Residential Water Conservation

Residential Water Conservation

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• Aitken, C. K., Mcmahon, T. A., Wearing, A. J., & Finlayson, B. L. (1994). Residential Water Use: Predicting and Reducing Consumption. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24(2), 136–158.
• Berk, R. A., Schulman, D., McKeever, M., & Freeman, H. E. (1993). Measuring the impact of water conservation campaigns in California. Climatic Change, 24(3), 233–248.
• Bonaiuto, M., Bilotta, E., Bonnes, M., Ceccarelli, M., Martorella, H., & Carrus, G. (2008). Local Identity and the Role of Individual Differences in the Use of Natural Resources: The Case of Water Consumption. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(4), 947–967.
• Corral-Verdugo, V., Bechtel, R. B., & Fraijo-Sing, B. (2003). Environmental beliefs and water conservation: An empirical study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23(3), 247–257.
• Corral-Verdugo, V., Carrus, G., Bonnes, M., Moser, G., & Sinha, J. B. P. (2008). Environmental Beliefs and Endorsement of Sustainable Development Principles in Water Conservation Toward a New Human Interdependence Paradigm Scale. Environment and Behavior, 40(5), 703–725.
• Corral-Verdugo, V., & Frías-Armenta, M. (2006). Personal Normative Beliefs, Antisocial Behavior, and Residential Water Conservation. Environment and Behavior, 38(3), 406–421.
• Dickerson, C. A., Thibodeau, R., Aronson, E., & Miller, D. (1992). Using Cognitive Dissonance to Encourage Water Conservation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22(11), 841–854.
• Gregory, G. D., & Leo, M. D. (2003). Repeated Behavior and Environmental Psychology: The Role of Personal Involvement and Habit Formation in Explaining Water Consumption. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33(6), 1261–1296.
• Hamilton, L. C. (1985). Self-Reported and Actual Savings in a Water Conservation Campaign. Environment and Behavior, 17(3), 315–326.
• Kantola, S. J., Syme, G. J., & Campbell, N. A. (1982). The Role of Individual Differences and External Variables in a Test of the Sufficiency of Fishbein’s Model to Explain Behavioral Intentions to Conserve Water. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 12(1), 70–83.
• Kantola, S. J., Syme, G. J., & Nesdale, A. R. (1983). The Effects of Appraised Severity and Efficacy in Promoting Water Conservation: An Informational Analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 13(2), 164–182.
• Kappel, K., & Grechenig, T. (2009). “Show-me”: Water Consumption at a Glance to Promote Water Conservation in the Shower. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (pp. 26:1–26:6). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
• Kurz, T., Donaghue, N., & Walker, I. (2005). Utilizing a Social-Ecological Framework to Promote Water and Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35(6), 1281–1300.
• Lam, S.-P. (1999). Predicting Intentions to Conserve Water From the Theory of Planned Behavior, Perceived Moral Obligation, and Perceived Water Right. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29(5), 1058–1071.
• Lam, S.-P. (2006). Predicting Intention to Save Water: Theory of Planned Behavior, Response Efficacy, Vulnerability, and Perceived Efficiency of Alternative Solutions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(11), 2803–2824.
• Moore, D. S., Murphy, M., & Watson, R. (1994). A longitudinal study of domestic water conservation behavior. Population and Environment, 16(2), 175–189.
• Oliver, M. D. (1999). Attitudes and Inaction A Case Study of the Manifest Demographics of Urban Water Conservation. Environment and Behavior, 31(3), 372–394. http://doi.org/10.1177/00139169921972155
• Syme, G. J., Nancarrow, B. E., & Seligman, C. (2000). The Evaluation of Information Campaigns to Promote Voluntary Household Water Conservation. Evaluation Review, 24(6), 539–578.