The Effects of Temporal Discounting on Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Behavior: Exploring the Moderator Role of Consumer Attitudes Regarding Green Purchasing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Literature Review
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measurements
2.2.1. Temporal Discounting
2.2.2. Green Purchase Attitudes
2.2.3. Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Problems
2.2.4. Green Purchase Intention
2.3. Data Preparation
3. Results
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | 1. | 2. | 3. |
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1. Temporal discounting | --- | ||
2. Green purchase attitudes | −0.09 | --- | |
3. Perceived seriousness of environmental behavior | −0.12 * | 0.43 *** | --- |
4. Green purchase intention | −0.003 | 0.63 *** | 0.31 *** |
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Farias, A.R.; Coruk, S.; Simão, C. The Effects of Temporal Discounting on Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Behavior: Exploring the Moderator Role of Consumer Attitudes Regarding Green Purchasing. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7130. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137130
Farias AR, Coruk S, Simão C. The Effects of Temporal Discounting on Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Behavior: Exploring the Moderator Role of Consumer Attitudes Regarding Green Purchasing. Sustainability. 2021; 13(13):7130. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137130
Chicago/Turabian StyleFarias, Ana Rita, Seray Coruk, and Cláudia Simão. 2021. "The Effects of Temporal Discounting on Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Behavior: Exploring the Moderator Role of Consumer Attitudes Regarding Green Purchasing" Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7130. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137130
APA StyleFarias, A. R., Coruk, S., & Simão, C. (2021). The Effects of Temporal Discounting on Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Behavior: Exploring the Moderator Role of Consumer Attitudes Regarding Green Purchasing. Sustainability, 13(13), 7130. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137130