Association of Interest in Receiving Information, Society's Support and Energy Saving Responsibility with Energy-saving behavior of the Nursing Students at The Royal Thai Navy College of Nursing

The study was a descriptive research which aimed at studying the association of interest in receiving information, society's support and energy saving responsibility with energy-saving behavior of 177 nursing students in academic year 2012 at the Royal Thai Navy College of Nursing. The research tool was a questionnaire which was tested in terms of content validity by 3 experts. The reliability was measured by means of Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient method. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results reflected as following: 1. The energy-saving behaviors of the nursing students in the dimensions of energy-saving knowledge, attitude and action were at high level; 2. The students' interest to receive information was at moderate while the society's support and responsibility in terms of energy-saving were at high level; 3. The association of interest in receiving information, society's support and energy saving responsibility with attitude and energy-saving behavior was positively at the moderate level with the statistical significance at .05 level. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.