Overview of the regression model results
| Perceived authenticity | Perceived greenwashing | Pro-environmental behavior | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE |
| Pro-environmental messages without concrete green action claims | −0.32 | 0.20 | 0.38 | 0.25 | −0.23 | 0.19 |
| Pro-environmental messages with concrete green action claims | −0.43 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| Message-lifestyle congruence | 0.69** | 0.21 | −0.56* | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.20 |
| Age | −0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07* | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Gender (female) | 0.03 | 0.13 | −0.34* | 0.16 | 0.45*** | 0.12 |
| Education (high) | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.09* | 0.04 |
| Celebrity liking | 0.42*** | 0.04 | −0.16** | 0.05 | 0.11* | 0.04 |
| Celebrity recognition | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Pro-environmental messages without concrete green action claims* message-lifestyle congruence | 0.49 | 0.30 | −0.41 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| Pro-environmental messages with concrete green action claims* message-lifestyle congruence | 1.06*** | 0.30 | −0.67 | 0.37 | 0.16 | 0.28 |
| Perceived authenticity | 0.13** | 0.05 | ||||
| Perceived greenwashing | 0.15*** | 0.04 | ||||
| R2 = 0.41 | R2 = 0.15 | R2 = 0.21 | ||||
| Perceived authenticity | Perceived greenwashing | Pro-environmental behavior | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE |
| Pro-environmental messages without concrete green action claims | −0.32 | 0.20 | 0.38 | 0.25 | −0.23 | 0.19 |
| Pro-environmental messages with concrete green action claims | −0.43 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| Message-lifestyle congruence | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.20 | ||
| Age | −0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| Gender (female) | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.12 | ||
| Education (high) | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | |
| Celebrity liking | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | |||
| Celebrity recognition | −0.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Pro-environmental messages without concrete green action claims | 0.49 | 0.30 | −0.41 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| Pro-environmental messages with concrete green action claims | 0.30 | −0.67 | 0.37 | 0.16 | 0.28 | |
| Perceived authenticity | 0.05 | |||||
| Perceived greenwashing | 0.04 | |||||
SPSS PROCESS 4 model no. 8 using 5,000 bootstraps; N = 400; Control group used as a reference group; Index of moderated mediation: b = 0.14, BootSE = 0.07, BootLLCI = 0.02, BootULCI = 0.29; ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05
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