Household energy conservation and locus of control: A research note
作者:
Fred A. Curtis,
P. Simpson‐Housley,
C. Youck,
期刊:
International Journal of Energy Research
(WILEY Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 8,
issue 1
页码: 89-93
ISSN:0363-907X
年代: 1984
DOI:10.1002/er.4440080109
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: Energy conservation;Households;Locus of control;Personality
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractFive hypotheses were tested to investigate whether personality is a factor in household energy conservation beliefs and actions. Locus of control, the personality measure which distinguishes between individuals designated as internals or externals, was assessed in a survey of 383 households in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The results indicate that only one hypothesis—obtaining information on energy issues from the media is a positive function of internality—reached significance, and one other hypothesis tended toward significance. We conclude that locus of control is a limited predictor of household energy conservation beliefs and actions, and recommend that energy conservation programme planners consider persuading externals to behave more interna
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