Effects of a training programme aimed at improving the pro-environmental competency of school children

Bearing in mind the need to understand and analyse the psychological processes involved in pro-environmental behaviour, in order to mitigate the negative effects of the current global ecological crisis, the aim of the research presented here is to analyse the effects of a pro-environmental competency (PEC) training programme on Colombian children. To this end, a quasi-experimental design was applied to a non-probabilistic sample of 102 subjects, evenly distributed between the experimental and control groups (M age = 8.13; SD age = 0.496; 43.1% female and 56.9% male), applying the ECOPRO-N scale and structured quantitative observation to measure pro-environmental competency. The results showed an increase in the pro-environmental competency of the experimental group with respect to the control group, specifically in the dimensions Beliefs (d = 0.75), Knowledge (d = 0.91) and Motives (d = 0.32), with the greatest effect observed in the Knowledge dimension. This verifies the effectiveness of the intervention programme in terms of fostering pro-environmental behaviours among Colombian children.

• Autores: Ramirez Ordoñez, María Jesús; Herrera Mendoza, Ketty; Orozco Acosta, Erick
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/7948
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/7948; https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2020.1851876; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: children; effects; environmen; tintervention programme; pro-environmental competency
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: CC0 1.0 Universal