Exploring the Relationship Between Values and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: The Influence of Locus of Control

• This study explores the relationship between people's values, loci of control and pro-environmental behaviours. 'Locus of control' refers to the extent to which people attribute control over events in life either to themselves or to external sources beyond their influence: in the former case, the individual is described as having an internal locus of control, and in the latter, an external one. The study hypothesised, and subsequently concluded, that self-transcendent values and internal loci of control were positively related to pro-environmental behaviours, and also that loci of control moderate the link between people's values and behaviour; people with a low degree of self-transcendence values behave pro-environmentally if they have an internal locus of control.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Environment

locus of control

pro-environmental behaviour

values

INTERNAL-EXTERNAL-CONTROL

INFORMATION-SEEKING

JOB-SATISFACTION

SELF-ESTEEM

PROENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR

GENERALIZED EXPECTANCIES

MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOCUS

LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR

WORK

LOCUS

Ethics

Environmental Studies

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