Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Agricultural Students: An Examination of the Value-Belief-Norm Theory

Karimi, Saeid

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“…In other words, many environmental problems are directly linked to human behavior (Steg and Vlek, 2009;Hirsch, 2010), hence their solutions depend on changing this behavior and finding behavioral solutions (Hirsch, 2010;Ramkissoon et al, 2013;Steg et al, 2014). Therefore, the identification and analysis of the determinants of people's pro-environmental behaviors are substantially important (Mancha and Yoder, 2015;Bergek and Mignon, 2017;Ramkissoon et al, 2018;Karimi, 2019;. Researchers have explored various external, personal, psychological, and social factors (Gifford and Nilsson, 2014;Karimi, 2019;Kumar, 2019;Wang et al, 2019;Karimi and Saghaleini, 2021b), but an important factor, which is religiosity, has been scarcely analyzed (Ghazali et al, 2018).…”

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“…Therefore, the identification and analysis of the determinants of people's pro-environmental behaviors are substantially important (Mancha and Yoder, 2015;Bergek and Mignon, 2017;Ramkissoon et al, 2018;Karimi, 2019;. Researchers have explored various external, personal, psychological, and social factors (Gifford and Nilsson, 2014;Karimi, 2019;Kumar, 2019;Wang et al, 2019;Karimi and Saghaleini, 2021b), but an important factor, which is religiosity, has been scarcely analyzed (Ghazali et al, 2018).…”

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The Effect of Religiosity on Pro-environmental Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Rural Female Facilitators

2022

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Religiosity is one of the most prominent and extensive social factors influencing one’s behavior; however, there is a lack of research analyzing the religiosity impact on pro-environmental behavior, particularly for women in rural areas. To narrow the research gap, this study established a theoretical research model by incorporating religiosity into the Theory of Planned Behavior to explore factors affecting rural female facilitators’ pro-environmental behavior. The extended Theory of Planned Behavior model was consequently tested by empirical data collected from 110 rural female facilitators in Qom Province in the center of Iran. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that subjective norms and environmental attitude were positively and significantly related to pro-environmental intentions. In addition, pro-environmental intentions and perceived behavioral control were found to be significantly associated with pro-environmental behaviors. The results revealed that there was a direct and indirect relationship between religiosity and pro-environmental behaviors via perceived behavioral control. In addition, there was an indirect relationship between religiosity and pro-environmental intentions via subjective norms and environmental attitudes. Therefore, this study revealed that religiosity as social pressure plays an important role in determining pro-environmental intentions and behaviors among rural female facilitators in Iran. Thus, in order to promote pro-environmental behavior, the religiosity aspects should be considered and people should be stimulated to act in a more environmentally friendly mode via religious prism.

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The Effect of Religiosity on Pro-environmental Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Rural Female Facilitators

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“…Environmental problems such as water bankruptcy, deforestation, desertification, loss of biodiversity, air pollution, soil erosion, and many others have become a major concern in this country [5,6], which indicates the insufficiency of the measures taken for the sustainable maintenance and improvement of the environment [4]. Many sociologists believe that these environmental problems are mainly due to environmentally unfriendly behavior [7][8][9][10]. Therefore, under these severe conditions, environmental protection strongly depends on stimulating and reinforcing sustainable and pro-environmental Sustainability 2021, 13, 8299 2 of 19 behavior of individuals [11][12][13][14][15].…”

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The Influence of Media Usage on Iranian Students’ Pro-Environmental Behaviors: An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

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The current study attempted to understand factors influencing students’ pro-environmental intentions and behaviors in a developing nation, namely Iran. To do so, a theoretical research model was established by adding media use and environmental knowledge into the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire survey from a sample of 327 Iranian students and analyzed with the help of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results supported the applicability of including additional constructs in the TPB, as it has improved the predictive utility of the proposed model. The results indicated that perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and environmental knowledge were positively associated with pro-environmental intentions. Furthermore, pro-environmental intentions, perceived behavioral control, and environmental knowledge were related to pro-environmental behaviors. Perceived behavioral control and environmental knowledge were also indirectly related to pro-environmental behaviors through pro-environmental intentions. Notably, media use was directly related to pro-environmental behaviors and indirectly related to pro-environmental intentions through perceived behavioral control and environmental knowledge. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are highlighted.

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“…La literatura científica aporta evidencia de la influencia del CA como predictor y mediador del CPA (Faize & Akhtar, 2020;Geiger, Dombois, & Funke, 2018;Hines et al, 1986/87;Liu, Teng, & Han, 2020;Mobley, Vagias, & DeWard, 2010); sin embargo, no existe consenso sobre esta relación. Algunos trabajos subestiman la influencia directa del CA sobre el CPA, atribuyendo mayor importancia a variables como actitudes y valores personales, normas descriptivas, costes y recompensas (Bamberg & Möser, 2007;Hungerford & Volk, 1990;Karimi, 2019;Kollmus & Agyeman, 2002). Un estudio realizado en Chile reporta asociaciones significativas entre el conocimiento del sistema y la acción ambiental, (Diaz-Siefer et al, 2015); así mismo, en investigaciones realizadas en población suiza, los CA explicaron una varianza del comportamiento de conservación del medio ambiente entre 6% y 18% (Frick et al, 2004;Kaiser & Frick, 2002).…”

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Comportamiento proambiental y conocimiento ambiental en universitarios: ¿el área de conocimiento hace la diferencia?

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Los avances científicos, tecnológicos y los modelos de desarrollo social y económico actuales ponen de manifiesto la influencia negativa del ser humano sobre el medio ambiente. La educación universitaria resulta indispensable para la difusión de conocimientos y promoción de comportamientos más solidarios y menos perjudiciales con el medio ambiente. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación del conocimiento ambiental (CA) y el comportamiento proambiental (CPA) de estudiantes universitarios y su manifestación según las áreas de conocimiento, en una institución de educación superior en Colombia. Se realizó un estudio comparativo con diseño transversal, utilizando un muestreo dirigido, conformado por 991 estudiantes de diferentes carreras universitarias. Se aplicó el Índice de Comportamiento Proambiental (ICP) que evalúa creencias, normas subjetivas e intención de comportamiento proambiental y la Escala Diagnóstica de Conocimiento Ambiental para Latinoamérica (ECLA) que evalúa conocimiento del sistema, de las acciones, de la efectividad, y de problemas ambientales. Se evidenciaron asociaciones positivas y significativas entre el CA y las escalas del ICP; y se encontraron diferencias significativas según las diferentes áreas de conocimiento (p< .05). Los estudiantes de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas presentaron mayores puntajes en CA y CPA respecto a los de otras áreas. Se concluye que los estudiantes poseen creencias, actitudes y acciones positivas hacia el medioambiente, no obstante, su nivel de CA es bajo. Las universidades cuentan con el reto de promover una formación que impacte en el bienestar humano-ambiente.

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Pro-Environmental Behaviours among Agricultural Students: An Examination of the Value-Belief-Norm Theory

Cited by 17 publications

References 54 publications

The Effect of Religiosity on Pro-environmental Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Rural Female Facilitators

The Effect of Religiosity on Pro-environmental Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Rural Female Facilitators

The Influence of Media Usage on Iranian Students’ Pro-Environmental Behaviors: An Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior

Comportamiento proambiental y conocimiento ambiental en universitarios: ¿el área de conocimiento hace la diferencia?

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