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dc.contributor.authorOgunbode, Charles Adedayo
dc.contributor.authorHenn, Laura
dc.contributor.authorTausch, Nicole
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-24T23:36:32Z
dc.date.available2019-10-24T23:36:32Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-25
dc.identifier.citationOgunbode , C A , Henn , L & Tausch , N 2018 , ' Context-appropriate environmental attitude measurement in Africa using the Campbell paradigm ' , Environment, Development and Sustainability , vol. In press . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0281-1en
dc.identifier.issn1573-2975
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 256498749
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 52dde51d-c077-44d4-a315-97aa9d3e9ecb
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85055743526
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-9471-0673/work/50460128
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000515354000022
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18762
dc.descriptionThe preparation of this article was supported by a Santander Research Mobility Grant awarded to the first author.en
dc.description.abstractThe need to tailor environmental policies in Africa with an understanding of public attitudes is commonly acknowledged, but efforts to generate such understanding are generally constrained by a lack of reliable context-appropriate measures. Attempts to ‘borrow’ Western measures in African research are typically undermined by the cross-cultural inequivalence of constructs and theoretical models. Consequently, we tested the potential of the Campbell paradigm – an approach that enables context-specific adaptation of attitude measurement, among a Nigerian sample (N = 543). Data were gathered with a questionnaire survey. Our findings show that a context-appropriate environmental attitude measure can be obtained by assessing the behaviours and intention statements Nigerians execute in response to environmental issues. On average, pro-environmental attitude levels among our sample was characterised by professed intentions to perform the most difficult behaviours and actual engagement in the least difficult behaviours. The environmental attitude measure derived using the Campbell paradigm is positively related to other conventional attitude indicators including the perceived threat of climate change, concern, efficacy beliefs and acceptance of responsibility for mitigation. We conclude that the Campbell paradigm offers a viable avenue to proceed beyond simple assessments of professed environmental attitudes to more accurate evaluations of Africans’ disposition to strive for the achievement of ecological goals in difficult circumstances.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironment, Development and Sustainabilityen
dc.rights© Springer Nature B.V. 2018. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0281-1en
dc.subjectAttitude measurementen
dc.subjectEnvironmental attitudesen
dc.subjectAttitude–behaviour gapen
dc.subjectAfrica Cultural sensitivityen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleContext-appropriate environmental attitude measurement in Africa using the Campbell paradigmen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0281-1
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-10-25
dc.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10668-018-0281-1#SupplementaryMaterialen


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