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

Bearing in mind the need to understand and analyze 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 analyze 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 (Mage = 8.13; SDage = 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-Milena; Orozco-Acosta, Erick
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Simón Bolívar
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital USB
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bonga.unisimon.edu.co:20.500.12442/6950
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12442/6950; https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2020.1851876; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21711976.2020.1851876
• Palabra clave: Pro-environmental Competency; Effects; Children; Environment; Intervention Programme
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional