title: The Role of Social Influences on Pro-Environment Behaviors in the San Diego Region.
abstract: From a social psychological perspective, addressing the threats of climate change involves not only education, which imparts objective facts upon a passive individual, but also a socializing process. The Tripartite Integration Model of Social Influence (TIMSI) provides a theoretical framework that connects acquiring climate change knowledge with integration into a community, which results in greater engagement in climate friendly behaviors. Survey data were collected from 1000 residents in San Diego County. Measures included (a) knowledge about climate change; (b) self-efficacy, what pro-environmental actions they felt they could do; (c) identity, to what extent they identified as part of a community that is concerned about climate change; (d) values, endorsement of values of the community that is concerned about climate change; and (e) pro-environmental behavior, engagement in conservation behaviors. Results indicated that self-efficacy and values mediated the relationship between knowledge and pro-environmental behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Health Aging, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA, 94118-0646, USA. mica.estrada@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Mica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA.
authors.forename: P Wesley
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Nilmini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Silva-Send
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Michel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Boudrias
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D057231:Climate Change; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012933:Social Identification; D066262:Social Norms
keywords: Climate change education; Efficacy; Environmental identity; Social influence; Values