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2013 Apathy Towards Environmental Issues, Narcissism, and Competitive View of the World☆

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 101, 8 November 2013, Pages 44-52 open access Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Author links open overlay panelJunemanaMurty MagdaPaneb a Bina Nusantara University, Psychology Department, Jl. Kemanggisan Ilir III/45, DKI Jakarta 11480, Indonesia b Bina Nusantara University, Character Building Development Center, Jl. Kebon Jeruk Raya 27, DKI Jakarta 11530, Indonesia Available online 20 November 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.07.177 Get rights and content Under a Creative Commons license Abstract In this study, hypothetical model included personality variables and social psychological variables by employing narcissism and competitive worldview as predictors towards apathy about environmental issues. The study was conducted on 225 college students (138 males, 87 females; Mage = 18.25 years, SDage = 2.13 years) taken through convenience accidental sampling technique from several majors of a university in Jakarta, Indonesia. The results of path analysis showed that narcissism was able to predict apathy towards the environment indirectly through a competitive view of the world (χ2 = 0.11, p = 0.736, RMSEA = 0.000). Previous article in issue Next article in issue Keywords Environmental apathy competitive worldview narcissism psychology Download full text in PDF References Aninta, 2012 Aninta, S.G. (2012). Teori sampah Indonesia. Retrieved from http://www.bina-antarbudaya.info/2012/12/returnee-bina- antarbudaya-memenangi-lomba-menulis-esai-mahasiswa-menjadi-indonesia-2012%E2%80%B3-bagian-2/. Asmuni et al., 2012 S. Asmuni, J.M. Khalili, Z.M. 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