Structure of Domestic Energy Saving: How Many Dimensions?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916514547081" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916514547081</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916514547081" target="_blank" >10.1177/0013916514547081</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Structure of Domestic Energy Saving: How Many Dimensions?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The purpose of this study is to examine whether we can find, behind the richness of energy-saving behavior, more general behavioral patterns. Specifically, this study compares the one-factor confirmatory model, the two-factor confirmatory model, and the Rasch model, which embody alternative assumptions about the dimensionality of energy-saving behavior. Unlike previous studies, this study uses a confirmatory approach to the testing of alternative models, and covers 10 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries (N = 10,251). This makes our tests rigorous and generalizable beyond a country-specific context. Our results indicate that energy saving is a one-dimensional class of behavior that is a function of individual's propensity to engage in energy saving and the difficulty of energy-saving behavior. The Rasch model provides a valid and parsimonious representation of energy-saving behavior that outperforms the one- and two-factor models. We also show that the curtailment-efficiency dichotomy is not empirically valid.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Structure of Domestic Energy Saving: How Many Dimensions?

Popis výsledku anglicky

The purpose of this study is to examine whether we can find, behind the richness of energy-saving behavior, more general behavioral patterns. Specifically, this study compares the one-factor confirmatory model, the two-factor confirmatory model, and the Rasch model, which embody alternative assumptions about the dimensionality of energy-saving behavior. Unlike previous studies, this study uses a confirmatory approach to the testing of alternative models, and covers 10 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries (N = 10,251). This makes our tests rigorous and generalizable beyond a country-specific context. Our results indicate that energy saving is a one-dimensional class of behavior that is a function of individual's propensity to engage in energy saving and the difficulty of energy-saving behavior. The Rasch model provides a valid and parsimonious representation of energy-saving behavior that outperforms the one- and two-factor models. We also show that the curtailment-efficiency dichotomy is not empirically valid.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AO - Sociologie, demografie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Environment and Behavior

ISSN

0013-9165

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

48

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

454-481

Kód UT WoS článku

000371320300003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84958721436