RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND KNOWLEDGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR (CORRELATION STUDY OF GREENSCHOOL STUDENTS)
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Environmental problems are an important issue caused by human behavior. Educational institution is a choice of solutions to change student behavior. Personality and knowledge of environmental issues are important factors to know about their role in changing student character and behavior as learning objectives. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between students personality and knowledge of environmental issues towards environmentally responsible behavior. This study used a survey method with statistical analysis using multiple regression. This study used four classes from grade X and involved 101 studentsof green school in Jakarta Indonesia. The results of the research show The results showed that the relationship between student personality and knowledge about environmental issues had F value 7.36 > F table of 3.97 so that it had a significant relationship. The correlation coefficient value shows 0.361. Partially the relationship between personality and environmentally responsible behavior shows a significance of 0.001 <0.05 so that it has a significant relationship, and the relationship between knowledge of environmental issues and responsible behavior towards the environment is 0.358 > 0.05 so it does not show a significant relationship. Conclution ofthe research show that students' personalityand knowledge of environmental issues have a significant relationship with weak correlation. Partially personality also has a significant relationship with environmentally responsible behavior, while knowledge of environmental issues does not show a significant relationship with environmentally responsible behavior. School stakeholders need to consider aspects of student personality in school environmental programs to increase students' responsible behavior towards the environment.
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