Examine the impact of campus sustainability strategies

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Stated in the discussion and recommendations and cells research gap sections of the source papers, classified as general, spanning 3 journals.

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• Modeling sustainable environmental responsibility behavior of students in private university (2026) · Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management · doi

  Modeling sustainable environmental responsibility behavior of students in private university Some researchers contend that simply increasing knowl- edge can directly foster pro-environmental behavior, while others argue that knowledge alone is insufficient and must be coupled with supportive attitudes and a sense of personal responsibility (Dunlap et al.

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  Keywords: environmental responsibility behavior modeling sustainable students private university researchers contend simply increasing knowl edge directly
• Modeling sustainable environmental responsibility behavior of students in private university (2026) · Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management · doi

  The four scales used in the study (the ecological knowl- edge scale; the new ecological paradigm scale; university student personal responsibility scale; organizational envi- ronmental citizenship behavior scale) limit their ability to capture the diversity of student experiences. The degree of internationalization of students in private universities in Malaysia is higher than that of public universities in Ma- laysia. Therefore, more psychological scales are needed to explain the diversity of student experiences in private universities. Future research should consider longitudinal studies, adding the variables of self-efficacy and self-determination to knowledge, attitude, and responsibility, and studying how they evolve over time and how these changes affect students’ environmentally responsible behavior in differ- ent situations. Extending this research to psychological research, self-efficacy scales and self-determination scales can be added to allow self-efficacy and self-determination to serve as mediating variables between environmental knowledge and environmentally responsible behavior and studying how they affect the understanding of sustainable behavior.

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  Keywords: self scales scale behavior student universities efficacy determination ecological responsibility diversity experiences students private psychological
• Climate anxiety, pro-environmental behavior, and perceived barriers in university students: analysis of a publicly available dataset from the United States (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi

  There is a lack of understanding of the relationships between climate anxiety and pro-environmental behavior in university students. - There is a need to examine the differential consequences of distinct dimensions of climate anxiety. - There is a need to develop interventions aimed at promoting pro-environmental behavior and reducing perceived barriers to climate action.

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  Keywords: there lack understanding relationships between climate anxiety pro-environmental
• Well-being and mental health in university students: a cross-sectional group comparison in the context of a campus sustainability strategy (2026) · Frontiers in Education · doi

  There is a need to examine the impact of campus sustainability strategies on university students' mental health and well-being. - Prior research has focused on the individual-level factors influencing mental health outcomes, with less attention paid to environmental and contextual factors.

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  Keywords: there need examine impact campus sustainability strategies university

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