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Participatory school experiences as facilitators for adolescents' ecological behavior
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Author
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Abstract
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| This study investigates how sustainability-related in-school experiences, through psycho-social variables, influence adolescents' out-of-school general ecological intentions and behaviors. Data from a nationally representative sample of 2361 Finnish adolescents was used to test a hypothetical model. Effects of school experiences were studied using structural equation modeling. Excellent model fit showed that in-school agency and prosocial experience enhance adolescents' pro-environmental values, personal norms and self-efficacy for general ecological behavior. Ecological and pro-environmental intentions and behaviors outside of school were strengthened by the psycho-social constructs, especially by pro-environmental value and self-efficacy. In-school agency and prosocial experiences had stronger effects on psycho-social constructs, while the effect of ecological experiences was low. The model suggests that school's sustainability education should not provide only ecological experiences, but more importantly connect pro-social and agency experiences through an approach that emphasizes pro-environmental values and self-efficacy for general ecological behavior. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of environmental psychology. - London
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Publication
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London
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2015
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ISSN
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0272-4944
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DOI
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10.1016/J.JENVP.2015.05.007
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Volume/pages
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43
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, p. 55-65
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ISI
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000361933400006
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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