Lauper, Elisabeth; Moser, Stephanie; Fischer, Maja; Matthies, Ellen (2016). Explaining car drivers' intention to prevent road-traffic noise: An application of the Norm Activation Model. Environment and behavior, 48(6), pp. 826-853. Sage 10.1177/0013916515570476
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Strengthening car drivers’ intention to prevent road-traffic noise is a first step toward noise abatement through voluntary change of behavior. We analyzed predictors of this intention based on the norm activation model (i.e., personal norm, problem awareness, awareness of consequences, social norm, and value orientations). Moreover, we studied the effects of noise exposure, noise sensitivity, and noise annoyance on problem awareness. Data came from 1,002 car drivers who participated in a two-wave longitudinal survey over 4 months. Personal norm had a large prospective effect on intention, even when the previous level of intention was controlled for, and mediated the effect of all other variables on intention. Almost 60% of variance in personal norm was explained by problem awareness, social norm, and biospheric value orientation. The effects of noise sensitivity and noise exposure on problem awareness were small and mediated by noise annoyance. We propose four communication strategies for strengthening the intention to prevent road-traffic noise in car drivers.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology 10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lauper Orth, Elisabeth, Moser, Stephanie, Fischer, Maja |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
0013-9165 |
Publisher: |
Sage |
Projects: |
[364] Awareness and action to mitigate noise pollution |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Stephan Schmidt |
Date Deposited: |
10 Apr 2015 11:05 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:26 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/0013916515570476 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/66269 |
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