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Actions speak louder than words: Attitudes, behaviour, and partisan identity in a polarised environmental domain
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Water. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Green Sustainable Development. (Ctr Data Intens Sci & Applicat, DISA;CSS)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2837-0137
Lund University, Sweden.
2022 (English)In: Energy Research & Social Science, ISSN 2214-6296, E-ISSN 2214-6326, Vol. 90, article id 102547Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The relationship between environmental attitudes and behaviour is known to be weak, especially when these variables are measured as self-report items in surveys. In addition many environmental questions are highly polarised, making it even more problematic to use survey data to inform policy making. To better explore the attitude–behaviour gap in the context of environmental policies, along with its interaction with partisan identity, we ran an online experiment with 805 U.S. residents. Four key variables – environmental attitudes, self-reported environmental behaviour, observed environmental behaviour (in the form of carbon-offset credit purchase), and partisan identity – were measured, and their interactions in promoting pro-environmental behaviour were analysed. We found that (1) self-reported and real behaviour are almost uncorrelated and (2) partisan identity mainly predicted self-reported not actual environmental behaviour. These results suggest that policy-making needs to rely more on behavioural insight to test policies’ actual effects and to promote real improvement of the local and global environment.

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Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 90, article id 102547
Keywords [en]
Environmental behaviour, Experiment, Attitude–behaviour gap, Self-reported vs. behavioural data, Partisan identity, Political polarisation
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Sociology
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Social Sciences; Natural Science, Environmental Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-111056DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102547ISI: 000790709400009Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85127204354Local ID: 2022OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-111056DiVA, id: diva2:1647983
Available from: 2022-03-29 Created: 2022-03-29 Last updated: 2024-12-18Bibliographically approved

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