Effects of a training programme aimed at improving the pro-environmental competency of school children (Efectos de un programa de entrenamiento en competencias proambientales dirigido a niños escolarizados). Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramirez-Ordoñez, María-Jesús; Herrera-Mendoza, Ketty-Milena; Orozco-Acosta, Erick
• Is Part Of: Psyecology. Volume 12:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 23
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: pro-environmental competency -- effects -- children -- environment -- intervention programme; competencia proambiental -- efectos -- niños -- medio ambiente -- programa de intervención; Environmental psychology -- Periodicals; Environmental psychology; Periodicals; 155.905
• DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2020.1851876
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2171-1976

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Bearing in mind the need to understand and analyse the psychological processes involved in pro-environmental behaviour, in order to mitigate the negative effects of the current global ecological crisis, the aim of the research presented here is to analyse the effects of a pro-environmental competency (PEC) training programme on Colombian children. To this end, a quasi-experimental design was applied to a non-probabilistic sample of 102 subjects, evenly distributed between the experimental and control groups ( M age = 8.13; SD age = 0.496; 43.1% female and 56.9% male), applying the ECOPRO-N scale and structured quantitative observation to measure pro-environmental competency. The results showed an increase in the pro-environmental competency of the experimental group with respect to the control group, specifically in the dimensions Beliefs ( d = 0.75), Knowledge ( d = 0.91) and Motives ( d = 0.32), with the greatest effect observed in the Knowledge dimension. This verifies the effectiveness of the intervention programme in terms of fostering pro-environmental behaviours among Colombian children.