# Predicting pro-environmental behaviours: the role of environmental values, attitudes and knowledge
> Tamar M.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/predicting-pro-environmental-behaviours-the-role-of-environmental-values-attitud
Jurnal / Konferensi: Management of Environmental Quality an International Journal
Tahun terbit: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-12-2019-0264
ISSN: 14777835
Kuartil SJR: Q1
Citations: 157

## Authors
- Tamar M.

## Abstract
Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of prosocial values on pro-environmental behaviours via attitudes in which environmental knowledge and proself values moderate the relationship. This study also examines the application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Cognitive Dissonance. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a quantitative method to examine potential positive or negative moderating effects of environmental knowledge and proself values on environmental attitudes and behaviour. Participants were undergraduate students recruited from a state university in the eastern part of Indonesia. The online survey link was randomly sent to 500 students in 14 different Faculties with a response rate of 57% (285) participants (80% female). Data were analysed using a moderated-mediation regression technique. Findings The results suggested that only biospheric value positively affected pro-environmental behaviours. Environmental knowledge negatively moderated the relationship between prosocial values and environmental attitudes. Similarly, high egoistic value potentially reduced the effect of environmental attitude on pro-environmental behaviours. Environmental knowledge could impede the positive impacts of prosocial values while egoistic value negates the effect of attitude on pro-environmental attitude. Research limitations/implications Although the findings supported most hypotheses, this study did not control the effect of some demographic variables such as education and social-economic status. Participants tended to share some similar characteristics, which potentially influenced the results. Originality/value This study challenged some common antecedents of pro-environmental behaviours and offered some alternative explanations. This study has offered a new insight in understanding unique interactions among values, knowledge and attitude.

## Keywords
- Prosocial behavior
- Psychology
- Social psychology
- Value (mathematics)
- Cognitive dissonance
- Originality
- Mediation
- Theory of planned behavior
- Environmental education
- Control (management)
- Developmental psychology
- Law
- Machine learning
- Economics
- Political science
- Computer science
- Creativity
- Pedagogy
- Management

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