Title: Survey on environmental awareness, attitudes and behaviours of undergraduate students in Taiwan

Authors: Angela Yi Jing Tsai; Alex Yong Kwang Tan

Addresses: Centre of General Education, Tzu Chi University, No. 701, Section 3, Zhongyang Rd., Hualien City, Hualien County, 97004, Taiwan ' International College, Tzu Chi University, No. 701, Section 3, Zhongyang Rd., Hualien City, Hualien County, 97004, Taiwan

Abstract: This research aimed to understand the environmental awareness (EA), attitudes and behaviours of undergraduates from Tzu Chi University, a university that actively promotes environmental protection. Survey results showed that their EA were very high, with strong and favourable environmental attitudes, while their environmental behaviours ranged from slightly below neutral to relatively high and hence differed from other local undergraduates, general Taiwanese public and undergraduates from other regions. Class standings of sophomores and above performed better for several environmental behaviours. Undergraduates with higher moral norms regarding environmental protection exhibited higher EA, attitudes and behaviours. The influences of gender were non-significant.

Keywords: environmental awareness; environmental attitudes; environmental behaviours; Taiwanese undergraduates; Tzu Chi University; class standings; moral norms; gender; Taiwan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2023.133983

International Journal of Global Warming, 2023 Vol.31 No.2, pp.194 - 208

Received: 21 Jul 2022
Received in revised form: 17 Mar 2023
Accepted: 17 Mar 2023
Published online: 09 Oct 2023 *

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