Perception of Environmental Cues and Its Influence On Pro-Environmental Behaviour Among Secondary School Students In Ohafia Lga, Abia State

Ihuoma  Nnennaya Uro; Victor  Briggs; Iyagba P. W

doi:10.5281/

Authors

Ihuoma Nnennaya Uro General Studies Unit, Gregory University Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria Author
Victor Briggs Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Author
Iyagba P. W Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/

Keywords:

Environmental Cues, Pro-Environmental Behaviour, Secondary School Students, Ohafia LGA, Abia State

Abstract

In secondary schools in Ohafia L.G.A., Abia State, this study investigates environmental cues and their impact on pro-environmental behaviour. Five thousand forty (5040) students from chosen secondary schools make up the study's population, and a sample size of three hundred and sixty (360) respondents were chosen from secondary schools in the Ohafia Local Government Area using the Taro Yamene formula. The study's research design is a correlative one. Every secondary school student was categorised using the basic random sampling technique. Data was gathered using a self-structured questionnaire with a modified 4-point Likert scale. Data for the study were analysed using the mean and standard deviation. The T statistical table was used to test the hypotheses using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed a strong inverse link between environmental cues and pro-environmental behaviour, with pro-environmental behaviour decreasing as environmental cues rise.

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