ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Do pro-environmental factors influence sustainable behavior? The moderating role of climate change concern in China and Pakistan.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study examines the factors driving pro-environmental behavior by focusing on energy-saving, waste sorting, and reducing single-use plastics. Utilizing 380 participants' survey data from China and Pakistan, our study considers the Theory of Planned Behavior to examine attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and climate change concern in shaping environmental intentions. Employing a structural equation modeling, we find that intentions related to climate change were positive and significantly associated with all three targeted behaviors, i.e., energy saving, waste sorting, and single-use plastic behavior. Across both countries, attitudes, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and climate change concern are significant predictors of pro-environmental intention. Country-specific analysis reveals that attitudes and climate change concern in China significantly predict environmental intention, whereas in Pakistan, environmental intentions significantly predict single-use plastic use behavior. Moderation analysis shows that climate change concern did not significantly moderate the relation between intention to take climate action and waste sorting behavior for China, whereas it substantially moderates for Pakistan. However, single-use plastic reduction and climate change concern significantly moderate the relationship between intention and climate change concern and single-use plastic reduction for both countries. The findings highlight the evolving adoption of eco-friendly practices and emphasize the need for environmental policies to enhance pro-environmental behavior.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.