Authors : Jasleen Kour

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24MAY2463

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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