Environment and Social Psychology Volume 7 Issue 2 | 2022 | 1
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Environmental Concerns, Green Consumption Value and Green
Buying Intentions
Edward Markwei Martey
1
*, George Dominic Kofi Mante
1
, Bernice KorKor Gligah
2
, Patricia Crentsil
3
, Angela
Adofoa Twumasi
4
1
Marketing Department, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana
2
Faculty of Business and Management Studies, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Ghana
3
Faculty of Economics and Management, Sumy National Agrarian University, Sumy, Sumy Oblast,
Ukraine
4
University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana
*Correspondence Author: Edward Markwei Martey; martey.edward@ktu.edu.gh
Abstract: The research developed a framework to investigate the influence of green consumption value and green
buying intentions using the behavioral reasoning theory to look at the gap between attitudes and intentions. A
cross-sectional research design was used to collect data from 698 respondents in Ghana. The result shows a
positive and significant association between buying green foods and attitudes toward green foods, and motive
against buying green foods have a non-significant relationship with attitudes to green foods; there is a positive
significant association between green consumption value and attitudes toward green foods, motives for buying
green foods, and motives against buying green foods. The mediation of motives for buying green foods on green
consumption value and attitudes to green foods is positive. Motives for buying green foods influence green buying
intentions through attitudes toward green products. And mediation of motives against buying green foods on green
consumption value and attitudes to green foods is negative and does not harm green buying intentions using
attitudes to green foods. Governments must reward individuals or groups that protect the environment and also
put together educated programs that spell out the consequences of a degraded environment to the nation.
Keywords: Attitudes; Green; Food environment; Motives
1. Introduction
Over the years, the rise in environmental issues has been a threat to the life of humans and animals. This has
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doi: 10.18063/esp.v7.i2.1508
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Received: Dec 15, 2022; Accepted: Feb 23, 2023; Published online: Mar 20, 2023.