Children's Cross-Cultural Environmental Attitudes and Self-Reported Behaviors

Authors

  • Gary W. Evans
  • Barbara Juen
  • Víctor Corral-Verdugo
  • José A. Corraliza
  • Florian G. Kaiser

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.17.4.0128

Keywords:

environmental attitudes, environmental behaviors

Abstract

This study presents data on the comparison of environmental attitudes and selfreported engagement in environmentally responsible behaviors of young children (6-8 years) from the United States, Austria, Mexico, and Spain. We employed a well-validated and reliable instrument consisting of multiple game formats, developed to assess these constructs in young children. U.S. children have less pro-environmental attitudes, but children from all four countries have comparably high levels of environmentally responsible behaviors. Difficulties in assessing environmental behaviors across a sufficient range of obstacles and effort among young children may explain the nonsignificant environmental behavior findings.

Published

2023-02-28