The connection between environmental attitude-behavior gap and other individual inconsistencies: a call for strengthening self-control
The connection between environmental attitude-behavior gap and other individual inconsistencies: a call for strengthening self-control
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DOI：
10.1080/10382046.2016.1235361
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Puelles, Maria
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作者：
Redondo, Ignacio;Puelles, Maria
环境教育是怎么回事，它目前无法有效地促进亲环境的行为，因为它促进亲环境的态度？一个初步的答案是，在一些人身上观察到的环境态度-行为差距只是他们缺乏自我控制的表现之一，无法在许多生活领域保持一致性。在缺乏经验证据的情况下，直觉表明环境态度-行为差距并不是孤立的，而是与其他个体的不一致性相互关联的，而理性的方法表明，自我控制（即执行一致行动的能力）在解释计划行为理论框架内的环境态度-行为差距方面发挥着重要作用。使用在西班牙收集的数据，我们发现，四个人的不一致（关于快餐，酒精饮料，预煮的饭菜，饮食产品）作出了重要贡献的环境态度行为的差距的解释，揭示了一个显着的个人和环境之间的联系保健。这些研究结果表明，教育工作的重点是加强学生的自我控制，以使他们更有能力在所有的生活努力是一致的重要性。
What is going on with environmental education, which is currently unable to promote pro-environmental behaviors as effectively as it promotes pro-environmental attitudes? A tentative answer is that the environmental attitude-behavior gap observed in some individuals is just one manifestation of their lack of self-control for maintaining consistency in many life spheres. In the absence of prior empirical evidence, intuition suggests that the environmental attitude-behavior gap does not appear isolated but rather interconnected to other individual inconsistencies, while a rational approach suggests that self-control (i.e. capacity to perform consistent actions) plays an important role in explaining the environmental attitude-behavior gap within the framework of the theory of planned behavior. Using data collected in Spain, we found that four individual inconsistencies (concerning fast food, alcoholic beverages, pre-cooked meals, and diet products) made an important contribution to the explanation of the environmental attitude-behavior gap, revealing a remarkable connection between personal and environmental health care. These findings suggest the importance of focusing education efforts on strengthening students' self-control in order to make them more capable of being consistent in all life endeavors.