Investigation of Pro- Environmental Behavior of Girl’s students (Case Study of Senior Secondary Schools in Hamadan city)

Pro-environmental behavior is one of the significant and important factors in protecting the environment. This behavior is dependent on different factors like individual factors, environmental knowledge and attitude, also social, economic, and cultural factors. Therefore, this study has an aim to identify factors which effect on environmental behavior of girl’s students in Hamedan city.

The study has used a surveying method and statistical population was all girl’s students (N=3000) in senior secondary level of Hamadan high schools. Of those, a statistical sample (n=320) was selected using Morgan's sampling table. Data were first gathered by questionnaire during an extensive review literature, and then analyzed by using Smart PLS and SPSS softwares. Content and face validity of the questions reviewed by university professors and the reliability of the questions was tested by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient and it was 0.83.

The results showed that the environmental behavior of the target girl’s students calculated by mean statistic and it was 3.15 out of 5 (m=3.15). The results also revealed that 31 percent of the environmental behavior of the girl’s students depend on the variables include knowledge with a beta coefficient of 0.217 (β=0.217), attitude (β=0.238), media (β=0.071), individual traits (β=0.105), social factors (β=0.271), and economic factors with a beta coefficient of 0.067.

Finally, the results of this research may help to a better and deeper understanding of girl students’ environmental behavior in line with protecting their environment. Also, by informing and providing environmental information, the female students' knowledge and attitude can be increased towards the environment. This will eventually lead to positive and pro-environmental behaviors.