Journal of Environmental Science International (한국환경과학회지)

The Korean Environmental Sciences Society (한국환경과학회)
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The Relationship among Adolescents' Environmental Experience, Environmental Consciousness and Pro-environmental Consumption Behavior

청소년의 환경체험활동경험, 환경의식 그리고 환경친화적 소비행동의 관계

  • Jung, Joo Won (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University) ;
  • Cho, So Yeon (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University)
  • 정주원 (동국대학교 사범대학 가정교육학과) ;
  • 조소연 (동국대학교 사범대학 가정교육학과)
  • Received : 2014.12.23
  • Accepted : 2015.02.12
  • Published : 2015.03.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to observe the influence adolescents' environmental experience and environmental consciousness have on the pro-environmental consumption behavior. Also by examining the variable relation, the study scoped out the effectiveness of environmental experience. For the analysis, high school students in Korea were gathered from online and the correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and Baron and Kenny mediation analysis were conducted among a total of 521 surveys. The main findings are as follows: First, adolescents' environmental experience, environmental consciousness and pro-environmental consumption behavior showed a positive relationship. In other words, the more the experience, the more sense of responsibility adolescents had towards the environment and society, leading them to have pro-environmental consumption behavior. Second, environmental experience and environmental consciousness were proven to be essential factors that have influence on the adolescents' pro-environmental consumption behavior. Third, partial mediating effect of environmental consciousness was verified in accordance with the relationship between environmental experience and pro-environmental consumption behaviour. The findings suggest the importance of adolescents' environmental consciousness and improvement of pro-environmental consumption behavior by having students gain environmental experience.

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