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"Umwelteinstellungen werden als Zusammenhang aus Überzeugungen und Affekten einem Objekt gegenüber konzeptualisiert. Es ist schwer, die Umwelt als Objekt zu definieren - ein Umstand, der sich auf die Untersuchung allgemeiner Umwelteinstellungen auswirkt. Einstellungen basieren auf Werten, sie haben eine horizontale und eine vertikale Struktur und tendieren vom allgemeinen zum spezifischen. Die übergreifende affektive Äußerung steht als Zusammenfassung dieser Struktur. Mit Hilfe der Forschungsergebnisse aus den USA scheint es möglich zu sein, globale Umwelteinstellungen zu messen, da fünf generelle Umwelteinstellungsskalen vernünftige Realibilität und ein Maß an Vailidität auweisen. Sorge um die Umwelt scheint eine spezifische Überzeugung zu sein, die kaum in der kognitiven Struktur eingebettet ist, und daher als Meinung denn als Einstellung aufgefaßt werden sollte. Obwohl sich Änderungen dieser Meinung dokumentieren lassen, ist daraus nicht zu schließen, daß tatsächlich ein Einstellungs- oder Wertwandel stattgefunden hat, obgleich diese Einstellungen im Laufe des letzten Jahrzehnts sicherlich differenzierter geworden sind. In den USA zeichnet sich eine Tendenz zur Übereinstimmung positiver Umwelteinstellungen mit verwandten Überzeugungen und Verhaltensweisen ab. Es wird der Schluß gezogen, daß die Erforschung von Umwelteinstellungen weitgehend atheoretisch und unkumulativ gewesen ist. Obwohl es möglich ist, solche Einstellungen zu messen, wissen wir doch wenig über die ihnen zugrundeliegenden Überzeugungen, Affekte oder die Verknüpfung dieser Komponenten." (Autorenreferat)

Solving environmental problems requires a scientific understanding of public attitudes. Bringing together theory and practice, 'Navigating Environmental Attitudes' provides a realistic understanding of why and how attitudes matter when it comes to environmental problems; and how, by balancing natural with social science, we can step back from false assumptions and unproductive, frustrating programs to work toward fostering successful, effective environmental action.

Homeownership is associated with financial stability, middle-class status, and the good life in the United States. On the national level, homeownership has been touted to improve social stability, generate wealth, and foster citizenship and solidarity. If true, expanding homeownership could help to solve the nation's social, political, and thus environmental challenges. However, despite the popular currency of these ideas, existing research has mixed findings on the political consequences of homeownership. While previous research has linked homeownership to conservative political orientation, there is reason to believe that this may not apply to environmental attitudes. The conservatizing hypothesis is supported primarily by research on homeowners' attitudes toward macroeconomic or local development policies, not environmental ones. The two mechanisms from the literature — social integration and locally dependent financial investment— can be expected to increase environmental concern among homeowners. Through six semi-structured interviews and a multivariate regression analysis using the General Social Survey 2021 Cross-section Study, this paper finds that homeowners tend to be more concerned about the environment than renters, especially if their neighborhood is highly exposed to environmental risks.

Our attitudes to our environment are widely and often acrimoniously discussed, commonly misunderstood, and will shape our future. We cannot assume that we behave as newly minted beings in a pristine garden nor as pre-programmed automata incapable of rational responsibility. Professor Berry has studied nature-nurture interactions for many years, and also been involved with many national and international decision making bodies which have influenced our environmental attitudes. He is therefore well-placed to describe what has moulded our present attitudes towards the environment. This book presents data and concepts from a range of disciplines - genetic, anthropological, social, historical and theological - to help us understand how we have responded in the past and how this influences our future. Beginning with a historical review and moving forwards to current conditions, readers will reach the end of this volume more capable and better prepared to make decisions which affect our communities and posterity

ObjectivesThis article examines the degree to which environmental concerns are influenced by race and ethnicity, and particularly whether significant differences exist among people of color and whites. Our objective is to clarify this uncertainty since previous studies have been limited by the timeframe and geographic scope of their data.MethodsWe analyze 15 years of nationally representative data from Gallup's General Poll Social Survey. Using a multitude of dependent variables that capture a range of environmental issues, we employ ordinal logistic regression models to understand environmental attitudes across race and ethnicity.ResultsWe find that people of color are more concerned than whites about matters pertaining to environmental justice, and just as concerned about problems related to traditional environmentalism.ConclusionsThe results of this study contribute to our understanding of the individual‐level determinants of environmental attitudes, and provide insights into the attitudinal foundations of the modern‐day environmental justice movement.

Two reliable and valid instruments to assess first- and second-grade children's ( N = 100, M = 6.8 years) environmental attitudes and behaviors are presented. A series of games derived primarily from dimensions of the new ecological paradigm theory of environmental attitudes are described for the assessment of environmental attitudes. The games include felt board construction, a board game, and an adjustable worry thermometer. Environmental behaviors are assessed in the same sample using magnitude estimation (jumping different distances to indicate frequency of engagement in behavior) based on an adoption of Kaiser's General Environmental Behavior Scale for adults. The behavior scale employs a Rasch measurement model because environmental behaviors are viewed as a consequence of attitudes in concert with difficulties to implement actions.