Psychological Drivers of Alternative Fuel Vehicles’ Adoption and Ecologically Responsible Use

Table 6

Summary of results of hypotheses.

Hypotheses	Estimate	t-value	Result
H1: behavioural beliefs are positively associated with attitude towards eco-socially conscious consumer behaviour related to AFVs	0.171	6.117	Supported
H2a: normative injunctive beliefs are positively associated with subjective injunctive norms	0.617	33.886	Supported
H2b: normative descriptive beliefs are positively associated with subjective descriptive norms	0.438	17.353	Supported
H3: control beliefs are positively associated with perceived behavioural control	0.471	23.537	Supported
H4a: subjective descriptive norms positively lead to eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	0.230	6.783	Supported
H4b: subjective descriptive norms positively lead to eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.155	5.086	Supported
H4c: subjective descriptive norms positively lead to eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.149	5.207	Supported
H5a: subjective injunctive norms positively lead to eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	0.041	1.229^ns	Not supported
H5b: subjective injunctive norms positively lead to eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.154	4.594	Supported
H5c: subjective injunctive norms positively lead to eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.210	6.416	Supported
H6a: attitudes towards behaviour positively lead to eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	0.079	2.010	Supported
H6b: attitudes towards behaviour positively lead to eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.167	5.449	Supported
H6c: attitudes towards behaviour positively lead eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.151	5.269	Supported
H7a: perceived behavioural control positively leads to eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	−0.020	0.482^ns	Not supported
H7b: perceived behavioural control positively leads to eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.072	1.823^ns	Not supported
H7c: perceived behavioural control positively leads to eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.142	4.334	Supported
H8a: altruistic values are positively associated with attitude towards eco-socially conscious consumer behaviour related to AFVs	0.316	9.948	Supported
H8b: egoistic values are positively associated with attitude towards eco-socially conscious consumer behaviour related to AFVs	0.126	4.310	Supported
H8c: biospheric values are positively associated with attitude towards eco-socially conscious consumer behaviour related to AFVs	0.041	1.325^ns	Not supported
H9a: altruistic values are positively associated with eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	−0.076	2.181^ns	Not supported
H9b: altruistic values are positively associated with eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.228	6.082	Supported
H9c: altruistic values are positively associated with eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.107	3.693	Supported
H10a: egoistic values are positively associated with eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	−0.076	2.181	Supported
H10b: egoistic values are positively associated with eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.048	1.720^ns	Not supported
H10c: egoistic values are positively associated with eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.076	2.715	Supported
H11a: biospheric values are positively associated with eco-social purchase intentions related to AFVs	0.114	3.263	Supported
H11b: biospheric values are positively associated with eco-social use intentions related to AFVs	0.011	0.360^ns	Not supported
H11c: biospheric values are positively associated with eco-social conservation intentions related to AFVs	0.077	2.754	Supported
H12: religiosity is positively associated with attitude towards eco-socially conscious consumer behaviour related to AFVs	0.117	3.332	Supported

Note:  < 0.01 and  < 0.05.