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No Measure without Concept. A Critical Review on the Conceptualization and Measurement of Environmental Concern

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Schaffrin A.
International Review of Social Research
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2011
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vol. 1
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issue 3
11-31
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Environmental concern is a highly relevant concept in the context of environmental change and increasing demand for political regulation of environmental protection. In order to prevent climate change, loss in global biodiversity or other highly critical environmental issues, we need to understand why (and why not) citizens support environmental politics. However, there is no measure without a concept, and empirical results might be biased if they are not operationalized according to well defined (theoretical and methodological) criteria. This research endeavor focuses on historical and more recent developments of the concept of individual environmental concern. It will be demonstrated that environmental concern is not only a distinct concept excluding behavior and knowledge, but is also rather complex addressing geographical as well as temporal issues. Most recent developments suggesting a hierarchical multi-dimensional character will be discussed and examples of the most relevant empirical measures and scales will be evaluated.
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Environmental Concerns in Cross-National Context: How Do Mass Publics in Central and Eastern Europe Compare with Other Regions of the World?

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Marquart-Pyatt S. T.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2012
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vol. 48
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issue 3
441–466
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Research examining the globalisation of environmental concern shown in public opinion surveys is currently underspecified, as the countries in Central and Eastern Europe are not explicitly showcased in empirical research. To address this gap in the literature, this research examines two measures of environmental concern, awareness of environmental threats and willingness to sacrifice, emphasising former state socialist countries both in comparison with countries around the globe and across countries located within this regional block. Results reveal that Central and Eastern European countries exhibit unique qualities regarding the content of environmental concern, and that, although the determinants of environmental threat awareness differ to some extent within this region, the social bases of willingness to sacrifice are strikingly similar across the six former state socialist countries in this sample. These results extend prior research and offer important directions for future scholarship.
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Limiting meat consumption in the view of the students of the Poznań University of Economics and Business

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Hązła M., Michowska K.
Research Papers in Economics and Finance
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2022
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vol. 6
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issue 2
107-120
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The aim of the study was to examine the attitudes of students at the Poznań University of Economics and Business towards limiting meat consumption, in the context of global trends related to sustainable development. The two main identified areas of consideration are related to the impact of excessive meat production and consumption on human health and the state of the environment. The survey involved 296 respondents (61.8% women, 37.8% men, 0.4% other). Throughout the study, it was found out that more than half (51.4%) of the respondents limit their meat consumption. The gender of the respondents was important in this regard (63.4% of women and 31.3% of men limit their meat consumption). The most frequently cited reasons for limiting meat consumption include concerns for the environment (42.6% of respondents) and the desire to improve health and well-being (41.9% of respondents). Meat consumption decisions among 30.7% of respondents are not influenced by any arguments.
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Cross-Country Comparisons of Environmental Concern

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Nowak K., Markiewicz D., Gawraczyński J., Mazurkiewicz P.
Problemy Zarządzania
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2016
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issue 2/2016 (60), t.2
83-101
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We investigate two approaches to exploring environmental concern in cross-national, big datasets. It is widely believed that environmental concern encompasses at least two components: the cognitive component, i.e. the recognition of environmental threats, and the conative component, i.e. the willingness to do something about them. Previous research examining the International Social Survey Programme Environmental Module used either one general factor linked to environmental concern (Franzen & Vogl, 2013) or two independent factors (Marquart-Pyatt, 2012) to measure the cognitive and connotative factors separately. In the present work we used a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis to examine both approaches. Our results indicate that treating both factors separately was valid for cross-country comparisons. Measuring environmental concern with one factor, however, was not consistent across countries. We conclude by addressing the consequences of our results pertaining to research and policy-making.
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W pracy badaliśmy dwa podejścia do mierzenia postaw prośrodowiskowych w dużych, międzynarodowych zbiorach danych. W badaniach nad postawami prośrodowiskowymi zazwyczaj uwzględnia się przynajmniej dwie składowe: poznawczą, związaną ze świadomością istnienia zagrożeń środowiskowych oraz intencyjną, związaną z gotowością zaangażowania się w działania prośrodowiskowe. W badaniach wykorzystujących dane z Międzynarodowego Programu Sondaży Społecznych stosuje się jedno z dwóch podejść do pomiaru postaw prośrodowiskowych: model jednoczynnikowy, w którym składowa poznawcza i intencyjna traktowane są jako należące do jednego czynnika (Franzen & Vogl, 2013) albo dwuczynnikowy, w którym obydwie składowe analizowane są osobno (Marquart-Pyatt, 2012). W pracy zastosowaliśmy wielogrupową konfirmacyjną analizę czynnikową w celu zbadania, który z dwóch modeli jest stabilny w porównaniach międzynarodowych. Nasze wyniki wskazują, że tylko model dwuczynnikowy jest stabilny między krajami, w związku z czym spełnia założenia miary używanej w porównaniach międzynarodowych. W pracy przedstawiamy niektóre konsekwencje zastosowania modelu dwuczynnikowego zamiast jednoczynnikowego dla badań nad postawami prośrodowiskowymi oraz omawiamy otrzymane rezultaty w odniesieniu do polityki prośrodowiskowej.
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