A Mediated Role of Students New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Between Environmental Personality and Pro-Eco Behavior

Abstract

The objectives of this research was to find out the information about environmental personality(EP), new environmental paradigm (NEP), and pro-seco behavior (PEB) construct validity and whether students’ PEB directly affected by EP or mediated by students’ NEP. A survey used by involving 557 senior high school students, in Jakarta. Data analyzed by correlation, alpha Cronbach, factor analysis (CFA) and path analysis. The results revealed that those three instruments have high reliability, .708 for PEB, .929 for EP, and .835 for students’ NEP and all items for PEB (17 items) and EP (19 items) and NEP (21 items) were valid. It found that all factors for PEB and EP have higher factor loading (> .30, Hair, et. al., 2010) but for NEP, three factors (number 1, 5, and 13) has low factor loading. Students’ NEP was not significantly as mediated variable between EP and PEB. Students’ PEB significantly affected by both environmental personality and New Environmental Paradigm. Therefore, if students’ pro-eco behavior improved more positively, personality and students environmental paradigm should be taken into account. In the implementation of environmental education formally, each of those three variables measured as a learning outcome, based on its construct validity. Novelty of this research was empirical path model and new concept of environmental personality which combined measured of big-five personality and environmental issues.