Green Minds, Green Future: Impact of Environmental Education on Students Attitudes and Intentions

Title

Green Minds, Green Future: Impact of Environmental Education on Students Attitudes and Intentions

Creator

Ganguly D.G.; Sinha D.; Shah C.S.

Description

The objective of this research is to examine the effect of environmental education on green behavior mediated through environmental awareness, environmental attitude, and behavioral intentions, as mediating variables. The sample population comprised of the students of various universities of Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR), as this region of the country has the highest level of environmental pollution and therefore it is the most appropriate population for this study. One thousand questionnaires were shared among students of Delhi, NCR via Google Form out of which 689 responses were received and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results exhibited the association between environmental education and green behavior which was significantly mediated by awareness, attitude, and behavioral intention. The findings of the study have implications for both research and practice. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

Source

Contributions to Finance and Accounting, Vol-Part F3769, pp. 251-262.

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Springer Nature

Subject

Attitude; Awareness; Behavioral intention; Environmental education; Green behavior; Higher education institutes (HEIs)

Coverage

Ganguly D.G., Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Sinha D., Christ University, Bengaluru, India; Shah C.S., BML Munjal University, Haryana, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 27306038

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67547-8_22

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