Measuring sustainable development knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors: evidence from university students in Mexico

Teodoro Rafael Wendlandt Amézaga (), José Luis Camarena (), Roberto Celaya Figueroa () and Karla Alejandra Garduño Realivazquez ()
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Teodoro Rafael Wendlandt Amézaga: Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora
José Luis Camarena: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Roberto Celaya Figueroa: Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora
Karla Alejandra Garduño Realivazquez: Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2022, vol. 24, issue 1, No 31, 765-788

Abstract: Abstract Current trends such as imminent overpopulation and the take-make-waste economic model are largely responsible for the planet’s dire situation. One of the main limitations identified in research on education for sustainable development is the lack of consensus regarding the measurement of sustainable development in both developed and developing countries. In this regard, several Latin American and Caribbean countries have shown their commitment to sustainable development through policies, strategies, or plans related to both education for sustainable development and environmental education. Taking this into account, the present study aimed to develop standardized measures for the levels of sustainable development knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among university students in northwestern Mexico. Thus, the importance of this study lies in validating previous instruments and determining the degree to which knowledge and positive attitudes explain sustainable development behaviors. Based on the theory of planned behavior, the empirical evidence showed that in northwestern Mexico, university students presented a moderate degree of knowledge and attitudes regarding sustainability but that they scored at the low-moderate level on behavior. The results are consistent with previous studies, with knowledge (β = .296) and attitudes (β = .183) explaining behaviors favorable to sustainable development (R2 = .18, p

Keywords: Sustainable development; Knowledge; Attitudes; Behaviors; University students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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