Kikko Yuzuki, Ishigaki Tsukasa
Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 5;15(1):7766. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-91677-7.
Studies have demonstrated that pro-environmental behaviors vary across countries and are influenced by cultural values, environmental concerns (EC), and risk perception. Therefore, measures tailored to each country's culture must be implemented to effectively promote pro-environmental behaviors. This study analyzed the heterogeneity in the strength of the relationships among the constructs in each country. Using structural equation modeling to validate three hypotheses about constructs with respect to pro-environmental behaviors, this study investigated how EC and risk perception influenced pro-environmental intentions across 17 countries. It used the Environment IV dataset provided by the International Social Survey Program (ISSP, 2020). The results revealed that the influence of EC and risk perception on pro-environmental orientation differed from country to country, confirming the three hypotheses. This study offered a novel contribution to the literature as it uncovered the different mechanisms by which environmental knowledge influenced pro-environmental behavior compared with EC and risk perceptions. In addition, it quantitatively assessed how this effect differed across the 17 countries.
研究表明，亲环境行为因国家而异，并受到文化价值观、环境关切（EC）和风险认知的影响。因此，必须实施针对每个国家文化的措施，以有效促进亲环境行为。本研究分析了每个国家各构念之间关系强度的异质性。本研究使用结构方程模型来验证关于亲环境行为构念的三个假设，调查了环境关切和风险认知如何影响17个国家的亲环境意图。它使用了国际社会调查项目（ISSP，2020）提供的环境IV数据集。结果显示，环境关切和风险认知对亲环境取向的影响因国家而异，证实了这三个假设。本研究为文献做出了新的贡献，因为它揭示了与环境关切和风险认知相比，环境知识影响亲环境行为的不同机制。此外，它还定量评估了这种影响在17个国家之间的差异。
