Values and Environmental Knowledge of Student Participants of Climate Strikes: A Comparative Perspective between Brazil and Germany
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Environmental Education—Knowledge and Attitudes
1.2. Two Major Environmental Values
1.3. Collective Action and Fridays for Future
1.4. The Present Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Measurements
2.3. Statistical Methods
3. Results
3.1. 2-MEV Scale and Students Environmental Attitudes
3.2. 2-MEV Scale and Students Environmental Attitudes
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations
4.2. Implications
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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System-Related Knowledge Mean | Action-Related Knowledge Mean | Effectiveness Knowledge Mean | ||
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Utilization Mean | Pearson Correlation | −0.030 | −0.050 | 0.093 * |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.444 | 0.208 | 0.018 | |
N | 642 | 642 | 642 | |
Preservation Mean | Pearson Correlation | 0.035 | −0.025 | −0.037 |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.381 | 0.530 | 0.353 | |
N | 642 | 642 | 642 |
Effect | Wilk’s λ | F | Hypothesis Df | Error Df | Sig. | Partial Eta-Squared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | 0.128 | 2093.913 | 2 | 616 | <0.001 | 0.872 |
Gender | 0.875 | 43.95 | 2 | 616 | <0.001 | 0.125 |
Country | 0.939 | 19.845 | 2 | 616 | <0.001 | 0.061 |
Urbanization | 0.998 | 0.624 | 2 | 616 | 0.536 | 0.002 |
FFF Participation | 0.902 | 33.36 | 2 | 616 | <0.001 | 0.098 |
Age | 0.993 | 2.132 | 2 | 616 | 0.120 | 0.007 |
Educational Level | 0.998 | 0.335 | 4 | 1232 | 0.854 | 0.001 |
Source | Dependent Variable | df | Mean of Squares | F | Sig. | Partial Eta-Squared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corrected Model | UTL mean | 7 | 2.960 | 14.381 | <0.001 | 0.140 |
PRE mean | 7 | 6.380 | 21.256 | <0.001 | 0.194 | |
Intercept | UTL mean | 1 | 106.264 | 516.336 | <0.001 | 0.456 |
PRE mean | 1 | 597.652 | 1991.048 | <0.001 | 0.763 | |
Gender | UTL mean | 1 | 16.649 | 80.897 | <0.001 | 0.116 |
PRE mean | 1 | 12.046 | 40.132 | <0.001 | 0.061 | |
Country | UTL mean | 1 | 0.369 | 1.791 | 0.181 | 0.003 |
PRE mean | 1 | 11.268 | 37.538 | <0.001 | 0.057 | |
Urbanization | UTL mean | 1 | 0.082 | 0.398 | 0.528 | 0.001 |
PRE mean | 1 | 0.092 | 0.307 | 0.580 | 0.000 | |
FFF Participation | UTL mean | 1 | 3.618 | 17.579 | <0.001 | 0.028 |
PRE mean | 1 | 19.911 | 66.333 | <0.001 | 0.097 | |
Age | UTL mean | 1 | 0.009 | 0.046 | 0.830 | 0.000 |
PRE mean | 1 | 1.132 | 3.773 | 0.053 | 0.006 | |
Educational Level | UTL mean | 2 | 0.058 | 0.282 | 0.754 | 0.001 |
PRE mean | 2 | 0.123 | 0.410 | 0.664 | 0.001 |
Effect | Wilk’s λ | F | Hypothesis df | Error df | Sig. | Partial Eta-squared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | 0.163 | 1050.807 | 3 | 615 | <0.001 | 0.837 |
Gender | 0.982 | 3.840 | 3 | 615 | 0.010 | 0.018 |
Country | 0.844 | 37.842 | 3 | 615 | <0.001 | 0.156 |
Urbanization | 0.999 | 0.233 | 3 | 615 | 0.873 | 0.001 |
FFF Participation | 0.989 | 2.364 | 3 | 615 | 0.070 | 0.011 |
Age | 0.995 | 1.040 | 3 | 615 | 0.374 | 0.005 |
Educational Level | 0.987 | 1.339 | 6 | 1230 | 0.238 | 0.006 |
Source | Dependent Variable | Mean of Squares | F | Sig. | Partial Eta-Squared |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corrected Model | SYS | 0.016 | 1.179 | 0.313 | 0.013 |
ACT | 0.706 | 17.637 | <0.000 | 0.167 | |
EFF | 0.587 | 12.320 | <0.000 | 0.123 | |
Intercept | SYS | 36.496 | 2711.285 | <0.000 | 0.815 |
ACT | 25.104 | 627.469 | <0.000 | 0.504 | |
EFF | 9.341 | 196.008 | <0.000 | 0.241 | |
Gender | SYS | 0.177 | 0.674 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
ACT | 2.184 | 0.140 | 0.004 | 0.004 | |
EFF | 8.705 | 0.003 | 0.014 | 0.014 | |
Country | SYS | 0.003 | 0.216 | 0.642 | <0.001 |
ACT | 2.723 | 68.052 | <0.001 | 0.099 | |
EFF | 2.273 | 47.688 | <0.001 | 0.072 | |
Urbanization | SYS | <0.000 | 0.029 | 0.865 | <0.001 |
ACT | 0.004 | 0.104 | 0.747 | <0.001 | |
EFF | 0.026 | 0.544 | 0.461 | 0.001 | |
FFF Participation | SYS | 0.065 | 4.809 | 0.029 | 0.008 |
ACT | 0.103 | 2.581 | 0.109 | 0.004 | |
EFF | 0.038 | 0.802 | 0.371 | 0.001 | |
Age | SYS | 0.002 | 0.130 | 0.719 | <0.001 |
ACT | 0.123 | 3.068 | 0.080 | 0.005 | |
EFF | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.909 | <0.001 | |
Educational Level | SYS | 0.024 | 1.546 | 0.168 | 0.006 |
ACT | 0.062 | 0.955 | 0.214 | 0.005 | |
EFF | 0.046 | 0.216 | 0.385 | 0.003 |
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Barbosa, R.d.A.; Randler, C.; Robaina, J.V.L. Values and Environmental Knowledge of Student Participants of Climate Strikes: A Comparative Perspective between Brazil and Germany. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148010
Barbosa RdA, Randler C, Robaina JVL. Values and Environmental Knowledge of Student Participants of Climate Strikes: A Comparative Perspective between Brazil and Germany. Sustainability. 2021; 13(14):8010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148010
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbosa, Renan de Almeida, Christoph Randler, and José Vicente Lima Robaina. 2021. "Values and Environmental Knowledge of Student Participants of Climate Strikes: A Comparative Perspective between Brazil and Germany" Sustainability 13, no. 14: 8010. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148010