How is Students’ Personality towards the Environment Predicted by Students’ Attitude and Locus of Control?

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether there is a correlation between Students’ Attitude and Locus of Control with Personality towards the Environment. For these purposes a survey method has been applied by involving 120 primary school students, in Jakarta which was selected randomly. There were three instruments developed on this research namely instrument for measuring Personality towards the Environment, Students’ Attitude and Locus of Control. Hypotheses have been tested by applying F-test through ANOVA for simple and multiple regression, and correlation as well. Research results show that there is a positive a significant correlation found between Students’ Attitude and Locus of Control with Personality towards the Environment. Moreover, there is a positive and still significant found between those variables after each of those independent variables were controlled by calculating partial correlation. It is also found a positive and significant multiple correlation between those variables. It should be concluded that if students’ personality towards the environment would be improved therefore, students’ attitude and locus of control could be taken into account.