Personality and lifestyle interprets external condition to environmental behaviours

• Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Aisyah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Hitam, Mizan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Institute Of Planners 2020
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/80342/1/80342_Personality%20and%20lifestyle%20interprets.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/80342/2/80342_Personality%20and%20lifestyle%20interprets_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/80342/; http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/709/538

Personality and lifestyles frame individuals’ interpretation of situational information; as such, the encouragement, convenience and reinforcement to behave more environmentally. Issue: Existing research lack empirical evidence on the influence of personality and lifestyle (PL) on external condition (EC) to environmental behaviours. Purpose: This paper aims to verify the statistical predictability of EC based on PL. Approach: Multiple Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression were carried out to assess linear associations and parameters of linear equations to predict EC components based on PL items. Findings: EC components were predictable by some of the PL items. In particular, ‘urging media to raise environmental awareness’ was the strongest predictor of EC.