The impact of personality and lifestyle on interaction with nature

• 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); NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/80343/1/80343_The%20Impact%20of%20Personality%20and%20Lifestyle.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/80343/2/80343_The%20Impact%20of%20Personality%20and%20Lifestyle_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/80343/; http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/707/536

Awareness on the complex interdepending systems between individuals and their contexts is a fundamental understanding of sustainable well-being. Collectivist beliefs and biospheric values translate the normative behaviours when environmental decisions are being made. Issue: Existing research has limited empirical evidence on the impact of personality and lifestyle (PL) on interaction with nature (IN) for Malaysia. Purpose: This paper aims to verify the statistical predictability of IN based on PL. Approach: Multiple Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression were carried out to assess linear associations and parameters of linear equations to predict IN components based on PL items. Findings: IN components were predictable by the majority of the PL items and ‘feeling affected by the environmental loss of other countries’ was the strongest predictor of IN.