Going green to fit in - understanding the impact of social norms on pro-environmental behaviour, a cross-cultural approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Culiberg ◽  
Leila Elgaaied-Gambier
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The Impact

The impact of self-construals and perceived social norms on social anxiety in young adults: a cross-cultural comparison

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia A. Essau ◽  
Patrick W.L. Leung ◽  
Selda Koydemir ◽  
Satoko Sasagawa ◽  
Jean O'Callaghan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Perceived Social Norms ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Privacy Prediction

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Li ◽  
Alfred Kobsa ◽  
Bart P. Knijnenburg ◽  
M-H. Carolyn Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Effect Regression ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The influence of cultural background on people’s privacy decisions is widely recognized. However, a cross-cultural approach to predicting privacy decisions is still lacking. Our paper presents a first integrated cross-cultural privacy prediction model that merges cultural, demographic, attitudinal and contextual prediction. The model applies supervised machine learning to users’ decisions on the collection of their personal data, collected from a large-scale quantitative study in eight different countries. We find that adding culture-related predictors (i.e. country of residence, language, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions) to demographic, attitudinal and contextual predictors in the model can improve the prediction accuracy. Hofstede’s variables - particularly individualism and indulgence - outperform country and language. We further apply generalized linear mixed-effect regression to explore possible interactions between culture and other predictors. We find indeed that the impact of contextual and attitudinal predictors varies between different cultures. The implications of such models in developing privacy-enabling technologies are discussed.

scholarly journals The Impact of an Authoritarian Personality on Pro-Environmental Behaviour for Air Pollution Mitigation through Interactions with Social Norms

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9301
Author(s):  
Jiawen Cao ◽  
Jin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Private Sphere ◽  
Authoritarian Personality ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

This study examines how risk perception and authoritarian personality affect public engagement in mitigating air pollution. Data were collected (n = 2010) from 13 Chinese cities with varying air pollution gradients using questionnaires. The results demonstrated that air pollution was significantly correlated with people’s risk perception and concern about air pollution, which significantly affected their pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). However, high-risk perceptions undermine the public’s self-efficacy and reduce people’s PEB in the private sphere. People with high scores of the authoritarian personality type were reluctant to engage in PEB in the private sphere; interestingly, it can also be transformed into a stronger PEB in the public sphere via social norms. Thus, this study suggests that educational activities can break the negative link between authoritarianism and environmentalism, leading to behavioural change. Hence, it is essential for education programs to harvest positive outcomes via adaptive approaches for varying authoritarian personalities.

The impact of social norms on cross-state energy regime changes

Energy Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 112257
Author(s):  
Faraz Farhidi ◽  
Vahid Khiabani
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
State Energy ◽  
Regime Changes ◽  
Energy Regime ◽  
The Impact

The Long-Term Impact of an Education for Sustainability Course on Israeli Science and Technology Teachers’ Pro-Environment Awareness, Commitment and Behaviour

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Abramovich ◽  
Yahavit Loria
Keyword(s):  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
Technology Teachers ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe impact of an Education for Sustainability (EfS) course for science and technology junior high school teachers on the intentional and actual environmental behaviour of participants was studied by researching the EfS implementation of 13 science and technology teachers within their family, community, and work environment. The research was qualitative in nature, where science and technology teachers’ insights on the EfS course were determined by means of an open-ended questionnaire and intensive interviews. Results indicated that the course clearly influenced the vast majority of the participants, who claimed that their environmental awareness had increased and they were capable of acting responsibly. All participants acted in favour of the environment among family, community, and at work. Yet, 2 years later, implementation seemed to be undermined by various internal and external barriers, such as the unavailability of convenient resources, or resistance on the part of family. The study suggests that course designers must include reference to potential difficulties and barriers in order to circumvent future obstacles. In addition, the implementation of post-course support would encourage overcoming the gap between willingness to act and actual practice.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural French adaptation and validation of the Impact On Family Scale (IOFS)

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaël Boudas ◽  
Jérémie Jégu ◽  
Bruno Grollemund ◽  
Elvire Quentel ◽  
Anne Danion-Grilliat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Impact On Family ◽  
The Impact

Forgiveness-related motives: A structural and cross-cultural approach

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Ballester ◽  
Fatima Chatri ◽  
Maria Teresa Muñoz Sastre ◽  
Sheila Rivière ◽  
Etienne Mullet
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Other ◽  
Moral Principle ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Meaningful Relationship ◽  
Self Protection

The structure of the motives invoked by people for forgiveness and for unforgiveness was assessed, and the relationships between these motives and demographic characteristics, conceptualizations of forgiveness, forgivingness, personality and culture were examined. Forgiveness appeared to be fueled mainly by three largely independent kinds of motives: having recovered sympathy for a repentant offender, applying a moral principle and preserving a meaningful relationship. Forgiveness may sometimes, however, amount to exploiting the offense for dominating or for challenging the offender as well as others. Unforgiveness appeared to be fueled mainly by persistent anger and indignation, sometimes associated with the desire for self-affirmation and self-protection, and, for a few participants, it was the only response to outgroup members. For each kind of invoked motive a meaningful pattern of relationships with the other measurements, including culture, was found.

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