A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Values and Their Effect on the Environmental Behavior of Children

Autor/inn/en	Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle; Van Petegem, Peter
Titel	A Cross-Cultural Study of Environmental Values and Their Effect on the Environmental Behavior of Children
Quelle	In: Environment and Behavior, 45 (2013) 5, S.551-583 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-9165
DOI	10.1177/0013916511429819
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Environmental Education; Behavior Change; Instructional Design; Teaching Methods; Models; Values; Cultural Differences; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Scores; Error of Measurement; Goodness of Fit; Belgium; Guatemala; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Analogiemodell; Wertbegriff; Kultureller Unterschied; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Messfehler; Belgien
Abstract	Environmental values (EV) are regarded as significant precursors for environmental behavior (EB) by many scholars. The present study addresses the issue of the invariance of EV (tapped by the two-dimensional model of ecological values), and their effect on EB, across cultural contexts. In all, a total of 1,833 ten- to thirteen-year-old children from Flanders, Guatemala, and Vietnam participated. The results show that EV and EB can be measured through a partially invariant model; children from the different groups differ in their EV and EB. Furthermore, the results show that the effect of EV on EB is different across cultural contexts. These results have implications for (among others) environmental education initiatives that aim for behavior change. Such initiatives need to take into account the target group, which--as illustrated by the results--shows different pathways toward reaching EB. Practitioners would therefore benefit from a culture-specific approach to designing environmental education. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10