Environmental Awareness and Pro-Environmental Behavior of High School Students: Gender and Residential Locale as Decisive Factors
Journal Title: International Journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies (IJEEFUS) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 5
Abstract
This investigation is aimed to bring out the critical role of gender and residential locale on environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior of high school students. Data were collected from a stratified random sample of 320 students by administering two standardized instruments, viz., the Pro-environmental Behavior Scale and the Environmental Awareness Test. Analysis exposed the presence of significant difference in the pro-environmental behavior of the subjects based on their gender and residential locale. Neither the gender nor the locale, however, was found to discriminate the students on the basis of their environmental awareness. Gender and residential locale of the students were found to have a significant interaction effect on their environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior. Significant positive correlation was detected between environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior of high school students. While gender exerted a differential effect on the relationship between environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior, the relationship was not affected by residential locale of the students.
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Apsara P. A, Arjunan N. K
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