%0 Journal Article %1 vainio2014complex %A Vainio, Annukka %A Paloniemi, Riikka %D 2014 %J Ecological Economics %K 2014 Attitude_toward_science Environmental_concern FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP2010 ISSP_input2016 Knowledge Nordic_countries Political_orientation Pro-environmental_consumption SCIEindexed SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed System_justification article checked indexproved input2016 isspbib2016 review_proved reviewed %P 18-27 %R 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.026 %T The complex role of attitudes toward science in pro-environmental consumption in the Nordic countries %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.026 %V 108 %X Applying system justification theory, we studied the role of attitudes toward science in pro-environmental consumption among the adult population of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). We analyzed International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) data from 2010 using structural equation modeling (SEM). Attitudes toward science were found to play a complex role in pro-environmental consumption. First, a positive general attitude toward science was indirectly associated with pro-environmental consumption through increased environmental concern and knowledge. Second, the belief that science makes pro-environmental behavior unnecessary was indirectly associated with the avoidance of pro-environmental consumption through reduced environmental concern and knowledge. When these indirect associations were taken into account, a positive general attitude toward science was directly associated with the avoidance of pro-environmental behavior, and the belief that science makes pro-environmental behavior unnecessary was directly associated with increased pro-environmental consumption. The associations between the main variables were similar in all Nordic countries. These results increase our understanding about the ways in which attitudes toward science are related to pro-environmental consumption.

@article{vainio2014complex, abstract = {Applying system justification theory, we studied the role of attitudes toward science in pro-environmental consumption among the adult population of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). We analyzed International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) data from 2010 using structural equation modeling (SEM). Attitudes toward science were found to play a complex role in pro-environmental consumption. First, a positive general attitude toward science was indirectly associated with pro-environmental consumption through increased environmental concern and knowledge. Second, the belief that science makes pro-environmental behavior unnecessary was indirectly associated with the avoidance of pro-environmental consumption through reduced environmental concern and knowledge. When these indirect associations were taken into account, a positive general attitude toward science was directly associated with the avoidance of pro-environmental behavior, and the belief that science makes pro-environmental behavior unnecessary was directly associated with increased pro-environmental consumption. The associations between the main variables were similar in all Nordic countries. These results increase our understanding about the ways in which attitudes toward science are related to pro-environmental consumption.}, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Vainio, Annukka and Paloniemi, Riikka}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29ecf21b55f5f27860d4e992b610ab641/gesis_dump}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.026}, interhash = {b5b1d90b79a911e54e8d1aa827e8a1cf}, intrahash = {9ecf21b55f5f27860d4e992b610ab641}, issn = {09218009}, journal = {Ecological Economics}, keywords = {2014 Attitude_toward_science Environmental_concern FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP2010 ISSP_input2016 Knowledge Nordic_countries Political_orientation Pro-environmental_consumption SCIEindexed SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed System_justification article checked indexproved input2016 isspbib2016 review_proved reviewed}, note = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.026. (ISSP)}, notes = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908319628&partnerID=40&md5=30c85452c1d5d3ef3292545e38fd9c3f}, pages = {18-27}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {11052}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {11045}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:01:45.000+0200}, title = {The complex role of attitudes toward science in pro-environmental consumption in the Nordic countries}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.026}, volume = 108, year = 2014 }