Theory Database - Theory 39: Model of Pro-Environmental Behavior

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This is a searchable database of theories of behaviour change that have been formalised according to an Ontology-Based Modelling System.

For more information, see:

West, R., Godinho, C. A., Bohlen, L. C., Carey, R. N., Hastings, J., Lefevre, C. E., & Michie, S. (2019). Development of a formal system for representing behaviour-change theories. Nature human behaviour, 3(5), 526. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0561-2.
Hale, J., Hastings, J., West, R., Lefevre, C. E., Direito, A., Connell Bohlen, L., Godinho, C., Anderson, N., Zink, S., Goarke, H., and Michie, S. (2020) An ontology-based modelling system (OBMS) for representing behaviour change theories applied to 76 theories [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Research.

Theory 39: Model of Pro-Environmental Behavior

Number of Constructs: 22
Number of Triples: 40

Theory triples

Values influences Motivation
Values influences Direct environmental behaviour
Environmental knowledge and awareness influences Indirect environmental behaviour
Internal factors influences Direct environmental behaviour
Direct environmental behaviour influences Internal factors
External factors influences Internal factors
Barriers influences Demographic factors
Barriers influences Internal factors
Barriers influences Indirect environmental behaviour
Barriers influences External factors
Barriers influences Direct environmental behaviour
Internal factors influences External factors
Economic factors influences Decisions
External factors influences Direct environmental behaviour
Locus of control influences Direct environmental behaviour
Attitudes influences Indirect environmental behaviour
Gender influences Beliefs
Gender influences Willingness to change
Gender influences Attitudes
Years of education influences Environmental knowledge and awareness
Gender influences Emotional involvement
Gender influences Environmental knowledge and awareness
Gender part of Demographic factors
Years of education part of Demographic factors
Institutional factors part of External factors
Economic factors part of External factors
Social and cultural factors part of External factors
Attitudes influences (*) Direct environmental behaviour
Costs influences (*) Direct environmental behaviour
Attitudes part of Pro-environmental consciousness
Emotional involvement part of Pro-environmental consciousness
Environmental knowledge and awareness part of Pro-environmental consciousness
Motivation part of Pro-environmental consciousness
Values part of Pro-environmental consciousness
Pro-environmental consciousness part of Internal factors
Costs part of Internal factors
Willingness to change part of Internal factors
Beliefs part of Internal factors
Decisions part of Internal factors
Locus of control part of Internal factors

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Kollmuss, A. & Agyeman, J. (2002). Mind the Gap: why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behaviour? Environmental Education Research, 8(3), 239-260.

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