Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Validation of Environmental Personality (Conscientiousness, Agreebleness, Neuroticism, Openness, Extraversion) and its Effect on Students’ Pro-Eco Behavior Mediated By Intention to Act

1Doctoral Student, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia

2Professor, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia

3Doctoral Student, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia

*Corresponding Author: I Made Astra, Professor, State University of Jakarta, Indonesia. Email: imadeastra@gmail.com

Online published on 21 February, 2019.

Abstract

The objectives of this research is try to find out information about validation of Environmental Personality (neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreebleness, openness, extraversion) and its effect on Students’ Pro-eco Behavior mediated by Intention to Act.

Path analysis has been applied in this reseach by involving 121 students at SMA N 31 Jakarta which selected by using simple random sampling method.

The results showed that (1) there is a direct effect of Environmental Personality on the Intention to Act. (2) there is a direct effect of Environmental Personality on Pro-eco Behavior. (3) there is a direct effect of Intention to Act on Pro-eco Behavior. (4) there is an indirect effect of Conscientiousness on Pro-eco Behavior through Intention to Act (5) there is an indirect effect of Agreeableness on Pro-eco Behavioral through Intention to Act. (6) there is an indirect effect of Neuroticism on Pro-eco Behavior through Intention to Act. (7) there is an indirect effect of Openness on Pro-eco Behavior through Intention to Act. (8) there is an indirect effect of Extraversion on Pro-eco Behavior through Intention to Act.

Based on those findings, the change of students’ Pro-eco Behavior significantly influenced by environmental personality and intention to act, and indirectly influenced by conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, extraversion, and openness through intention to act. If we want to improve the Pro-eco Behavior, We need to pay attention to environmental personality and intention to act factors.

Keywords

Pro-eco Behavior, Environmental Personality, Intention to Act