The Positive Impact of Buddhist Meditation Camps on Campers' Environmental Awareness: Empirical Evidence from China
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Buddhism, Meditation Camps, Environmental Awareness, Social Support, Moderating RoleAbstract
This study aims to explore the impact of Buddhist meditation camps on campers' environmental awareness and analyze the moderating role of social support. A questionnaire survey was conducted, targeting campers who participated in temple meditation camp activities from February 2024 to May 2024. A total of 1200 questionnaires were distributed, and 1082 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective rate of 90.17%. The study found that Buddhist meditation camp activities have a significant positive impact on enhancing campers' environmental awareness, specifically demonstrated by the increase in the frequency and duration of meditation effectively enhancing environmental awareness. However, the increase in social support played a weakening moderating role in this process, meaning that high levels of social support weakened the positive impact of meditation frequency and duration on environmental awareness. This finding suggests that when promoting meditation camp activities, it is essential to fully consider the needs of campers with different levels of social support and to develop more targeted environmental education strategies to maximize the environmental education effect of meditation camp activities.
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