Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Roles of Environmental Knowledge in Promoting Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors
2.1. Types of Environmental Knowledge
2.2. Relationship between Environmental Knowledge, Environmental Attitudes, and Pro-Environmental Behaviors
3. Hypotheses
4. Methods
4.1. Participants and Ethical Issue
4.2. Data Collection and Analysis
4.2.1. Measurement of Environmental System Knowledge
4.2.2. Measurement of Environmental Attitudes and PEBs
4.2.3. Data Analysis
5. Results
5.1. Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Pro-Environmental Behaviors (PEBs)
5.2. Characteristics of Participants, Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Pro-Environmental Behaviors (PEBs)
5.3. Correlations between Environmental Knowledge and PEBs, Knowledge and Attitudes, and Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors (PEBs)
6. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Items | Experimental Group | Control Group | ||
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Mean/N | S.D./(%) | Mean/N | S.D./(%) | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 52 | 40.63% | 65 | 43.3% |
Female | 76 | 59.38% | 85 | 56.7% |
Age | 21.44 | 0.82 | 21.38 | 0.77 |
Grade | 2.65 | 0.44 | 2.71 | 0.46 |
School level | ||||
3rd year | 11 | 8.6% | 16 | 10.7% |
4th year | 108 | 84.4% | 126 | 84.0% |
Others | 9 | 7.0% | 8 | 5.3% |
Affiliation | ||||
Engineering | 61 | 47.7% | 72 | 48.0% |
Sciences | 60 | 46.9% | 66 | 44.0% |
Others | 7 | 5.50% | 12 | 8.0% |
Types of Environmental Contents | Characteristics of the Materials Taught in the Course | Questions in the Test |
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Political ecology |
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Sustainable development |
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Environment and ecology |
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Environmental situations |
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Variables | Questions | |
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Environmental attitudes | The balance of nature is very delicate and easily upset. | 1 = completely disagree 5 = completely agree |
Nature is strong. It can cope with the negative consequences caused by human activities. | 1 = completely agree 5 = completely disagree | |
Naturally, the existence of plants and animals is for human use. | ||
The earth is like a spaceship with finite room and resources. | 1 = completely disagree 5 = completely agree | |
If things continue on their present course, we will soon experience a major ecological catastrophe. | 1 = completely agree 5 = completely disagree | |
Humans have the right to modify the natural environment to suit their needs. | ||
Participation in direct impact PEBs | Do you segregate waste before disposing it? | 1 = never 5 = regularly |
Do you switch off the light or the air conditioner when you are not using it? | ||
How often do you use cotton bags instead of plastic bags? | ||
Do you deny receiving a plastic bag when purchasing a few items from a convenient store? | ||
Do you purchase food or drinks using reusable containers? | ||
How often do you reuse or recycle things such as plastic bags and bottles? | ||
Participation in indirect impact PEBs | To what extent do you agree that political leaders should have environmentally sustainable views? | 1 = completely disagree 5 = completely agree |
I prefer to work with an organization that cares about the environment. | ||
I support goods and services from enterprises that take care of the environmental issue in their business operation. | ||
Both public and private organizations should have environmental strategies allied with organization goals. |
Variables | Items | N | Mean | SD. | Cronbach’s α |
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Direct Impact PEBs | Do you segregate waste before disposing it? | 278 | 3.48 | 0.78 | 0.801 |
Do you switch off the light or the air conditioner when you are not using it? | 278 | 4.42 | 0.74 | ||
How often do you use cotton bags instead of plastic bags? | 278 | 3.06 | 0.98 | ||
Do you deny receiving a plastic bag when purchasing a few items from a convenient store? | 278 | 3.91 | 1.05 | ||
Do you purchase food or drinks using reusable containers? | 278 | 2.68 | 1.20 | ||
How often do you reuse or recycle things such as plastic bags and bottles? | 278 | 3.72 | 0.96 | ||
Indirect Impact PEBs | To what extent do you agree that political leaders should have environmentally sustainable views? | 278 | 3.35 | 0.84 | 0.723 |
I prefer to work with an organization that cares about the environment. | 278 | 3.91 | 1.00 | ||
I support goods and services from enterprises that take care of the environmental issue in their business operation. | 278 | 3.72 | 0.80 | ||
Both public and private organizations should have environmental strategies allied with organization goals. | 278 | 3.84 | 0.80 | ||
Environmental Attitudes | The balance of nature is very delicate and easily upset. | 278 | 4.29 | 0.76 | 0.704 |
Nature is strong. It can cope with the negative consequences caused by human activities. | 278 | 3.36 | 0.90 | ||
Naturally, the existence of plants and animals is for human use. | 278 | 3.08 | 0.97 | ||
The earth is like a spaceship with finite room and resources. | 278 | 4.28 | 0.80 | ||
If things continue on their present course, we will soon experience a major ecological catastrophe. | 278 | 2.33 | 0.92 | ||
Humans have the right to modify the natural environment to suit their needs. | 278 | 2.80 | 0.90 | ||
Environmental Knowledge | Political ecology | 128 | 2.11 | 0.90 | - |
Sustainable development | 128 | 1.54 | 1.04 | - | |
Environment and ecology | 128 | 1.59 | 0.92 | - | |
Environmental situations | 128 | 1.89 | 0.82 | - |
Dependence Variables | N | Mean | S.D. | df | Difference | t | P | |
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Environmental attitudes | Control group | 150.00 | 3.28 | 0.42 | 276 | −0.16 | −3.09 | 0.00 |
Experimental group | 128.00 | 3.44 | 0.46 | |||||
Direct impact PEBs | Control group | 150.00 | 3.51 | 0.51 | 276 | −0.09 | −1.31 | 0.19 |
Experimental group | 128.00 | 3.59 | 0.58 | |||||
Indirect impact PEBs | Control group | 150.00 | 3.63 | 0.63 | 276 | −0.16 | −2.20 | 0.03 |
Experimental group | 128.00 | 3.79 | 0.59 |
M | S.D. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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1.Environmental attitudes | 3.44 | 0.46 | 1 | ||||||
2.Direct impact pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) | 3.59 | 0.58 | −0.08 | 1 | |||||
3.Indirect impact PEBs | 3.79 | 0.59 | −0.10 | 0.38 ** | 1 | ||||
4.Political ecology | 2.11 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 0.27 ** | 0.24 ** | 1 | |||
5.Sustainable development | 1.54 | 1.04 | −0.06 | 0.14 | 0.39 ** | 0.35 ** | 1 | ||
6.Environment and ecology | 1.59 | 0.92 | 0.24 ** | −0.03 | 0.03 | 0.37 ** | 0.14 | 1 | |
7.Environmental situations | 1.89 | 0.82 | −0.02 | 0.43 ** | 0.18 * | 0.48 ** | 0.25 ** | 0.15 | 1 |
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Janmaimool P, Khajohnmanee S. Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors. Sustainability. 2019; 11(16):4270. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164270
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanmaimool, Piyapong, and Samattaphong Khajohnmanee. 2019. "Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors" Sustainability 11, no. 16: 4270. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164270
APA StyleJanmaimool, P., & Khajohnmanee, S. (2019). Roles of Environmental System Knowledge in Promoting University Students’ Environmental Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviors. Sustainability, 11(16), 4270. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164270