Exploring Higher Educated Youth on Nature Relatedness' Experiences, Perception, Affective, and Pro-Environmental Behaviors of Malaysian Chinese

• Main Authors: Chong, Jin-Xian, 張晉賢
• Other Authors: Fang, Wei-Ta
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/227g8j

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 環境教育研究所 === 106 === Malaysia is a multicultural and natural resource-rich country. Ecotourism and natural resource management are well developed, but there is no such thing as a study of the behavioral environment of environmental psychology. The researchers grew up in the Chinese Village. This was a settlement that Chinese ancestors had already established when they immigrated to Malaysia. After rapid development, Malaysia has enjoyed excellent economic conditions and good social conditions. It also allows researchers to be well educated. It is unclear whether contemporary education has affected Malaysian Chinese youth's understanding of nature. The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature relatedness (NR) of Chinese youth in Malaysian higher education and how they influence the Pro-Environmental Behavior (PEB). In this study, a self-compiled scale was used, using the Nisbet (2009) the Nature Relatedness Scale and the New Ecological Canonical Scale (Dunlap et al., 2000) as the main axis to carry out the concept of Nature Perception (natural external world view), The analysis of nature experiences (physical relations with nature), natural related affect (positive and negative emotions of internal recognition), and the use of the ecological behavior scale developed by Kaiser (1998) analysis. Finally, the use of quantitative analysis, to find out the relationship between natural and pro-environmental behavior and the path. This study collected youth questionnaires through snowballing methods such as social media, youth organizations, and on-site distribution. Data analysis was conducted using the covariance infrastructure equation model to explore the relationship between constructing individuals. Through this study, it is detected that the relevant theories proposed in the nature relatedness could be verified, and the differences in analysis and comparison could be made to find relevant backgrounds for cultural, educational, social, and other background differences. Relevant research and analysis could be conducted to address current Malaysian Chinese youth since they could be in lack of project practices of nature relatedness and pro-environmental behaviors. Finally, in the emotionally oriented spirit of spiritual education and ecological knowledge education, this generation of Chinese young people can understand each other toward more sustainable economic, environmental, and social development.