An Assessment of Factors Related to Ocean Literacy Based on Gender-Invariance Measurement
| Autor: | Liang-Ting Tsai, Cheng-Chieh Chang, Yen-Ling Lin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
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Parents Adolescent Oceans and Seas Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject education Taiwan lcsh:Medicine 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Article Literacy Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology Outcome variable Parental education Surveys and Questionnaires multiple-group sem Humans ocean literacy Measurement invariance Students 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Variables business.industry 05 social sciences fungi lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050301 education parental education level attitude toward ocean Student attitude measurement invariance Environmental education Attitude environmental education Educational Status Female Information Literacy Self Report Psychology business 0503 education geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 19, p 3672 (2019) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 19 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | This study sought to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how the factors of parental education level and student attitude toward the ocean influence the ocean literacy of students in Taiwan after establishing measurement invariance across genders. The analyzed data were collected from self-reported questionnaires filled out by students aged 16&ndash 18 years old. The students&rsquo ocean literacy was used as the outcome variable, while parental education level and student attitude toward the ocean were employed as the independent variables. The effects of parental education level and student attitude toward the ocean on ocean literacy were estimated with a multi-group structural equation model. Of the final total of 945 valid respondents in this study, 58.1% were male and 41.9% were female. The results from the multiple-group analysis supported measurement invariance across the genders. After establishing gender invariance, it was further found that higher degrees of parental education level and student attitude toward the ocean were positively related to ocean literacy. A considerable contribution was detected between parental education level and ocean literacy that was indirectly related through student attitude toward the ocean in the female student. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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