, we considered social and demographic characteristics (gender, area of residence, sources of information, trust in institutional and non-institutional subjects, and students’ capacity of positive actions, indicated as internal locus of control). The attitudes towards pro-environmental behaviors were positive for more than 70% of students and positively related with health risk perception, internal locus of control, and health literacy. The correspondence between the positive attitudes towards pro-environmental behaviors and the real adoption of such behaviors was approximately 20% for most behaviors, except for the separate collection of waste (60%). Such a discrepancy can be attributable to external obstacles (i.e., lack of time, costs, lack of support). The health-related aspects were linked to the pro-environmental attitudes, but to a lesser extent to pro-environmental behaviors, owing to the complexity of their determinants. However, they should be taken in account in planning education interventions.

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“…For example, “I think there is a risk of accidental ingestion of expired medicines if they are not handled in time”, “I think that the direct disposal of medicines in rubbish bins or sewers may affect my personal health”, etc. The measurement of return intention was designed by referring to the research of Bezzina and Pei [ 42 , 43 ], consisting of 4 items. For example, “I am willing to collect unused or expired medicines stored at home and take them for return”, “I am willing to encourage my relatives and friends to participate in medicine return activities”, etc.…”

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The Impact of Consequences Awareness of Public Environment on Medicine Return Behavior: A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

Liu

Lay³

2021

IJERPH

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With global aging trends and prosperity in the medicine market, the number of unused or expired household unused or expired medicines is increasing. Medicines which are discarded improperly result in serious pollution. From the perspective of behavioral science, the main contribution of this paper is the construction of a chain mediation model to analyze the influence mechanism between consequences awareness of the public environment and proper return behavior of unused or expired medicines. The model explores the moderating effect of personal health awareness with through observation of to the mediating effect of personal norms and return intention. Using a sample size of 366 residents from China, the proposed hypotheses are empirically tested. The results show: firstly, the direct effect of residents’ consequences awareness of public environmental awareness on the proper medicine return behavior is not significant; secondly, return intention plays a mediating role in the positive effect of consequences awareness of the public environment on proper return behavior; thirdly, personal norms and return intention play a chain mediating role in the positive impact of consequences awareness of the public environment on proper return behavior; and lastly, personal health awareness moderates the chain mediation path by strengthening the positive effect of return intention on proper return behavior.

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Roles of neighborhood ties, community attachment and local identity in residents’ household waste recycling intention

Cited by 61 publications

References 45 publications

Low carbon readiness in social context: Introducing the social context of environmental identity model

Low carbon readiness in social context: Introducing the social context of environmental identity model

Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Determinants and Obstacles among Italian University Students

The Impact of Consequences Awareness of Public Environment on Medicine Return Behavior: A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

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