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      Are Altruists Environmentally Responsible and Materialists Environmentally Irresponsible? An Analysis on the Moderation of Social Desirability and Mediation of Environmental Awareness Translated title: Altruístas são Ambientalmente Responsáveis e Materialistas são Ambientalmente Irresponsáveis? Uma Análise Sobre a Moderação da Desejabilidade Social e da Mediação da Consciência Ambiental

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          ABSTRACT We investigated if altruism and materialism can explain attitudes related to the lower impact on the environment. This study aims to investigate the role of environmental awareness as a mediating variable between altruism and environmental responsibility, and if materialistic individuals can manifest environmental responsibility through social desirability. Also, we investigated the relations of altruism and materialism with environmental irresponsibility. Using the structural equations model, we analyzed the data from a survey with 339 individuals. The results conclude that altruism does not have a direct relationship with environmental irresponsibility, but has a relationship with environmental responsibility, not direct, but mediated by environmental awareness. Besides a direct relationship between materialism and environmental irresponsibility, we did not find a direct relationship with environmental responsibility, not even with the moderation of social desirability. This study shows values and attitudes that collaborate with pro-environmental behaviors, demonstrating the importance of environmental awareness for individuals to engage in actions favorable to sustainable consumption.

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          RESUMO Neste estudo, investigamos se o altruísmo e o materialismo podem explicar atitudes relacionadas ao menor impacto sobre o meio ambiente. O objetivo principal foi investigar o papel da consciência ambiental como uma variável mediadora entre o altruísmo e a responsabilidade ambiental, também se indivíduos materialistas podem manifestar responsabilidade ambiental por meio da desejabilidade social. Utilizando o modelo de equações estruturais, analisamos os dados de uma survey conduzida com 339 indivíduos. Os resultados apontaram que o altruísmo não tem relação direta com a irresponsabilidade ambiental, mas sim uma relação indireta com a responsabilidade ambiental, mediada pela consciência ambiental. Além de uma relação direta entre o materialismo e a irresponsabilidade ambiental, não encontramos relação direta com a responsabilidade ambiental, nem mesmo com a moderação da desejabilidade social. Este estudo mostra valores e atitudes que colaboram com comportamentos pró-ambientais, demonstrando a importância da consciência ambiental para que os indivíduos se engajem em ações favoráveis ao consumo sustentável.

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                Journal
                bbr
                BBR. Brazilian Business Review
                BBR, Braz. Bus. Rev.
                Fucape Business School (Vitória, ES, Brazil )
                1808-2386
                October 2021
                : 18
                : 5
                : 585-604
                Affiliations
                [1] São Paulo São Paulo orgnameUniversidade Nove de Julho Brazil
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                S1808-23862021000500585 S1808-2386(21)01800500585
                10.15728/bbr.2021.18.5.6
                ba237526-4f61-4f15-be33-cc1927687eef

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 22 February 2021
                : 29 April 2020
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                environmental responsibility,materialismo,altruísmo,consciência ambiental,responsabilidade ambiental,social desirability,materialism,altruism,environmental awareness,desejabilidade social

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