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The objective of this study was to explore the mediators of environmental protective behaviors in Christians in Taiwan. Questionnaire data from a total of 699 participants were collected and subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis. The results revealed that the environmental behaviors of Taiwanese Christians are affected by their faith in three aspects. First, private environmental behaviors are associated with church attendance. Second, the awareness of environmental consequences generates a stewardship belief, which results in a willingness to sacrifice for the environment, private environmental behaviors, and political environmental activism. Finally, stewardship belief is also associated with political environmental activism.
Wei-Ta Fang; Ulas Kaplan; Yi-Te Chiang; Chun-Teng Cheng. Is Religiosity Related to Environmentally-Protective Behaviors Among Taiwanese Christians? A Structural Equation Modeling Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8999 .
AMA StyleWei-Ta Fang, Ulas Kaplan, Yi-Te Chiang, Chun-Teng Cheng. Is Religiosity Related to Environmentally-Protective Behaviors Among Taiwanese Christians? A Structural Equation Modeling Study. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):8999.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei-Ta Fang; Ulas Kaplan; Yi-Te Chiang; Chun-Teng Cheng. 2020. "Is Religiosity Related to Environmentally-Protective Behaviors Among Taiwanese Christians? A Structural Equation Modeling Study." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 8999.
Locus of control is a crucial factor in pro-environmental behavior. However, studies on pro-environmental behavior investigating the predisposing factors of internal locus of control are limited. Therefore, the objective of this study further explored the predisposing factors of locus of control and revealed that emotional stability may be a predisposing factor for internal locus of control and pro-environmental behavior. A questionnaire survey was conducted in Taiwan (n = 473) and the responses were explored using structural equation modeling path analysis. The results revealed that emotional stability can promote pro-environmental behavior through the mediation effect of internal locus of control, indicating that emotional stability is a predisposing factor for locus of control-generated pro-environmental behavior. Thus, the study results indicated that people with higher emotional stability and a stronger internal locus of control are more likely to engage in pro-environmental behavior. Hence, to promote pro-environmental behavior through environmental protection education, people’s self-control awareness must be strengthened to enable them to remain calm and peaceful.
Yi-Te Chiang; Wei-Ta Fang; Ulas Kaplan; Eric Ng. Locus of Control: The Mediation Effect between Emotional Stability and Pro-Environmental Behavior. Sustainability 2019, 11, 820 .
AMA StyleYi-Te Chiang, Wei-Ta Fang, Ulas Kaplan, Eric Ng. Locus of Control: The Mediation Effect between Emotional Stability and Pro-Environmental Behavior. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (3):820.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYi-Te Chiang; Wei-Ta Fang; Ulas Kaplan; Eric Ng. 2019. "Locus of Control: The Mediation Effect between Emotional Stability and Pro-Environmental Behavior." Sustainability 11, no. 3: 820.
The real-life complexity of moral motivation can be examined and explained by reintegrating time and development into moral inquiry. This article is one of the possible integrative steps in this direction. A dynamic developmental conception of moral motivation can be a useful bridge toward such integration. A comprehensive view of moral motivation is presented. Moral motivation is reconceptualized as a developmental process of self-organization and self-regulation out of which moral judgment and action emerge through the interplay of dynamically intertwined cognitive and emotional components. Moral identity is proposed to emerge from long-term self-organization of moral motivation. In turn, as a higher-order construct, moral identity has a top-down influence on real-time self-organization. The article includes an account of short-term changes in moral motivation, and an account that connects real-time moral functioning with long-term changes. Moral motivation is qualified as a dynamic developmental process on the basis of self-organization, multicausality, nonlinearity, interconnectedness of time scales and substantial intrapersonal variability through motivational pluralism.
Ulas Kaplan. Moral Motivation as a Dynamic Developmental Process: Toward an Integrative Synthesis. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 2016, 47, 195 -221.
AMA StyleUlas Kaplan. Moral Motivation as a Dynamic Developmental Process: Toward an Integrative Synthesis. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 2016; 47 (2):195-221.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUlas Kaplan. 2016. "Moral Motivation as a Dynamic Developmental Process: Toward an Integrative Synthesis." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 47, no. 2: 195-221.