Locus of control and the pro-environmental attitudes

This article examines the relationship between locus of control and pro-environmental attitudes of undergraduate students. A survey was conducted among 112 undergraduate students from the Psychology and Educational Sciences study programmes. The instruments used were Levenson's Multidimensional Locus of Control Inventory and 11 scales from the Environment Attitudes Inventory. The findings suggest that there is a significant association of internality with ecocentric concern and support for interventionist conservation policies. Therefore, it is important to cultivate the internality, reduce the faith in the power of others and in chance and to stimulate the young people to become members of an ecological association. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of PSIWORLD2011