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Comparative Study Between the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Value–Belief–Norm Model Regarding the Environment, on S panish Housewives' Recycling Behavior
Author(s) -
AguilarLuzón María del Carmen,
GarcíaMartínez José Miguel Ángel,
CalvoSalguero Antonia,
Salinas José María
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00962.x
Subject(s) - theory of planned behavior , psychology , social psychology , predictive power , norm (philosophy) , value (mathematics) , statistics , mathematics , computer science , epistemology , control (management) , artificial intelligence , philosophy
Environmental behaviors have been analyzed from different theoretical models. The theory of planned behavior emphasizes the attitudinal aspects associated with behavior, while the value–belief–norm model regarding the environment focuses on the importance of moral components when setting environmental behaviors in motion. The objective of this study was to analyze both models, comparing both their degree of fit and their predictive power regarding recycling behavior. To do so, we used a sample made up of 154 S panish housewives. The results indicated that despite the fact that the theory of planned behavior is a general model for predicting and explaining behavior, it has a greater degree of fit and greater capacity to predict recycling behavior than the value–belief–norm model regarding the environment.