scholarly journals A RISK PERCEPTION MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-350
Author(s):  
Shyang-Chyuan Fang ◽  
Tai-Yi Yu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Environmental Value

This study establishes a behavioral model for university students by utilizing the theories of planned behavior and value-belief-norm, and proposes key latent variables for risk perception toward climate change to establish a structural equation model. Partial least squares analyses and three indicators are utilized to test the reliability, validity, and goodness-of-fit of the model. This study establishes a mixed model with formative and reflective indicators, and assesses both environmental concern and personality traits as formative indicators. Using standardized path coefficients, eight out of 10 paths demonstrate statistical significance, indicating that environmental value and environmental attitudes influence environmental behavior. Three of the five included personality traits (e.g., agreeableness, extraversion, and openness) demonstrate a positive correlation with environmental behavior and environmental attributes. Individuals’ risk perception positively influences their environmental value, environmental attitudes, and environmental behavior with respect to climate change. Keywords: climate change, environmental behavior, partial least square, personality trait.

Political Preferences, Personality Traits, and Environmentalism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Soutter ◽  
René Mõttus
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
Party Voting

Although the scientific evidence of anthropogenic climate change continues to grow, public discourse still reflects a high level of scepticism and political polarisation towards anthropogenic climate change. In this study (N = 499) we attempted to replicate and expand upon an earlier finding that environmental terminology (“climate change” versus “global warming”) could partly explain political polarisation in environmental scepticism (Schuldt, Konrath, & Schwarz, 2011). Participants completed a series of online questionnaires assessing personality traits, political preferences, belief in environmental phenomenon, and various pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. Those with a Conservative political orientation and/or party voting believed less in both climate change and global warming compared to those with a Liberal orientation and/or party voting. Furthermore, there was an interaction between continuously measured political orientation, but not party voting, and question wording on beliefs in environmental phenomena. Personality traits did not confound these effects. Furthermore, continuously measured political orientation was associated with pro-environmental attitudes, after controlling for personality traits, age, gender, area lived in, income, and education. The personality domains of Openness, and Conscientiousness, were consistently associated with pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, whereas Agreeableness was associated with pro-environmental attitudes but not with behaviours. This study highlights the importance of examining personality traits and political preferences together and suggests ways in which policy interventions can best be optimised to account for these individual differences.

The psychological determinants of pro-environmental behavior of russian students

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-E) ◽  
pp. 275-280
Author(s):  
Elena A. Privalova ◽  
Regina V. Ershova ◽  
Maria A. Erofeeva ◽  
Elena N. Belous ◽  
Olga V. Salomatina
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Psychological Determinants ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Inverse Effect

The present article aims to investigate the results of the study, which was conducted to identify the psychological determinants of pro-environmental behavior of Russian students in the field of energy-saving. The sample amounted to 197 university students (59 males and 138 females). Values, personality traits, and time perspective components were viewed as the critical determinants of pro-environmental behavior. The results show that pro-environmental behavior is directly affected by such variables as “universalism: nature,” “security: societal”, “empathy,” “stability of emotions,” “positive past,” “social desirability: subject,” and “benevolence: caring” have an inverse effect on pro-environmental behavior. The article also shows the research perspectives for the study of pro-environmental behavior.

scholarly journals Communicating climate change: Improving the effectiveness of public campaigns

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Hidalgo Villodres ◽  
Fernando Casado Castro ◽  
Patricia García-Leiva
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Motivational Variable ◽  
Specific Behaviour ◽  
Initial Hypothesis ◽  
Intended Behaviour

Research on climate change highlights the need to develop more effective campaigns to increase citizens’ awareness of this issue, increase their willingness to accept the measures necessary to halt this phenomenon and change their behaviour. This paper describes a study which analyzed the effectiveness of an advertising message that combined informative and motivational variables on proenvironmental attitudes and intended behaviour. The study sample consisted of 180 university students, divided into two equivalent groups. The results supported the initial hypothesis,the participants in the group that received specific behaviour guidelines (to increase perceived control) together with information on economic savings (motivational variable) displayed more changes in self-efficacy, pro-environmental attitudes and intention of behaviour than the group that did not receive this information.

scholarly journals Going Green (and Not Being Just More Pro-Social): Do Attitude and Personality Specifically Influence Pro-Environmental Behavior?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3560
Author(s):  
Jana S. Kesenheimer ◽  
Tobias Greitemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Prize Money ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Linear Regressions

The current research examines the extent to which attitudes and personality traits are predictive of pro-environmental behavior (PEB). Concretely, we tested the relationship between pro-environmental attitudes, HEXACO personality traits, and actual PEB (donating potential prize money to a pro-environmental organization; N = 257). Additionally, we controlled for the influence of helping behavior (donating to a pro-social organization) by addressing whether attitudes and personality have a distinct impact on PEB or whether people are more likely to engage in PEB because they act more pro-socially in general. Analyses included correlations, multiple linear regressions, mediations, and partial correlations. Pro-environmental attitude had the most robust association with PEB and mediated the influence of openness to experiences and honesty–humility on PEB. Importantly, the relationship of pro-environmental attitudes and personality (openness to experiences and honesty–humility) with PEB was unaffected by the participant’s helping behavior, suggesting that pro-environmental people mainly care about the environment and are not necessarily more pro-social in general.

scholarly journals Validation of the Academic Self-Concept Scale in the Spanish University Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 653
Author(s):  
Antonio Granero-Gallegos ◽  
Antonio Baena-Extremera ◽  
Juan Carlos Escaravajal ◽  
Raúl Baños
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Correlated Factors

The aims of this study were: (i) to provide evidence of reliability and validity regarding the dimensionality of the Spanish version of two correlated subscales measuring Academic Self-Concept (ASC); (ii) to analyze factorial invariance according to sex and the educational level; (iii) to analyze a higher-order model from the two ASC subscales; and (iv) to study the predictive relationship of the ASC to academic engagement. An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was designed in which 681 undergraduate university students (Mage = 24.55; SDage = 5.35) (58% girls) and students of the Master’s in Teacher Education participated. The scale’s psychometric properties were analyzed using different exploratory and confirmatory analyses demonstrating that this instrument with two correlated factors (academic confidence and academic effort) is valid, reliable, and invariant in terms of gender and academic level. Higher-order factors from the two correlated factors showed an excellent goodness-of-fit. A regression model with latent variables was conducted showing a higher and positive prediction of academic self-concept for the two factors of academic engagement (willingness to study and satisfaction with studies). The ASC has shown itself to be a valid and reliable instrument for use with Spanish university students and may be of special interest, both to teachers and to the students themselves, as it allows us to reflect on the importance of developing confidence and effort during the students’ academic lives.

scholarly journals Variability of Satellite Derived Phenological Parameters across Maize Producing Areas of South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omolola Adisa ◽  
Joel Botai ◽  
Abubeker Hassen ◽  
Daniel Darkey ◽  
Abiodun Adeola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Climatic Variables ◽  
Free State ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
North West ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Entire Study Area

Changes in phenology can be used as a proxy to elucidate the short and long term trends in climate change and variability. Such phenological changes are driven by weather and climate as well as environmental and ecological factors. Climate change affects plant phenology largely during the vegetative and reproductive stages. The focus of this study was to investigate the changes in phenological parameters of maize as well as to assess their causal factors across the selected maize-producing Provinces (viz: North West, Free State, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal) of South Africa. For this purpose, five phenological parameters i.e., the length of season (LOS), start of season (SOS), end of season (EOS), position of peak value (POP), and position of trough value (POT) derived from the MODIS NDVI data (MOD13Q1) were analysed. In addition, climatic variables (Potential Evapotranspiration (PET), Precipitation (PRE), Maximum (TMX) and Minimum (TMN) Temperatures spanning from 2000 to 2015 were also analysed. Based on the results, the maize-producing Provinces considered exhibit a decreasing trend in NDVI values. The results further show that Mpumalanga and Free State Provinces have SOS and EOS in December and April respectively. In terms of the LOS, KwaZulu-Natal Province had the highest days (194), followed by Mpumalanga with 177 days, while North West and Free State Provinces had 149 and 148 days, respectively. Our results further demonstrate that the influences of climate variables on phenological parameters exhibit a strong space-time and common covariate dependence. For instance, TMN dominated in North West and Free State, PET and TMX are the main dominant factors in KwaZulu-Natal Province whereas PRE highly dominated in Mpumalanga. Furthermore, the result of the Partial Least Square Path Modeling (PLS-PM) analysis indicates that climatic variables predict about 46% of the variability of phenology indicators and about 63% of the variability of yield indicators for the entire study area. The goodness of fit index indicates that the model has a prediction power of 75% over the entire study area. This study contributes towards enhancing the knowledge of the dynamics in the phenological parameters and the results can assist farmers to make the necessary adjustment in order to have an optimal production and thereby enhance food security for both human and livestock.

scholarly journals THE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-715
Author(s):  
Shyang-Chyuan Fang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
College Students ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Place Attachment ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

As the impact of climate change is increasingly intense, environmental educators of higher education would like to know the influencing factors for college students to proceed financial strategies, such as flood insurance or energy taxes, to adapt climate change; however, the sustainable environmental education provided by most colleagues still lags far behind the pace of business and government. The research is aimed at eight colleagues in Taiwan and is an undergraduate student taking courses in general environmental education. As diverse courses integrate climate change issues, distributed 1,000 questionnaires were proportionally allocated to each university according to the number of students who had taken the course; a total of 866 questionnaires were recovered. The pro-environmental behavior model be validated, and assess the correlations among risk perception, economic incentives, intrinsic motivation, sacrifice for the environment, place attachment, cheerful emotion, and social norm with partial least squares regression. For college students with high or medium knowledge on climate change, this research demonstrated that if pro-environmental behaviors bring cheerful feeling, they will induce their intrinsic motivation; meanwhile, because of environmental sacrifice and social norms, pro-environmental behaviors will trigger cheerful feeling. Keywords: climate change, knowledge levels, partial least square, place attachment, pro-environmental behavior.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGARUH KEPUASAN TERHADAP LOYALITAS KONSUMEN SMARTPHONE SAMSUNG MENGGUNAKAN METODE PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE PADA MAHASISWA UNIVERSITAS DIPONEGORO SEMARANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-302
Author(s):  
Jefferio Gusti Putratama ◽  
Alan Prahutama ◽  
Suparti Suparti
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Consumer Loyalty ◽  
Measurement Models

Smartphones are one of the electronic devices that are capable of experiencing fairly rapid development. The existence of this Smartphone is considered to be the most important item for used everyday. Samsung is one of the most popular smartphone brand in Indonesia. Based on data from the website of the Statcounter survey institute, it was found that the Samsung market share in Indonesia until August 2020 was in the top position, namely 24.19%. Samsung continues to make various innovations in order to continue to dominate the top of the smartphone sales segment. In addition, to provide consumer's satisfication so that consumer’s loyalty to the Samsung brand will be maintained. The purpose of this study is to make measurement models and structural models, as well as to test the relationship of customer satisfaction to consumer loyalty of Samsung smartphones using the SEM – PLS (Partial Least Square) method. This research was conducted on Diponegoro University students who have purchased and used a Samsung smartphone. This research was conducted on Diponegoro University students who have purchased and used a Samsung smartphone. This research has produced 4 latent variables with 18 measurement models and 2 structural models. Based on the 2 structural models formed, the result shows that the R2 value in the customer satisfaction model is 0.670. This indicates that the variable customer satisfaction can be explained by the variable product quality and price by 67%. Meanwhile, in the consumer loyalty model, the R2 value is 0.478. This indicates that the consumer loyalty variable can be explained by the consumer satisfaction variable of 47.8%. Keywords:    Samsung Smartphone, Consumer’s Satisfaction, Consumer’s Loyalty, Partial Least Square.

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