Table 2.
Recycling increase model results.
| Estimate | t-statistics | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auxiliary equation I: Pre-COVID-19 recycling behavior | |||
| Age | 0.018 | 79.82 | 0.000 |
| Education | 0.196 | 8.72 | 0.000 |
| Threat appraisal | |||
| Ecocentric attitudes – perceived threat to ecosystems | 0.210 | 8.39 | 0.000 |
| Coping appraisal | |||
| Anthropocentric attitudes – human dominance over climate change | -0.112 | -1.25 | 0.212 |
| Ordered cut-offs | |||
| Low–moderate | 0.081 | ||
| Moderate–high | 0.859 | ||
| Auxiliary equation II: Taking climate change more seriously following COVID-19 | |||
| Age | 0.013 | 2.62 | 0.009 |
| Male | 0.455 | 9.55 | 0.000 |
| Education | -0.200 | -2.95 | 0.003 |
| Threat appraisal | |||
| Income loss following COVID-19 | 0.235 | 6.21 | 0.000 |
| Knowledge regarding the link between climate change and COVID-19 | |||
| Did not receive information. Perceived link does not exist (reference category) | – | – | – |
| Did not receive information. Perceived link exists | 1.513 | 3345.87 | 0.000 |
| Received information (treatment effect) | 0.727 | 708.45 | 0.000 |
| Ordered cut-offs | |||
| Low–moderate | 0.187 | ||
| Moderate–high | 1.247 | ||
| Dependent variable: Recycling behavior change | |||
| Threat appraisal | |||
| Taking climate change more seriously following COVID-19 | |||
| Low (reference category) | |||
| Moderate | 0.587 | 6.48 | 0.000 |
| High | 1.106 | 50.02 | 0.000 |
| Coping appraisal | |||
| High perceived human resourcefulness | 0.144 | 6.41 | 0.000 |
| Self-resilience | 0.100 | 8.56 | 0.000 |
| Interaction between coping and threat appraisal | |||
| Resourcefulness * taking climate change more seriously following COVID-19 | 0.117 | 2.10 | 0.000 |
| Pre-COVID-19 recycling behavior | |||
| Low intensity (reference category) | – | – | – |
| Moderate intensity | -0.912 | -3.34 | 0.003 |
| High intensity | -2.258 | -6.25 | 0.000 |
| Ordered cut-off | |||
| Maintain–increase recycling behavior | -0.661 | ||
| Residual correlation structure | |||
| Pre-COVID-19 – future recycling | 0.659 | 4.38 | 0.000 |
| Pre-COVID-19 recycling – taking climate change more seriously | 0.064 | 4.00 | 0.000 |
| Taking climate change more seriously – future recycling | -0.277 | -6.61 | 0.000 |