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- Title
Sustainable Development: The Effects of Social Normative Beliefs On Environmental Behaviour.
- Authors
Wang, Edward Shih‐Tse; Lin, Hung‐Chou
- Abstract
Sustainable development has become a global concern because of problems of environmental pollution, energy consumption and climate change. Sustainable development requires that individuals from all sectors contribute to protecting the environment. Although numerous studies have investigated the relationship between social normative beliefs and environmental behaviour, the results of these studies have varied. Scant attention has been devoted to clarifying the mechanism underlying the influence of social normative beliefs on environmental behaviour by testing mediators. The present study explored the mediating effect of environmental perceptions on the relationship between social normative beliefs and environmental behaviour. A convenience sampling method was employed to establish a sample consisting of 453 young adults aged 18-30 years. Structural equation modelling was employed for data analyses. Results revealed that environmental perceptions (perceived effectiveness and environmental responsibility) completely mediate the relationship between social normative beliefs (descriptive normative beliefs and injunctive normative beliefs) and environmental behaviour. This finding suggests that environmental practitioners might develop effective programs that motivate individuals to engage in environmental behaviour to achieve sustainable development from the social influence perspective. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
- Subjects
SUSTAINABLE development; CLIMATE change; ENERGY consumption; POLLUTION; STRUCTURAL equation modeling
- Publication
Sustainable Development, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 6, p595
- ISSN
0968-0802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sd.1680