To What Extent Does the Urban Environment influence Levels of Environmental apathy Among Young adults

Authors

  • Aleena Santhosh Student, Department of Psychology, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous Bangalore, Karnataka
  • Drishti Srivastava Student, Department of Psychology, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous Bangalore, Karnataka
  • Natasha Grace Student, Department of Psychology, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous Bangalore, Karnataka
  • Palak M Jain Student, Department of Psychology, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous Bangalore, Karnataka
  • Sharon Juby Student, Department of Psychology, Mount Carmel College, Autonomous Bangalore, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25215/1303.290

Keywords:

Environmental Apathy Scale, Anthropocentrism, Urban, Young Adults, Locus of Control, Ecocentrism

Abstract

As socio-legal notions employed in urban contexts, research has attempted to investigate potential formal relationships between certain manifestations of social sovereignty and symposium typology. Perceptions of anthropocentrism, locus of control, and age are correlated in environmental representations in the evaluated literature. Young individuals in metropolitan areas were interviewed for the quantitative study on environmental attitudes and locus of control beliefs. The association between age and anthropocentrism is significant because it indicates that younger individuals are more likely to think anthropocentrically or to think like themselves. According to study, people are more concerned about environmental issues when they are aware of their locus of control. These observations show how personal psychology and urban environments combine to explain some environmental indifference; it appears that younger adults have a strong desire to safeguard the environment. In order to combat environmental indifference, the study highlights the importance of further research on how urban settings influence attitudes and the development of a sense of action.

Published

2025-09-30

How to Cite

Aleena Santhosh, Drishti Srivastava, Natasha Grace, Palak M Jain, & Sharon Juby. (2025). To What Extent Does the Urban Environment influence Levels of Environmental apathy Among Young adults. International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.25215/1303.290