TY - JOUR

T1 - Energy conservation attitudes and intentions

T2 - investigating place attachment in Eastern Transylvania, Romania

AU - Klaniecki, Kathleen

AU - Duse, Ioana Alexandra

AU - Engler, John Oliver

AU - Leventon, Julia

AU - Abson, David J.

N1 - This work was supported by the Volkswagen Stiftung and the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenshaft und Kultur under Grant [number A112269]. The authors acknowledge and thank all project members for their ideas and input in the early stages of this work, even where they are not listed as authors. Full details of project members and their research are available at https://leveragepoints.org / Este trabajo recibió el apoyo de la subvención Volkswagen Stiftung and the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenshaft und Kultur under Grant [número A112269]. Los autores agradecen a todos los miembros del proyecto por sus ideas y aportaciones en las etapas iniciales del trabajo, aunque no estén nombrados como autores. Los detalles pormenorizados de los miembros del proyecto y sus investigaciones pueden encontrarse en https://leveragepoints.org

PY - 2021/5/5

Y1 - 2021/5/5

N2 - This study explores the relationship between place attachment and energy conservation attitudes and behavioural intentions in the Pogány-havas microregion of Romania. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine three dimensions of place attachment: place identity, place dependence and nature bonding. While place attachment in the region is high, structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed negative links between place dependence and energy conservation attitudes and between place identity and behavioural intention. However, insignificant regression weights between the constructs suggest there are many unexplained factors that mediate the relationship between place attachment and energy attitudes and behavioural intentions in this region. These results suggest that future research on rural energy transitions should take a systemic perspective that includes additional constraints (e.g., material and structural) that may better explain how individuals develop energy attitudes and behaviours.

AB - This study explores the relationship between place attachment and energy conservation attitudes and behavioural intentions in the Pogány-havas microregion of Romania. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine three dimensions of place attachment: place identity, place dependence and nature bonding. While place attachment in the region is high, structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed negative links between place dependence and energy conservation attitudes and between place identity and behavioural intention. However, insignificant regression weights between the constructs suggest there are many unexplained factors that mediate the relationship between place attachment and energy attitudes and behavioural intentions in this region. These results suggest that future research on rural energy transitions should take a systemic perspective that includes additional constraints (e.g., material and structural) that may better explain how individuals develop energy attitudes and behaviours.

KW - energy transitions

KW - nature bonding

KW - pro-environmental behaviour

KW - structural equation modelling

KW - sustainability

KW - Ecosystems Research

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d782c011-7a40-3fe6-9be2-d8fdb5586ab0/

U2 - 10.1080/21711976.2021.1900641

DO - 10.1080/21711976.2021.1900641

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85105387871

VL - 12

SP - 177

EP - 201

JO - Psyecology

JF - Psyecology

SN - 2171-1976

IS - 2

ER -