Ilomata International Journal of Management
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): July 2026

What Drives Eco-Friendly Toy Purchases? The Mediating Role of Consumer Attitude

Andina Fasha (Universitas Internasional Batam)
Golan Hasan (Universitas Internasional Batam)
Vebbie Kavitan (Universitas Internasional Batam)
Shafie Mohamed Zabri (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jul 2026

Abstract

This study investigates consumers’ purchase intention toward eco-friendly toys in Batam, Indonesia. In this context, product safety and environmental considerations intersect in parental decision-making yet remain underexplored in green marketing research. Drawing on the Stimulus–Organism–Response (SOR) framework, the study examines how key external stimuli shape internal evaluations and subsequent behavioral intentions. A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted with 499 parents who had purchased or considered purchasing toys for their children, and the data were analyzed using PLS-SEM. The findings reveal that consumer attitude plays a central mediating role, translating external cues into purchase intention, with health-related considerations emerging as the most influential driver of attitudes relative to other factors. This highlights the distinctiveness of eco-friendly toys as a product category in which perceived safety and health benefits outweigh purely environmental motives. The study contributes theoretically by extending the SOR framework into a child-related consumption context in an emerging market, demonstrating that attitudinal formation is primarily anchored in protective and trust-based evaluations. Empirically, the results underscore that, in Batam, purchase intention toward eco-friendly toys is driven more by health-oriented concerns than by environmental considerations alone, offering a more context-specific understanding of green consumer behaviour.

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ijjm

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Social Sciences

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