ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

   

From Behavior Domain to Behavior Attribute: Issues and Suggestions in Measuring Pro-Environmental Behavior

Yue   

  • Received:2024-04-10 Revised:2024-07-01 Accepted:2024-07-07

Abstract: Existing research has developed a plethora of tools for measuring pro-environmental behavior, encompassing scales, individual behavioral paradigms, and group game. These tools predominantly hinge upon the behavioral domain, with the most frequently mentioned areas being conservation, transportation, waste disposal, consumption, and social citizenship behaviors (e.g., donation). However, current measurements of pro-environmental behavior face challenges related to low standardization and limited generalizability of results. These issues primarily stems from the prevailing reliance on measurement paradigms grounded in behavioral domains, neglecting the crucial consideration of behavioral attributes, which constitutes the defining and distinguishing characteristic of behavior. Future research could address these by developing standardized measurement tools based on behavioral attributes and validating them through the selection of various real-life behaviors as criteria for validity testing.

Key words: pro-environmental behavior, behavioral domains, behavioral attributes, measurement