Environmental Annoyance and Anxiety Among Residents of Dinagat Islands, Philippines: Input to Environmental Campaign

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the relationship and influence of Environmental Annoyance (E.A.) and Anxiety from the three (3) Barangays, namely Matingbe, San Jose, and San Juan, San Jose, Province of Dinagat Islands.  The results showed that women are more vulnerable to anxiety due to environmental annoyances.  It has further revealed a significant relationship between the indicators of inconveniences on public transport, lack of control over time in relation to car use, lack of efficiency due to population density, and an insecure and run-down living environment at significant values of 0.033, 0.003, 0.001, and 0.005, respectively.  Moreover, as to its influence between each other’s variables, the results showed an F – value of 3.884, p<0.05 with an R2 value of 0.060, inferring that 6 percent of the overall anxiety of the respondents can be attributed to the seven (7) regressors which imply that predictors have a significant impact on the dependent variable even though the variance is relatively modest at 6 percent.