Does Being an Environmental Citizen Lead to Greater Well-Being? The Self-Determination Theory Approach

Aivaras Vijaikis and Mykolas Simas Poškus

SAGE Open, 2024, vol. 14, issue 3, 21582440241267156

Abstract: In this study, we examine a potential model based on the Self-Determination Theory, which explains how environmental citizenship and connectedness to nature could be associated with subjective well-being through the satisfaction of basic psychological needs. A convenience sample of 172 adolescents from three Lithuanian schools with a mean age of 15.4 years was gathered (40.1% male, 51.7% female, and 8.1% who preferred not to answer). The tested model showed reasonable fit indices: CFI = 0.941, TLI = 0.928, NFI = 0.913, RMSEA = 0.104 [0.090–0.119], SRMR = 0.073 and χ 2 (98) = 281.532, p  

Keywords: environmental citizenship; well-being; basic psychological needs; morality; connectedness to nature; knowledge; pro-environmental behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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