The effects of ideological value framing and symbolic racism on pro-environmental behavior.

ABSTRACT: Environmental degradation continues to be one of the greatest threats to human well-being, posing a disproportionate burden on communities of color. Environmental action, however, fails to reflect this urgency, leaving social-behavioral research at the frontier of environmental conservation, as well as environmental justice. Broad societal consensus for environmental action is particularly sparse among conservatives. The lack of even small personal sacrifices in favor of the environment could be attributed to the relatively low salience of environmental threats to white Americans and the partisan nature of environmentalism in America. We evaluate if (1) environmental action is causally related to the ideological value framing of an environmental issue; and (2) if the perceived race of impa

SUBMITTER: Makovi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8589981 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature