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Zi-Meng Zhu1, Rui Tao1, Rui Zheng1

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The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) is a reliable tool for measuring environmental behavior across cultures. This study validates the PEBT in China, showing its temporal stability and correlation with real-world actions.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology

Background:

  • Pro-environmental behavior research often relies on self-reports.
  • Experimental tools for environmental behavior lack standardization and validation.
  • The Pro-Environmental Behavior Task (PEBT) shows promise but needs cross-cultural validation and temporal stability assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the cross-cultural applicability and temporal stability of the PEBT in a Chinese university sample.
  • To adapt PEBT parameters for cultural response tendencies.
  • To assess PEBT's utility as a behavioral indicator.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted PEBT parameters (increased wait time, reduced trials) for a Chinese university sample (N=299).
  • Assessed influence of behavioral cost and environmental consequence on choices.
  • Correlated PEBT behavior with self-reported environmental propensity and real donation behavior.
  • Evaluated test-retest reliability over four months.

Main Results:

  • Participant choices were significantly influenced by wait time and CO2 emissions.
  • PEBT behavior correlated positively with self-reported environmental propensity and donation behavior.
  • Moderate test-retest reliability (r=.60, ICC=.56) indicated temporal stability.

Conclusions:

  • The PEBT is applicable across cultures and demonstrates temporal stability.
  • The adapted PEBT serves as a context-sensitive indicator of environmental propensity for laboratory research.
  • Findings support the PEBT's use in diverse populations to study environmental behavior.