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Understanding if Trust in Youth Environmental Leaders translates into greater Climate Action

Küppers, Antonia Julia Maria (2024) Understanding if Trust in Youth Environmental Leaders translates into greater Climate Action.

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Abstract:This study explores the influences on every-day climate practices by answering the research question: Does trust in youth leaders inspire young people in western Europe (ages 18-26) to undertake envi-ronmental action in the form of daily practices? As trust has been studied to be positively influential on many areas, the aim of this research is to understand if, when placed into youth leaders, it can have motivating effects on the climate behavior of young people. Due to the advancing climate change, behavior shifts towards sustainability are urgent and thus an important subject of study. To collect data on the matter, a survey was conducted with 60 people at the University of Twente, Neth-erlands. By performing a regression analysis with the data, it was found that trust and its dimensions (ability), reliability, consistency, fairness and openness are no predictors for every-day climate ac-tion. Only ability and the control climate attitudes could be found to be significant and influential on climate action. Four out of five hypotheses could thus be rejected. An implication of this research is that education and information however have a strong influence on the climate behavior of young people because they shape their attitudes which in turn have an effect on their action.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:70 social sciences in general
Programme:Management Society and Technology BSc (56654)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/101712
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