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: Received: 7 December 2023 / Approved: 7 December 2023 / Online: 7 December 2023 (11:25:48 CET)
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Albedwawi, S.; Benhima, M.; Alsalami, A.; Alshemeili, A.; El-Tarabily, K.A.; Al Raish, S.M. Environmental Sustainability Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes Among University and Non-university Population. Preprints2023, 2023120515. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0515.v1
Albedwawi, S.; Benhima, M.; Alsalami, A.; Alshemeili, A.; El-Tarabily, K.A.; Al Raish, S.M. Environmental Sustainability Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes Among University and Non-university Population. Preprints 2023, 2023120515. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0515.v1
Albedwawi, S.; Benhima, M.; Alsalami, A.; Alshemeili, A.; El-Tarabily, K.A.; Al Raish, S.M. Environmental Sustainability Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes Among University and Non-university Population. Preprints2023, 2023120515. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0515.v1
APA Style
Albedwawi, S., Benhima, M., Alsalami, A., Alshemeili, A., El-Tarabily, K.A., & Al Raish, S.M. (2023). Environmental Sustainability Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes Among University and Non-university Population. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0515.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Albedwawi, S., Khaled A. El-Tarabily and Seham M. Al Raish. 2023 "Environmental Sustainability Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes Among University and Non-university Population" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0515.v1
Abstract
The transition to sustainability requires major behavioural changes. This requires a complete rethinking of ecosystems and their interconnections, reassessing environmental issues, and a behavior change manifesting. Thus, understanding how sustainability Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) change is essential to sustainability as they shape human behaviour. The main aim of this study was to investigate the constructs of sustainability KAP among university and non-university populations. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire of items measured on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The questionnaire was distributed to diverse participants, ensuring a broad representation of views on sustainability. There are ten sociodemographic variables, 344 respondents in UAE where the female (28.5%) and male (13.7%), (58.1%) participants did not belong to the UAE university and their age fall into the 18-24 years old. The mean scores indicate a positive orientation towards sustainability, with Knowledge (M = 4.2272), Attitudes (M = 4.2650), and Practices (M = 3.8198) all above the midpoint and the UAE university students showed more knowledge, attitude and practices scores than others population. Associations between KAP were significant at a significant level of p < 0.05. This indicates that the next generation will have more environmentally KAP.
Keywords
Sustainability; Environmental knowledge; Environmental attitude; Environmental practices; UAE; university
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science and Technology
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