The Influence of Contact with Nature in Childhood on Future Pro-environmental Behavior

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/jbse/?q=node/876" target="_blank" >http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/jbse/?q=node/876</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/20.19.536" target="_blank" >10.33225/jbse/20.19.536</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Influence of Contact with Nature in Childhood on Future Pro-environmental Behavior

Original language description

Pro-environmental behavior is a key to environmental sustainability. It is important to know which variables influence the development of pro-environmental behavior and how important direct interaction with nature is for future environmental engagement. The aim of the research was to examine the correlation between childhood interaction with nature and proenvironmental behavior as an adult and the mediators influencing this correlation. The respondents (N = 370) were selected by the snowball method and completed an on-line questionnaire. Bivariate correlation and parallel mediation analysis were done. Previous research studies focused mainly on one type of influence, and this research brought a comparison of three mediators. The results confirmed that interaction with nature in childhood affects future pro-environmental behavior. The main mediator seems to be the affective mediator. The cognitive mediator and interaction with nature in adulthood had only a small mediation effect. Children&apos;s emotional bonding with nature is the important element for the development of pro-environmental behavior. This appears to be a more effective way of ensuring stronger pro-environmental behavior in the future than building environmental knowledge or relying on sufficient interaction with nature in adulthood.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Baltic Science Education

ISSN

1648-3898

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

LT - LITHUANIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

536-550

UT code for WoS article

000560389500003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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