Twenty years after Hines, Hungerford, and Tomera: A new meta-analysis of psycho-social determinants of pro-environmental behaviour

The goal of the present paper is a replication as well as an extension of the Hines et al. [(1986/87). Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible environmental behaviour: A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 18, 1–8] meta-analysis on psycho-social determinants of pro-environme...

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Published in:Journal of environmental psychology 2007-03, Vol.27 (1), p.14-25
Main Authors: Bamberg, Sebastian, Möser, Guido
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Environment. Ecology
Environmental behaviour
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Meta-analysis
Meta-analytic SEM (MASEM)
Norm-activation model
Norms
Pro-environmental behaviour
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychosocial factors
Replication studies
Structural equation models
TPB
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Summary:The goal of the present paper is a replication as well as an extension of the Hines et al. [(1986/87). Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible environmental behaviour: A meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 18, 1–8] meta-analysis on psycho-social determinants of pro-environmental behaviour. Based on information from a total of 57 samples the present meta-analysis finds mean correlations between psycho-social variables and pro-environmental behaviour similar to those reported by Hines et al. In a second step, the matrix of pooled correlations is used for a structural equation modelling (SEM) test of theoretically postulated structural relations between eight determinants of pro-environmental behaviour (so-called Meta-analytic SEM (MASEM)). MASEM results confirm that pro-environmental behavioural intention mediate the impact of all other psycho-social variables on pro-environmental behaviour (27% explained variance). Results also confirm that besides attitude and behavioural control personal moral norm is a third predictor of pro-environmental behavioural intention (52% explained variance). The MASEM also indicates that problem awareness is an important but indirect determinant of pro-environmental intention. Its impact seems to be mediated by moral and social norms, guilt and attribution processes.
ISSN:0272-4944
1522-9610
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2006.12.002