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  1. Ethnic variation in environmental belief and behavior: An examination of the new ecological paradigm in a social psychological context

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    Author(s): Cassandra Y. Johnson; J. Michael Bowker; H. Ken Cordell
    Date: 2004
    Source: Environment and Behavior 36(2): 157-186
    Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
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    We use national-level data to test a modified version of Stern, Dietz, & Guagnano's causal model of environmental belief and behavior. We focus on ethnic variation for four environmental behaviors: environmental reading, household recycling, environmental group joining, and participation in nature-based outdoor recreation. Blacks and foreign-born Latinos were less likley than Whites to score higher on the NEP. Any behavioral differences between Whites and the respective minority groups were expected to diminish with the inclusion of the NEP as an intervening variable in the model between ethnicity and behavior. However, ethnic differences remained stable and strong even when environmental belief was added. Overall, Asian American and U.S.-born Latino environmentalism was most similar to Whites. African American concern and behavior was least similar to White environmentalism. Gender, age, and liberal political orientation were also consistent explicators for both environmental concern and behavior.

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    Johnson, Cassandra Y.; Bowker, J. Michael; Cordell, H. Ken. 2004. Ethnic variation in environmental belief and behavior: An examination of the new ecological paradigm in a social psychological context. Environment and Behavior 36(2): 157-186

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    Environmentalism, ethnicity, New Ecological Paradigm

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