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- Drottz-Sjöberg, Britt-Marie, et al.
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Risk perception and worries after the Chernobyl accident
- 1990
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier. - 0272-4944. ; 10:2, s. 135-149
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This is a study of reactions in selected groups of the Swedish population to the Chernobyl accident. Data were collected in September 1986, from 3 regions in the country which had been exposed in various degrees to radioactive fallout. In each region samples of farmers, adolescents, persons who had had a child just before or after the accident, and men who were not registered as legal custodians of children, were approached with a mail questionnaire. It was found that attitudes to nuclear power were predominantly negative, that the risks associated with radiation and nuclear power were rated among the worst risks, and that residents of the most exposed region (Gavle) reported being worried about injury from radiation twice as often as others. A sub-group of decisive opponents of nuclear power was identified. It was 15 times larger than the corresponding sub-group of decisive proponents. New parents and farmers were quite negative to nuclear power, a finding discussed in relation to their responsibilities for food production and care for others.
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- Gärling, Tommy, et al.
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Moderating effects of social value orientation on determinants of proenvironmental behavior intention
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 23:1, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A sample of 524 car owners living in a metropolitan area of Sweden answered survey questions measuring intention to perform collective proenvironmental behavior, awareness of egoistic, social-altruistic, and biospheric environmental consequences, personal norm, and ascribed responsibility. A measure derived from the survey responses was used to classify individuals in prosocial vs. proself value orientations. A structural model was estimated positing that proenvironmental behavior intentions are causally related to personal norm that in turn is causally related to ascribed responsibility and awareness of the different types of environmental consequences. Prosocials differed from proselfs in that to them social-altruistic consequences were more and egoistic consequences less salient.
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- Gärling, Tommy, et al.
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Parental concern about children's traffic safety in residential neighborhoods
- 1984
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 4:3, s. 235-252
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One hundred and five parents and nonparents responded to a questionnaire consisting of evaluative ratings (general evaluation, social status and safety concern) of six familiar residential neighborhoods; ratings of the traffic accident risk children in the age ranges 2-4, 5-6, 7-9 and 10-12 years run in these neighborhoods; and, finally, ratings of the strengths attributed to factors as causes of traffic accidents (environment, children, parents, drivers and chance). Across neighborhoods and age ranges of children, risk perceptions were found to be related to the rated strengths of the causes. Low-traffic volume neighborhoods were perceived as less risky and were attributed as less strong causes than high-traffic volume neighborhoods were. Perceived risk increased with age of child to a maximum, then decreased. The same relationship with age was found for the attributed causes environment and drivers. The strength of parents as cause was rated to decrease while the strength of child as cause was rated to increase with age. Chance was rated as the weakest cause and the rated strength did not vary across neighborhoods or age. Neither parentship nor gender, singly or in combination, had any clear effects. For parents and nonparents alike the general evaluation of the neighborhoods was influenced by safety concern but not by the particular aspect investigated, i.e. perceived traffic accident risk to children.
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- Nordlund, Annika, 1969-, et al.
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Effects of values, problem awareness, and personal norm on willingness to reduce personal car use
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 23:4, s. 339-347
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The influence of values, problem awareness, and personal norm on willingness to cooperate were studied. The choice situation was seen as a social dilemma and willingness to reduce personal car use as an intention to cooperate since it requires sacrificing immediate personal gains in order to reduce long-term collective environmental costs. Data were collected through a survey to 2500 car owners in Sweden. The survey assessed, value orientation, problem awareness, personal norm, and willingness to reduce personal car use. A hierarchical model, of the effects of values, awareness, and norms on the willingness to cooperate, was tested with path analysis. Data supported the hypothesized model. Values and problem awareness influenced personal norm, which in turn influenced willingness to reduce personal car use. The results clearly showed the importance of personal norm for willingness to cooperate in a social dilemma.
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- Andersson, David, 1979, et al.
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Should environmentalists be concerned about materialism? An analysis of attitudes, behaviours and greenhouse gas emissions
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 48:December, s. 1-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study analyses the relationships between materialistic values, environmental concerns, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a sample of 1004 Swedish residents. The previously established material values scale (MVS) is employed along with detailed measurements of the respondents' GHG emissions from travel behaviour, residential energy use, diet, and other consumption. The developed structural model reveals a weak but significant association between high MVS scores on the one hand and low environmental concern and high GHG emissions on the other hand. In further analysis, however, the correlation between high MVS scores and high GHG emissions is shown to be traceable to the domain of air travel in the first place, with no correlation found, for example, between MVS scores and size of accommodation and spending on cars, both traditional status commodities. Instead of possessions, the status-oriented materialists in the sample thus appeared to focus more on other aspects of their lifestyle.
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- Antonson, Hans, et al.
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Experiencing moose and landscape while driving : a simulator and questionnaire study
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 41, s. 91-100
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Animal vehicle collisions (AVC's) have large economic, medical and ecological consequences but have rarely been studied with respect to driver behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate different AVC-relevant landscape settings (vegetation cover), with and without game fencing and in combination with encountering moose. Twenty-five participants took part in an advanced driving simulator experiment. The results show that neither the presence of a game fence nor vegetation was found to affect driving speed, speed variability, lateral position or visual scanning in general. When a moose appeared at the side of the road, the drivers reacted by slowing down earlier and reducing their speed more when no game fence was present. Furthermore, the speed reduction when a moose was present was significantly larger when the vegetation was sparse. Game fencing made drivers feel at ease whereas dense vegetation was experienced as more stressful.
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- Aries, Myriam, et al.
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Assessment protocol and effects of two dynamic light patterns on human well-being and performance in a simulated and operational office environment
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sophisticated electric lighting solutions like tuneable white-light LED-systems, varying in light amount and/or colour temperature, can help to supplement or mimic daylight. Today's office environments are increasingly being equipped with dynamic lighting solutions even though it is yet unknown what a dynamic pattern looks like to optimally support human performance and well-being. In a pilot study, a dual-experimental methodology was employed to examine the effects of a dynamic lighting pattern. Two opposite dynamic electric light patterns were applied both in a controlled laboratory study as well as in a quasi-controlled field study. A momentary questionnaire concerning different aspects of well-being was repeated multiple times during the duration of the experiment, complemented by two performance tasks. The current results were inconclusive and inconsistent between the two study types, carefully pointing at the need to test dynamic light patterns in the field before implementing it in a real office environment.
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- Aries, Myriam, et al.
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Windows, view, and office characteristics predict physical and psychological discomfort
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Psychology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0272-4944 .- 1522-9610. ; 30:4, s. 533-541
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Office employees spend a lot of time inside buildings, where the physical conditions influence their well-being and indirectly influence their employers' business performance. With data from a field study conducted in the Netherlands in April to May 2003, we used path analysis to further elucidate the relationship between personal (gender and seasonality of mood shifts), building (view type, view quality, window distance, and social density), and perceived environmental conditions (light quality, and office impression) and physical and psychological discomfort, sleep quality, and environmental utility. The results show that window views, which that are rated as being more attractive, are beneficial to building occupants by reducing discomfort. However, being close to a window and rating the lighting as being of lower quality can result in thermal and glare problems (environmental utility). Reduced discomfort at work can improve sleep quality, indicating that physical conditions at work influence home life.
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