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Air Pollution and Human Behavior
Author(s) -
Evans Gary W.,
Jacobs Stephen V.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1981.tb01059.x
Subject(s) - human health , air pollution , pollution , controllability , work (physics) , psychology , cognition , adaptation (eye) , environmental planning , environmental resource management , social psychology , environmental science , environmental health , ecology , engineering , medicine , biology , mechanical engineering , mathematics , neuroscience
While the impacts of human behavior on air pollution are considerable, very little research has examined this relationship. Similarly, little work has ensued on the effects of air pollution on human behavior. The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature on air pollution and behavior and present an organizational structure that demonstrates gaps in the literature and lays an initial, conceptual framework for future research. The paper discusses research on the health effects, cognitive, affective, and conative components of air pollution and human response. In addition, the important roles of mediational constructs such as controllability of pollutant and adaptation are discussed in detail.