Environmental worldview and concern of college students in the Philippines

• Main Author: Sia Su, Glenn L.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Environmental responsibility; Teenagers and the environment; Biology; Life Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4047
• Institution: De La Salle University

Purpose - Most people profess to care for the environment, but there is considerable diversity on what people generally care for and the reasons for their concern. This study aims to understand college students' worldviews, attitudes, and perceptions and determine the factors affecting their environmental concern. The study aims to focus on college students, as they will be tomorrow's leaders and stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach - Copies of a self-administered questionnaire were distributed to selected public and private universities in the Philippines. The binomial logistic regression analysis determined the factors predicting the probability of the students' environmental concern. Findings - Gender and environmental attitudes affect students' environmental concern (p<0.05). Most of the students' expressed strong environmentally supportive views and beliefs. Originality/value - The derived model confirmed that gender and environmental attitudes are significant factors to students' environmental concern. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.