| Name: | Description: | Size: | Format: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 867.96 KB | Adobe PDF |
Advisor(s)
Abstract(s)
Introduction: Poverty and environmental problems are two major concerns humanity is facing in its pursuit for a better quality of life.
Objetive: Relate, from a perspective of psychology and environmental management, poverty with the pro-environmental behavior of low-income people.
Methods: A literature review was carried out. The search for articles to be reviewed considered three main criteria: 1. the articles are related to a certain kind of pro-environmental behavior in a specific context, and have an environmental management approach; 2. low-income people are the central focus of the research, not just another sociodemographic aspect; 3. the articles are based on one of the two main psychological theories applied to environmental management and pro-environmental behavior, Social Cognitive Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior.
Results: The eleven articles analyzed share the conclusion that psychological factors – especially self-efficacy – contribute to a better understanding of the possibilities and impediments for low-income people to practice pro-environmental behavior.
Conclusion: These articles go beyond the obvious income-related analysis that limits the problematic to a money/income issue. They significantly contribute to the improvement of environmental management and policies that are able to include low-income people in the common effort to preserve nature.
Description
Keywords
low-income pro-environmental behavior self-efficacy
Citation
Ferreira, M. A., & Santana, S. (2021). Low-income people and pro-environmental behavior: beyond money issues, a literature review. Millenium, 2(14), 71-78. DOI: 10.29352/mill0214.19981
Publisher
instituto Politécnico de Viseu