Extending existing scholarship on the white male effect in risk perception, we examine whether <italic>conservative</italic> white males (CWMs) are less worried about the risks of environmental problems than are other adults in the US general public. We draw theoretical and analytical guidance from the...

We offer an empirical measure of "social movement identity" vis-à-vis the environmental movement. Our measure of environmental movement identity complements existing efforts to measure the ambiguous concept of "environmental identity." Copyright (c) 2008 by the Southwestern Social Science...

The dimensionality of "environmental concern" remains ambiguous despite decades of research on environmental attitudes and beliefs. We attempt to provide insight into this issue by using the belief systems perspective and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test a comprehensive...