Association between internet use and private-sphere pro-environmental behavior among Chinese residents: an exploratory study from the perspective of ecological civilization construction
Jie Gao, Xiaoqian Liang · 2026
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Jie Gao and Xiaoqian Liang explore in 2026 whether internet use relates to green behavior in the private sphere among Chinese residents. Home-level actions such as sorting waste and saving energy support the country's ecological civilization agenda. Data came from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey, with 2,231 respondents analyzed.
Internet use showed a clear positive association with private environmental behavior, holding up under robustness checks. Perceived environmental risk carried a significant part of that link, while confidence in one's own environmental ability did not. The authors suggest that online information works by sharpening risk awareness more than by building self-belief.
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| CREATOR | Jie Gao, Xiaoqian Liang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |