The Dimensions of Place Attachment and its Effect on Environmental Responsible Behavior

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World is facing serious environmental crisis, and the willingness to protect the environment becomes more and more positive, but environmental behavior don’t grow with the will. This paper tried to explain the gap between environmental attitude and environmental responsible behavior from place attachment, and explored the moderating role of environmental attitude. The findings showed that place attachment had significant influence on environmental responsible behavior, and the influence was moderated by the environmental attitude. Implications and limitations of these findings were discussed.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 524-527)

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3483-3486

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May 2012

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