Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia

The stability of the world ecosystem is increasingly threatened by irresponsible human activities that do not care about environmental issues. Therefore, the need for environmental awareness among public becomes paramount as an essential measure to restrain the situation before it becomes worse. The...

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Main Author:	Mohd Nasri, Ashaari
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2020
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/1/s817751_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/2/s817751_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/3/s817751_references.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.92562023-10-31T02:36:21Z Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia 2020 Mohd Nasri, Ashaari Abdul Hamid, Siti Norasyikin Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business School of Business Management GE Environmental Sciences TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The stability of the world ecosystem is increasingly threatened by irresponsible human activities that do not care about environmental issues. Therefore, the need for environmental awareness among public becomes paramount as an essential measure to restrain the situation before it becomes worse. The objective of this study is to identify factors affecting level of environmental awareness of UUM’s students. Specifically, this study examines the relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness. Environmental awareness, as the dependent variable in this study, has been measured individually with all four independent variables without any existence of mediating factors. The data was collected through questionnaires among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). A total of 248 returned questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression Analyses are used to identify relationship between IVs and DV. The results indicate that environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, and media exposure have positive and significant relationship towards environmental awareness of the UUM students. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications as well as limitations and recommendations for future research are also discussed in this thesis. Most importantly, students as the hope for future betterment of environment, must begin to develop themselves with such awareness in every sense of their daily life. 2020 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/1/s817751_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/2/s817751_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/3/s817751_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng eng eng
advisor	Abdul Hamid, Siti Norasyikin
topic	GE Environmental Sciences GE Environmental Sciences
spellingShingle	GE Environmental Sciences GE Environmental Sciences Mohd Nasri, Ashaari Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
description	The stability of the world ecosystem is increasingly threatened by irresponsible human activities that do not care about environmental issues. Therefore, the need for environmental awareness among public becomes paramount as an essential measure to restrain the situation before it becomes worse. The objective of this study is to identify factors affecting level of environmental awareness of UUM’s students. Specifically, this study examines the relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness. Environmental awareness, as the dependent variable in this study, has been measured individually with all four independent variables without any existence of mediating factors. The data was collected through questionnaires among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). A total of 248 returned questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression Analyses are used to identify relationship between IVs and DV. The results indicate that environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, and media exposure have positive and significant relationship towards environmental awareness of the UUM students. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications as well as limitations and recommendations for future research are also discussed in this thesis. Most importantly, students as the hope for future betterment of environment, must begin to develop themselves with such awareness in every sense of their daily life.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohd Nasri, Ashaari
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title	Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_short	Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full	Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_fullStr	Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_sort	relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of universiti utara malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
publishDate	2020
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/1/s817751_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/2/s817751_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9256/3/s817751_references.docx
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Relationship between environmental knowledge, social influences, personal norms, media exposure and environmental awareness among students of Universiti Utara Malaysia

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