Minelgaitė Audronė, Liobikienė Genovaitė
Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Donelaičio str. 28, 44404 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Environ Dev Sustain. 2021;23(11):16083-16099. doi: 10.1007/s10668-021-01329-9. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
The changes in pro-environmental behaviour, whether people become more environmentally friendly or not, have been analysed very scarcely. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to analyse the changes in pro-environmental behaviour and its determinants in Lithuania as a transition European Union country comparing years 2011 and 2020. Applying Chi-Square and t test statistics, the results showed a significant increase in performance of pro-environmental behaviour in 2020. Waste sorting and purchase of environmentally friendly goods increased the most, meanwhile water and energy saving behaviour increased the least. Applying the value-belief-norm theory and leaner regression analysis, we analysed whether the same determinants influenced pro-environmental behaviour in 2011 and 2020. The results revealed that the impact of determinants differed. In 2020, the main factor of pro-environmental behaviour was the perception of environmental problems but not self-transcendence values dimension. Furthermore, self-enhancement values and awareness of behavioural consequences negatively influenced pro-environmental behaviour in 2020. Analysing the changes in these factors, an insignificant difference was observed in self-enhancement values. The changes in other factors were significant, particularly the changes in the level of environmental responsibility was the biggest. Therefore, implementation of environmental education and information programmes and various environmentally friendly public initiatives positively contributed to the enhancement of environmental awareness and pro-environmental behaviour.
对于亲环境行为的变化，即人们是否变得更加环保，相关分析非常少见。因此，本文的目的是分析立陶宛作为一个转型中的欧盟国家，在2011年和2020年期间亲环境行为及其决定因素的变化。应用卡方检验和t检验统计方法，结果显示2020年亲环境行为表现有显著增加。垃圾分类和购买环保商品增加最多，而节水和节能行为增加最少。应用价值-信念-规范理论和线性回归分析，我们分析了2011年和2020年相同的决定因素是否影响亲环境行为。结果显示决定因素的影响有所不同。在2020年，亲环境行为的主要因素是对环境问题的认知，而不是自我超越价值观维度。此外，自我提升价值观和行为后果意识在2020年对亲环境行为产生了负面影响。分析这些因素的变化，自我提升价值观方面观察到不显著差异。其他因素的变化显著，特别是环境责任水平的变化最大。因此，实施环境教育和信息项目以及各种环保公共倡议对提高环境意识和亲环境行为有积极贡献。
