Authors :
Jasleen Kour
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Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 5 - May
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https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24MAY2463
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Abstract :
The relation between ever increasing
population and consumption habits with accelerated
deterioration of environment is well established.
Lifestyle and consumption patterns impact environment
in a direct and indirect way by putting demands on
production process. With climate change becoming
critical in recent years, studying environment attitudes
and behaviours has become important. Addressing
environmental crisis at local or global level also call for
studying fundamental attitudes and emotions that shape
pro-environment behaviour. The goal of this paper is to
study the (1) impact of environmental concern and
worry on pro-environment behaviour and to (2) evaluate
differences on the basis of education and gender. Based
on the sample of 190 young individuals, measures of
environmental concern, worry and PEB will be used to
find the correlation, regression and group differences.
Keywords :
Attitude, Worry, Pro-Environment Behaviour, Youth.
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The relation between ever increasing
population and consumption habits with accelerated
deterioration of environment is well established.
Lifestyle and consumption patterns impact environment
in a direct and indirect way by putting demands on
production process. With climate change becoming
critical in recent years, studying environment attitudes
and behaviours has become important. Addressing
environmental crisis at local or global level also call for
studying fundamental attitudes and emotions that shape
pro-environment behaviour. The goal of this paper is to
study the (1) impact of environmental concern and
worry on pro-environment behaviour and to (2) evaluate
differences on the basis of education and gender. Based
on the sample of 190 young individuals, measures of
environmental concern, worry and PEB will be used to
find the correlation, regression and group differences.
Keywords :
Attitude, Worry, Pro-Environment Behaviour, Youth.