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. 2020 Nov 2;11:582920. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.582920

TABLE 2.

The indirect effects of adolescents’ biospheric values and environmental self-identity on pro-environmental behaviors.

Study 1
Study 2
Study 3
→Behavior
→Behavior
→Behavior
Indirect paths Estimate [95% CI] SE Indirect paths Estimate [95% CI] SE Indirect paths Estimate [95% CI] SE

Recycling Recycling non-refundable plastic Drinking water from the tap or well
(SUM) 0.43 [0.29;0.62] 0.08 (SUM) 0.27 [0.18;0.38] 0.05 (SUM) 0.12 [0.05;0.19] 0.03
BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.22 [0.10;0.42] 0.09 BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.09 [0.03;0.15] 0.03 BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.02 [0.001;0.03] 0.01
BIO→ESI→ 0.11 [−0.09;0.30] 0.10 BIO→ESI→ 0.01 [−0.06;0.11] 0.04 BIO→ESI→ 0.06 [−0.002;0.12] 0.03
BIO→ PN→ 0.10 [−0.01;0.26] 0.07 BIO→ PN→ 0.16 [0.07;0.26] 0.05 BIO→ PN→ 0.04 [0.004;0.09] 0.02
ESI→ PN→ 0.44 [0.21;0.81] 0.16 ESI→ PN→ 0.16 [0.05;0.26] 0.06 ESI→ PN→ 0.03 [0.002;0.06] 0.02

Environmentally friendly traveling Cycling to school

(SUM) 0.38 [0.26;0.53] 0.07 (SUM) 0.05 [−0.09;0.18] 0.07
BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.21 [0.12;0.39] 0.07 BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.06 [0.01;0.13] 0.03
BIO→ESI→ 0.08 [−0.08;0.19] 0.07 BIO→ESI→ 0.06 [−0.07;0.18] 0.06
BIO→ PN→ 0.10 [−0.002;0.22] 0.06 BIO→ PN→ −0.07 [−0.16;0.01] 0.04
ESI→ PN→ 0.42 [0.28;0.70] 0.11 ESI→ PN→ 0.11 [0.01;0.21] 0.05

Purchasing environmentally friendly products Purchasing of organic food products

(SUM) 0.41 [0.29;0.56] 0.07 (SUM) 0.15 [0.04;0.25] 0.05
BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.15 [0.03;0.30] 0.07 BIO→ESI→ PN→ 0.06 [0.02;0.10] 0.02
BIO→ESI→ 0.16 [−0.01;0.38] 0.10 BIO→ESI→ 0.05 [−0.05;0.14] 0.05
BIO→ PN→ 0.10 [0.004;0.24] 0.06 BIO→ PN→ 0.04 [−0.01;0.11] 0.03
ESI→ PN→ 0.31 [0.06;0.59] 0.14 ESI→ PN→ 0.10 [0.03;0.17] 0.04

CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error; BIO, biospheric values; ESI, environmental self-identity; PN, personal norm; SUM, cumulative indirect effect. Statistically significant values are marked in bold.