Attitudes and Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Determining Factor of Personality and Lifestyle

Abstract

Sustainability in well-being embodies the interconnecting course of how various systems influence each other. The more strongly individuals subscribe to values beyond their immediate interests, that is, prosocial, collectivistic and biospheric values, the more likely they are to engage in environmental behaviour. Issue: Existing research has limited evidence on specific values of Malaysian’s personality and lifestyle (PL) that have significant impact on attitude and proenvironmental behaviour (AP). Purpose: This paper aims to verify the statistical predictability of AP based on PL. Approach: Multiple Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression were carried out to assess linear associations and parameters of linear equations to predict AP components based on PL items. Findings: AP components were moderately predictable by some of the PL items. Specifically, ‘ Urging media to raise environmental awareness ’ and ‘being mindful about environmental destruction’ were the two strongest predictors of AP.

Green City Initiatives: Human-Nature Interaction

“…Measures of individuals functionality and contributions to their social and environmental contexts that in turn influence the well-being of the individuals is known as Human Interdependence [HI] (Abu Bakar et al, 2019a;2019b;2019c;Abu Bakar et al, 2020a;2020b;2020c). Detailed studies on HI found that HI predicts 70% of Subjective Well-Being, suggesting that a huge source of individual well-being exists in the course of imparting well-being to social and environment surroundings (Abu Bakar et al, 2015;2016a;2016b;2017a;2017b;2017c;2017d;2017e;2017f;2018).…”

“…IN manifests in the internal and external emotions and aptitudes towards the natural environment expressed in the contact between human and the ecological nature. Qualities adhere to IN include (i) health concerns resolved through access to nature, (ii) knowledge, senses and emotions encountered in the natural environment and (iii) physical and social activities in an outdoor (Abu Bakar et al, 2020a;2020b;2020c) (refer to Table 2 and Table 3). Qualities inferred through Indicators health-related concerns resolved through access to the natural environment the health-related condition, the need to see, hear, notice and experience to natural surroundings while being indoor or after being indoor for a while, having a pleasant experience in natural setting, feeling energetic and healthy in the natural environment, ability to adapt and adjust to natural surrounding knowledge, senses and emotions encountered in the natural environment emotions and feelings, feeling the urge to be in natural environment, ability to see, hear, notice details of environment, acquiring knowledge and ability to cope with outdoor surrounding, equipped physically, emotionally and intellectually for staying outdoor, and feeling calm and relaxed in nature, sense of curiosity of natural features and ecological elements physical and social activities in an outdoor environment the urge to spend time in the outdoor environment, the inclination to be close to natural or outdoor areas, social interaction in a natural setting, feeling engaged, creative and active in natural setting The indicators were developed into statements in questionnaires to be answered by respondents across states in Malaysia.…”

Green City: The Lifestyle of Melaka Residents

“…Human Interdependence [HI] measures the contributions and functionality of individuals in their social and environmental contexts that in turn influence the well-being of the individuals (Abu Bakar et al, 2019a;2019b;2019c;Abu Bakar et al, 2020a;2020b;2020c). Thorough studies on HI discovered that HI contributes to 70% of Subjective Well-Being, suggesting that that imparting wellbeing to social and environmental surroundings is a huge source of individual well-being (Abu Bakar et al, 2015;2016a;2016b;2017a;2017b;2017c;2017d;2017e;2017f;2018).…”

“…to invest environmentally (decision on environmental investment influenced by emotional and predictable cognitive biases that swerve from behaving rationally) (Ming et al, 2015) Materialistic personality, consumption behaviours (actions taken in expanding and using up resources) and sense of inferiority over personal possession (feeling insecure due to possessing less when being compared) Moderation in consumption, modesty and voluntary modesty (personal choice to live modestly) (Khare, 2015) Adjustment and adaptations to individual settings (lifestyle and conditions of living space) and cultural factors of the surroundings (societal behaviours) Collective responsible behaviour (taking cooperative environmental actions) (Horayangkura, 2012) PL manifests in the personal outlook and approach to life in relation to environmental consciousness. Qualities adhere to PL include (i) moral stance in collectivistic values, (ii) commitment to modest and environmental choices and (iii) environmental concerns through knowledge and awareness (Abu Bakar et al, 2020a;2020b;2020c) (refer to Table 2 and Table 3) The indicators were developed into statements in questionnaires to be answered by respondents across states in Malaysia.…”

Exploring the Theory Planned Behaviour to Derive the Factors of Human Behaviour for Domestic Waste Recycling

“…Furthermore, the proposed conceptual framework incorporated the idea of Barr (2007) and Bakar et al (2020), who emphasised that recycling knowledge is a necessary precondition for recycling behaviours. They emphasised the need for environmental awareness and understanding of recycling services.…”