RT Journal Article
T1 Testing Common Knowledge: Are Northern Europeans and Millennials More Concerned about the Environment?
A1 Gómez Román, Cristina
A1 Lima, Luisa
A1 Seoane Pesqueira, Gloria
A1 Alzate García, Mónica
A1 Dono Martín, Marcos
A1 Sabucedo Cameselle, José Manuel
K1 Europe
K1 Generation
K1 Pro-environmental attitudes
K1 Pro-environmental behavior
K1 Personal norms
AB This study explores whether there are differences in several environmental dimensions, when the European Region and Generation cohort are considered. In doing so, this study compares millennials in North and South Europe with members of Generation X in three environmental dimensions: attitudes, personal norms, and behavior. Using data from the European Social Survey (n = 6.216), the researchers tested the hypothesis that Northern Europeans and millennials have more pro-environmental standing than southerners and Generation Xers. The findings challenge the common belief that millennials are more committed to being environmentally conscious, showing that many millennials do not feel responsible for their climate footprint, nor do they behave in a way that shows more concern than previous generations to improve their environmental performance. Furthermore, contrary to expectations, Northern European participants are not the most committed, in all environmental dimensions, compared to Southern Europeans
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24194
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24194
LA eng
NO Gómez-Román, C.; Lima, M.L.; Seoane, G.; Alzate, M.; Dono, M.; Sabucedo, J.-M. Testing Common Knowledge: Are Northern Europeans and Millennials More Concerned about the Environment? Sustainability 2021, 13, 45
NO The authors belong to the Galician Competitive Research Group GRC/GPC2016-017- GI-1456, COSOYPA, and to the CRETUS Strategic Partnership (AGRUP2015/02). All these programs are co-funded by FEDER (UE). The first author also wants to acknowledge the financial support of the Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria, and the Consellería de Economía, Emprego e Industria of the Xunta de Galicia
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026