TITLE:
An Investigation on Cynicism and Environmental Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Pro-Environmental Behavior
AUTHORS:
Juneman Abraham, Murty Magda Pane, Rina Patriana Chairiyani
KEYWORDS:
Cynicism, Self-Efficacy, Pro-Environmental Behavior
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.6 No.3,
February
12,
2015
ABSTRACT: Environmental
problem is one of the biggest problems that threatens human life. Human
behavior has long been known to play an important role in maintaining and
improving environmental sustainability. Psychological studies investigating
predictors of pro-environmental behavior have been carried out, but no studies
link it with cynicism and self-efficacy simultaneously. This study design was
predictive correlational and data analysis technique employed was multiple
linear regression analysis. Participants of this study were 205 undergraduate
students in Jakarta (132 males, 73 females; Mage = 19.68 years old; SDage =
0.849 years) taken using convenience sampling technique. This study found that
cynicism and environmental self-efficacy are able to predict proenvironmental
behavior in positive directions. This study suggests revising the measurement
instrument of cynicism.