Carol M. Werner

TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of environmental studies containing a commitment manipulation was conducted, and the authors concluded that commitment making indeed leads to behavior change in the short and long term, especially when compared with control conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, Altman's territoriality theory was used as a framework for examining neighborhood attachment, and attachment would be manifested in interrelated patterns of neighboring behaviors, attitudes indicating that the block was a secondary territory, and individual and communal displays of holiday decorations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a 2 (gender) × 3 (route walkability: low- mixed-, or high-walkability features) design was used to examine guided walks near a light rail stop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, and found that walkable route segments had more pleasant social and/or environmental atmosphere and better traffic safety.

TL;DR: In this paper, the integration of social science research with natural science and engineering research in major research infrastructure investments addressing water science has been discussed, and the authors argue that such a program has the potential to advance water science and the contributing disciplines.

TL;DR: This paper found that the opportunity to engage in mutually pleasurable activities may be a stronger motivation in friendship choice and friendship maintenance than is the satisfaction of knowing the friend agrees with you, and that activity similarity was a better predictor of liking than was attitudinal similarity.