The influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable consumption: an international study

Leal Filho, Walter; Salvia, Amanda Lange; Paço, Arminda; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Da Cunha, Dênis Antônio; de Vasconcelos, Claudio Ruy; Baumgartner, Rupert J.; Rampasso, Izabela; Anholon, Rosley; Doni, Federica; Sonetti, Giulia; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; Carvalho, Sara; Ríos, Francisco Javier Montoro

doi:10.1186/s12302-022-00626-y

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 3 Rotated component matrix

From: The influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable consumption: an international study

Rotated component matrix^a	Component
Rotated component matrix^a	1	2	3	4
The COVID-19 pandemic caused me to reduce waste production through prevention, reuse, and recycling	0.878	0.029	0.041	0.136
The COVID-19 pandemic caused me to change my consumption habits to be more sustainable	0.874	0.033	0.046	0.079
The COVID-19 pandemic made me buy even more environmentally friendly products	0.851	0.006	0.256	0.110
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused me to reduce water consumption further, as this is a finite environmental resource	0.818	0.183	− 0.051	− 0.067
The COVID-19 pandemic has made me increase the separation of organic and recyclable waste	0.794	0.139	− 0.102	0.009
The COVID-19 pandemic made me worry even more about the natural resources for future generations	0.685	0.235	0.057	0.141
The COVID-19 pandemic caused me to make a financial donation to people or entities in need	0.670	0.057	0.331	0.333
The COVID-19 pandemic made me donate food or clothes	0.480	0.003	0.169	0.458
The balance of nature is very delicate and easily upset	0.192	0.695	0.058	− 0.022
It is my duty to help other people when they are unable to help themselves	0.075	0.635	0.015	0.367
When humans interfere with nature, it often produces disastrous consequences	0.255	0.623	0.076	− 0.059
Many of society’s problems result from selfish behaviour	− 0.010	0.621	0.099	0.155
Mankind is severely abusing the environment	− 0.162	0.507	0.306	0.193
Use of renewable energy is the best way often to combat global warming	0.344	0.476	0.087	0.169
I always buy those products that are low in pollutants	0.092	0.073	0.864	− 0.188
When I have a choice, I always purchase less harmful products for the people and environment	0.079	0.195	0.728	0.260
I will not buy a product if the company that sells it is ecologically irresponsible	0.154	0.273	0.693	0.100
The large number of people infected with COVID-19 made me change my social behaviour	− 0.049	0.219	− 0.185	0.668
The COVID-19 pandemic has made me even more sensitive to issues of social vulnerability	0.340	0.197	0.046	0.654
The COVID-19 pandemic caused me to make a financial donation to people or entities in need	0.288	0.111	0.166	0.602
I recycle some of my household trash	− 0.010	− 0.088	0.470	0.504
Contributions to community organizations can greatly improve the lives of others	0.033	0.336	0.309	0.390
I have replaced light bulbs in my home with those of smaller wattage so that I will conserve on the electricity I use	0.006	0.351	0.266	0.361
Rotation sums of squared loadings (eigenvalues)	5.201	2.716	2.551	2.496
% Variance explained per factor	22.612	11.811	11.092	10.852
Cronbach’s alpha	0.909	0.707	0.757	0.648

Extraction method: principal component analysis. Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization
Results in bold show the higher values and the association of survey items with the components
^aRotation converged in 6 iterations

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