A Longitudinal Investigation of a Partial SMEC in a Sample of University Students

IF 1.7 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI:10.3390/socsci13010015

M. S. Poškus

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Abstract

A part of the Simple Model of Environmental Citizenship (SMEC) was explored in a two-wave longitudinal study in a non-intervention setting with approximately one month between measurements. The variables of environmental citizenship, environmental literacy, concrete environmental knowledge, and environmental (self-)education were chosen as potentially the most malleable parts of the SMEC which could naturally change over time in an educational setting. A total of 171 university students participated in the first measurement wave of the study, and 93 participants were retained in the second wave. The mean age of participants was 23 years of age (SD = 4), and 76.6% of participants were women, 21.6% were men, and 1.8% chose not to answer. Results uncovered that, in one month’s time, participants’ concrete environmental knowledge as well as environmental literacy significantly increased, while environmental (self-)education and environmental citizenship had positive yet insignificant effects. Path analysis revealed that measurements at the second measurement wave did not add any new variance that could not be explained through first wave measurements, highlighting that the development of the investigated variables requires more time.

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部分 SMEC 在大学生样本中的纵向研究

在一项两波纵向研究中，对环境公民简单模式（SMEC）的一部分进行了探讨，该研究是在非干预环境下进行的，两次测量之间相隔约一个月。环境公民意识、环境素养、具体的环境知识和环境（自我）教育等变量被选为 SMEC 中最具可塑性的部分，在教育环境中会随着时间的推移而自然发生变化。共有 171 名大学生参加了第一轮测量，其中 93 人参加了第二轮测量。参与者的平均年龄为 23 岁（SD = 4），76.6% 为女性，21.6% 为男性，1.8% 选择不回答。结果发现，在一个月的时间里，参与者的具体环境知识和环境素养有了显著提高，而环境（自我）教育和环境公民意识则产生了积极但不明显的影响。路径分析显示，第二轮测量并没有增加任何第一轮测量无法解释的新变量，这说明调查变量的发展需要更多的时间。

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Social Sciences Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

5.90%

发文量

494

审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760) is an international, peer-reviewed, quick-refereeing open access journal published online monthly by MDPI. The journal seeks to appeal to an interdisciplinary audience and authorship which focuses upon real world research. It attracts papers from a wide range of fields, including anthropology, criminology, geography, history, political science, psychology, social policy, social work, sociology, and more. With its efficient and qualified double-blind peer review process, Social Sciences aims to present the newest relevant and emerging scholarship in the field to both academia and the broader public alike, thereby maintaining its place as a dynamic platform for engaging in social sciences research and academic debate. Subject Areas: Anthropology, Criminology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Political science, Psychology, Social policy, Social work, Sociology, Other related areas.