Search Results - "Abrahamse, Wokje"

How to Effectively Encourage Sustainable Food Choices: A Mini-Review of Available Evidence by Abrahamse, Wokje

“…Food choices are difficult to change. People’s individual motivations (such as taste, cost, and food preferences) can be at odds with the negative…”
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Meta‐analysis of human connection to nature and proenvironmental behavior by Whitburn, Julie, Linklater, Wayne, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…Understanding what drives environmentally protective or destructive behavior is important to the design and implementation of effective public policies to…”
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How do socio-demographic and psychological factors relate to households’ direct and indirect energy use and savings? by Abrahamse, Wokje, Steg, Linda

“…Households constitute an important target group for energy conservation. They not only use energy in a direct way (gas, electricity and fuel) but also in an…”
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Place Attachment and Disaster Preparedness: Examining the Role of Place Scale and Preparedness Type by Wallis, Amanda, Fischer, Ronald, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…Research shows that place attachment is associated with disaster preparedness. In two studies we examined (1) participants’ place attachment at different…”
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Factors influencing the acceptability of energy policies: A test of VBN theory by Steg, Linda, Dreijerink, Lieke, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…This paper examines factors influencing the acceptability of energy policies aimed to reduce the emission of CO 2 by households. More specifically, it is…”
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The effect of tailored information, goal setting, and tailored feedback on household energy use, energy-related behaviors, and behavioral antecedents by Abrahamse, Wokje, Steg, Linda, Vlek, Charles, Rothengatter, Talib

“…In this multidisciplinary study, an Internet-based tool was used to encourage households ( N=189) to reduce their direct (gas, electricity and fuel) and…”
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A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation by Abrahamse, Wokje, Steg, Linda, Vlek, Charles, Rothengatter, Talib

“…This article reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions aiming to encourage households to reduce energy consumption. Thirty-eight studies…”
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Public risk perception of climate change in Egypt: a mixed methods study of predictors and implications by Elshirbiny, Hayam, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…Understanding public risk perception of climate change is vital in informing policy and developing effective risk communication strategies. There is a lack of…”
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Do environmental education fieldtrips strengthen children's connection to nature and promote environmental behaviour or wellbeing? by Whitburn, Julie, Abrahamse, Wokje, Linklater, Wayne

“…•Environmental education increased children's pro-environmental behaviour and support for conservation.•There was a differential increase in children's…”
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Composite environmental indices-a case of rickety rankings by Stevens, Shelley M, Joy, Michael K, Abrahamse, Wokje, Milfont, Taciano L, Petherick, Lynda M

“…Composite indices have been widely used to rank the environmental performance of nations. Such environmental indices can be useful in communicating complex…”
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Social influence approaches to encourage resource conservation: A meta-analysis by Abrahamse, Wokje, Steg, Linda

“…•This meta-analysis compares the effectiveness of social influence approaches to encourage resource conservation.•Social influence approaches are effective at…”
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Communicating the climate impacts of meat consumption: The effect of values and message framing by Graham, Thomas, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…•Meat consumption was negatively related to self-transcendence values and positively related to self-enhancement values.•Information provision about climate…”
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Domestic energy consumption and climate change mitigation by Abrahamse, Wokje, Shwom, Rachael

“…In this overview, we use domestic energy use as a lens through which to look at climate change mitigation. First, we provide a brief overview of research on…”
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How can people save the planet? by Abrahamse, Wokje

“…How people respond to sustainability challenges is crucial. New findings suggest that when individuals adopt one pro-environmental behaviour, this might affect…”
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Does place visualisation increase household preparedness for natural hazard events? A longitudinal intervention by Wallis, Amanda, Fischer, Ronald, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…Novel approaches are needed to increase preparedness behaviours in populations with high disaster risk. Crucially, such approaches need to take into account…”
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Pleasure or profit? Surveying the purchasing intentions of potential electric vehicle adopters in China by Sovacool, Benjamin K., Abrahamse, Wokje, Zhang, Long, Ren, Jingzheng

“…•Studies financial and other motivations of willingness to adopt electric vehicles among Chinese consumers.•Social motivations are positively related to…”
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Bloated bodies and broken bricks: Power, ecology, and inequality in the political economy of natural disaster recovery by Sovacool, Benjamin K., Tan-Mullins, May, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…•Disaster recovery efforts form an essential component of coping with unforeseen events.•Some DR projects can germinate adverse social, political, and economic…”
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Factors Related to Household Energy Use and Intention to Reduce It: The Role of Psychological and Socio-Demographic Variables by Abrahamse, Wokje, Steg, Linda

“…This study explored the relationships between household energy use and householders' intention to reduce their energy use on the one hand, and psychological…”
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Beyond rhetoric: the possibilities of and for 'sustainable lifestyles' by Evans, David, Abrahamse, Wokje

“…Discourses of 'sustainable lifestyles' and 'lifestyle change' are becoming ubiquitous in media, comment and environmental policy, but there is ambiguity about…”
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To select effective interventions for pro-environmental behaviour change, we need to consider determinants of behaviour by van Valkengoed, Anne M., Abrahamse, Wokje, Steg, Linda

“…Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour is necessary to reduce CO 2 emissions and limit global climate change. Many reviews and meta-analyses have been…”
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