Investigating pro-Environmental Behaviors of Lithuanian University Students

Poškus, Mykolas Simas

doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9506-3

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“…Most of the studies regarding the factors and processes leading people to behave in a pro-environmental way have been conducted in developed countries (Clayton et al 2016;Larson et al 2015;Poškus 2018;Truelove and Gillis 2018), also referred to as Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies (Henrich et al 2010). This tendency leaves out a large portion of the population (non-WEIRD societies) whose decisions and actions are becoming increasingly relevant for the future of the planet (World Trade Organization…”

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Measuring Brazilians’ environmental attitudes: A systematic review and empirical analysis of the NEP scale

2018

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The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale is the most widely used instrument to assess environmental attitudes (EA). However, the validity of its use in developing countries has been overlooked. Considering the importance of Brazil for the future of the environment, we present two complementary studies to examine how the NEP scale has been used in Brazil, its validity to evaluate Brazilians' EA, and possible ways to improve this instrument. In the first study, we present a systematic review of studies that used the NEP scale (original and revised versions) with Brazilians. In the second study, we conduct an empirical analysis using the revised NEP scale. Results from both studies show that the NEP scale's factorial structure can be influenced by the items' positive and negative wording, Brazilians hold medium-high pro-EA, and that the scale presents low internal consistency. Study 1 showed that the scale's convergent, predictive, and known-group validity differs across studies. In Study 2, the revised NEP scale was significantly associated with connectedness to nature, proenvironmental behavior, gender, and political ideology. These results support its convergent, predictive, and known-group validity. We conclude that the validity of using the NEP scale with Brazilians is questionable and discuss ways of improving this instrument.

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Measuring Brazilians’ environmental attitudes: A systematic review and empirical analysis of the NEP scale

2018

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“…Perceived moral obligation was also significant; students must realize that they are responsible for performing PEBs to protect the environment. Poskus (2016) investigated the determinants of private sphere behaviors in Lithuanian University students, with the results revealing that personal norms or perceived moral obligation significantly contributed to behavioral intentions. In addition, this study also found that GPA was positively correlated with PEBs.…”

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“…Stern’s (2000) VBN theory, for instance, suggests that PEBs are greatly determined by moral obligation or the degree to which an individual realizes his or her responsibility to engage in environmentally friendly behaviors (Sanchez, 2010). Furthermore, Poskus (2016) investigated the determinants of PEBs among Lithuanian university students; the results revealed that PEBs were significantly predicted by perceived behavioral control and personal norms toward PEBs, whereas attitudes toward PEBs did not contribute to behavioral intentions.…”

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Factors Affecting Environmental Activism, Nonactivist Behaviors, and the Private Sphere Green Behaviors of Thai University Students

Janmaimool

2019

Education and Urban Society

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University students are expected by the general public to be active in pro-environmental behaviors due to their environmental knowledge and relevant education. However, it is still unclear whether students only educated in environmental knowledge will decide to engage in green behaviors. This study investigates factors that determine university students’ pro-environmental behaviors, which include environmental activism, nonactivism, and private sphere environmental activities. A proposed model for investigating such factors, which include environmental knowledge and attitudes, self-efficacy, self-obligation, behavioral control, and sociodemographic characteristics, was developed. Questionnaire surveys with 337 students enrolled at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in the city of Bangkok, Thailand, were carried out. Multiple regression analyses were performed to test the effect of these potential factors on each type of behavior. The results showed that providing only environmental knowledge at a university may not contribute to any kind of pro-environmental behavior. It was found that environmental knowledge and attitudes had a significant effect on students’ nonactivist behaviors. Without positive environmental attitudes, but with environmental knowledge and self-efficacy, students decided to engage in environmental activism. In addition, male students were more likely to engage in environmental activism than female students. Finally, students’ engagement in private sphere green behaviors was attributed to self-obligation, environmental knowledge, and environmental attitudes, as well as grade point average (GPA). Students with a higher GPA were more likely to act environmentally. Therefore, to promote each type of environmental behavior, different environmental education strategies should be developed.

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“…This condition is a little different from Lithuanian students. The Lithunanian students are most concerns in recycling, while the other aspect of pro-environmental behavior such as saving energy or water and using more sustainable transportation are lacked of interest [11]. The difference is shown that demographic factors play an important role to shape pro-environmental behavior, because proenvironmental behavior itself is a function of the attitude/environmental ethics and various social demographic factors [12].…”

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Undergraduate Students’ Pro-Environmental Behavior in Daily Practice

Widiaswati

2018

E3S Web Conf.

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Pro-environmental behavior is an individual action as a manifestation of one’s responsibility to create a sustainable environment. University students as one of the agent of change can adopt pro-environmental behaviors concept, even through simple things to do on daily activities such as ride a bicycle or walk for short distance, reuse the shopping bags, separate waste, learn about environmental issues etc. Many studies have examined pro-environmental behavior from various approaches. However, the study about university students’ pro-environmental behavior is lacking. The aim of this paper is to examine the undergraduate students’ pro-environmental behaviors level. We surveyed 364 first year undergraduate students from a state university in Semarang. The survey included six aspects of pro-environmental behavior in daily practice which include energy conservation, mobility and transportation, waste avoidance, recycling, consumerism, and vicarious behaviors toward conservation. Findings of this study showed the level of pro-environmental behavior of first year undergraduate students is medium. Recommendations for undergraduate students and future researchers are discussed.

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Investigating pro-Environmental Behaviors of Lithuanian University Students

Cited by 30 publications

References 43 publications

Measuring Brazilians’ environmental attitudes: A systematic review and empirical analysis of the NEP scale

Measuring Brazilians’ environmental attitudes: A systematic review and empirical analysis of the NEP scale

Factors Affecting Environmental Activism, Nonactivist Behaviors, and the Private Sphere Green Behaviors of Thai University Students

Undergraduate Students’ Pro-Environmental Behavior in Daily Practice

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