How good are we at changing behaviour for nature? 300,000 papers later here is what we found
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Author: Matthew Selinske
Changing how we engage social norms in behavior change interventions
Prentice, D., & Paluck, E. L. (2020). Engineering social change using social norms: Lessons from the study of collective action. CurrentContinue Reading
Increasing social marketing efficacy with micro-targeting and normative appeals
Metcalf, A. L., Angle, J. W., Phelan, C. N., Muth, B. A., & Finley, J. C. (2019). More “bank” forContinue Reading
Fires and extreme weather do not change climate skeptics into believers
Lacroix, K., Gifford, R., & Rush, J. (2019). Climate change beliefs shape the interpretation of forest fire events. Climatic Change,Continue Reading
Considering pro-environmental spillover behaviors? A recent meta-analysis has some answers
Maki, A., Carrico, A. R., Raimi, K. T., Truelove, H. B., Araujo, B., & Yeung, K. L. (2019). Meta-analysis ofContinue Reading
Predicting environmental activism
Schmitt, M. T., Mackay, C. M., Droogendyk, L. M., & Payne, D. (2019). What predicts environmental activism? The roles ofContinue Reading
What makes conservation landowners tick?
Selinske, M. J., Howard, N., Fitzsimons, J. A., Hardy, M. J., Smillie, K., Forbes, J., … & Knight, A. T.Continue Reading
Evaluating zoo and aquarium education initiatives
Mellish, S., Ryan, J. C., Pearson, E. L., & Tuckey, M. R. (2019). Research methods and reporting practices in zooContinue Reading
Digging deeper for conservation donations
Donations to environmental organizations increased in amount when participants believed a behavior to be socially expected and observable. Social normsContinue Reading
What regular folks think of proenvironmental behaviors
Laypeople may perceive and characterize proenvironmental behaviors differently than experts; as such, assumptions should not be made about the dimensionsContinue Reading
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