Title:

Correlation between Locus of Control and Personal Responsibility through Pro-Environmental Intention in High School Students

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Mail Ahsanul Akhsan Dasi(1*)
Mail Mieke Miarsyah(2)
Mail Rusdi Rusdi(3)

(1) State University of Jakarta, Indonesia
(2) , Indonesia
(3) , Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author
10.31002/ijose.v3i2.1103| Abstract views : 238 | PDF views : 0

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This study aims to know the relationship between locus of control (X1), and personal responsibility (X2) wit pro-environmental intention in XI MIPA students at SMAN 8 Makassar, South Sulawesi (Y). Partisipants for study were 120 students. Based on data analysis can be known coeficcient correlation between X1 with Y, coeficcient correlation between X2 with Y and coeficcient correlation between X1 and X2 with Y. Locus of control and personal responsibility has contributed to the pro-environmental intention of 12.7%.

Keywords: Environmental, locus of control, personal responbility, pro-environmental intention

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